Home Madison Allen: In support of gun rights
Virginia

Madison Allen: In support of gun rights

Ken Plum

letter-to-the-editor3I am responding to Ken Plum’s article, Congress in the Clutches of the NRA. I disagree with gun control on many levels. I think everyone deserves a right to bear arms. It’s a constitutional right and a safety mechanism.

First, it’s a constitutional right. It was written to keep us protected and to let us have our freedom of choice. If we follow and abide by all of the religious historical documents then why don’t we abide by the constitution?

Finally, it is a safety mechanism. Everyone is entitled to safety. Someone can kill you with a knife just as likely as someone can kill you with a gun. Guns make certain people feel safe and if they make you feel safe then it is your right to have it. You are entitled to your happiness.

I feel very strongly about this topic. I’m glad there haven’t been any laws made against guns and I hope it stays like that. Everyone deserves their right to safety, freedom, and happiness.

Madison Allen is a student at Waynesboro High School.

 
 




Featured Video

 

Latest News

hollywood ben cline
Politics, Virginia

Analysis: ‘Hollywood Ben Cline’ really pulling in the money from the Left Coast

hurricane warning sign
Virginia

Virginia set to get $52 million from feds for Hurricane Helene restoration efforts

Two years after the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused more than $600 million in damage in Virginia, the Trump administration is giving us a trickle toward restoration efforts.

uva football tony elliott
Football, Go 'Hoos

Tony Elliott offers odd defense of QB: What about the left tackle, who’s awful?

We’ve reached peak Tony Elliott, who in his weekly presser mused aloud why, with respect to his team’s demonstrated, obvious struggles, “everybody's asking about the quarterback, but nobody's telling me to replace my left tackle."

sydney tillman
Local

Waynesboro: Police searching for woman last in contact with family on Oct. 20

interstate 64
Local

Albemarle County: Deer collision causes chain-reaction crash, death

police car arrest lights
Local

Augusta County woman dies from injuries in overnight Interstate 64 accident

Jahmal Edrine UVA Football
Football, Go 'Hoos

Victim in Jahmal Edrine rape case: ‘He needs to be punished, for what he did to me’