Gun Control
       
        Now as a Texan, whenever I hear the words "gun control" I feel a moral obligation to drink PBR, become belligerent, and start throwing chairs; but from what I just read from this AmericaBlog article about the Naval yard shooter I feel I should think a bit more rationally on the subject. The article is derived from a clip off of John Stuarts Daily Show, I know some people might dismiss it because of that but just bear with the facts.  The DC Navy yard shooter has had a twisted background, and yet, was still granted the right to buy a gun.  According to the article he suffered "mental illness" for a decade, has been arrested twice for gun violence and even called the police recently saying that he was hearing voices. So why was he able to buy a gun? Did the vendor even perform a background check?
             Personally, I believe that people should have to go through a well done background check in order to be able to buy a weapon with the potential to kill dozens of people as we've seen in the past years.  The recent mass shootings have been a tragedy, but I'm not basing my opinion on the shootings;  I just believe that it is the reasonable and logical thing to do. I found this article important because I think anyone who actually sees the DC Navy Yard shooters background they would agree that he shouldn't have been able to purchase a gun, yet somehow he did.