Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Health care and gun control? Please tell me our country hasn't gone this corrupt


In If Obamacare is Upheld, written by James Johnson, the issue of individual mandating of health insurance and gun ownership is discussed. Johnson says “There is nothing in the Constitution that guarantees a citizen the right to health care. In contrast, the Second Amendment guarantees the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.” These two sentences are the basis for the entire article, which discusses how Obama is doing the opposite of what he should, which is not mandate that every citizen should have to purchase healthcare, but to allow everyone to own a gun. Johnson says, “Murder fell in Chicago by 14%, robberies using guns fell by 25% and assaults using guns fell by 37%”; these percentages were given after Supreme Court’s Heller decision affirming Second Amendment rights.  

Johnson believes that “if the government can make us buy health care insurance against our will, there is nothing to stop them from mandating purchase of a firearm.” Johnson’s argument is clear and is backed by evidence in the Constitution and also with accurate statistics. I agree with all the statements that Johnson has made so far: citizens of the US should not be mandated to purchase health care insurance but that our right to bear arms and own a gun should be kept. 

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