There Will Always Be Those Few...

This post is in response to the post on the blog "That's what I like about Texas" by Danielle Smith:
While I support the second amendment right, I also think that there needs to be some kind of system that holds gun users accountable. I am strongly for requiring gun ownders to take safety courses before they are legally allowed to use them. I think your idea about creating some sort of psychological test would be beneficial. Perhaps some way to prevent such psychologically unstable people from access to fire arms would be to require a gun control course that had a psychological portion to it that was made mandatory before being allowed to purchase firearms. On the other hand, while background checks might help to a degree, they wouldn't have kept James Holmes from purchasing firearms because he had nothing on his record to encourage any sort of suspicion.

The intended audience of this article isn't made crystal clear, but one can determine that the reader, for which it was written, is one who has heard enough about the recent "tragedy in Aurora" to have had some sort of emotional response to the events. While the author isn't purely using emotional appeals to present her opinion, they are embedded in the argument because of the widespread remorse shared for the friends and families of the victims in Aurora.

These events also create quite a logical argument for the author because they are hard evidence that proves that the current gun control system has its flaws. However, I do feel that people will always be able to get weapons by means of the black market and other illegal ways, which would make such laws pointless.

While a reformed system may have stopped James Holmes from committing such a horrifying crime, there will always be those that bypass the system in order to accomplish their mission...no matter how disturbing it might be.