The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control Policies

Policies are regulation enacted by the Government and followed by the citizen. Involving in the policymaking process are the federal bureaucracy: the Congress and the President. In the textbook, the author broke down the stages of policy process into: agenda setting, formulation, adaptation, implementation and administration, and lastly evaluation (Paetz et al. 716). Gun control became a controversial argument after Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Twenty elementary school kids, ages from six to seven were shot. While, six adult instructors were shot (Barron). All of the victims were shot at point-blank range. American Citizen demanded a stricter gun policy. The phase “gun control” popped up in every news articles. This brings us to stage number one of the policymaking process.
The first stage is the agenda setting. During this stage, ignored and popular problems are brought up by the citizens. Citizen demands the government to construct a solving to solve the problem. In the case of Sandy Hook Elementary
In this step, policymakers will formulate plans to solve the problem. Gun control is controversial topic, due to the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment states that you have the right to keep and bear arms; importantly, that right cannot be taken away. Gun control policies are still debated today. President Obama proposed banning the sale of military graded weapons, high capacity ammunition clips, and criminal background check (President Obama…). Strangely, majority of the population did not like this proposal. People wants changes in society, but they don’t want to change themselves. Getting the people is stand right behind the proposal is as hard as, getting the Congress’ approval. Due to their party’s agenda, the Congress tends to have an extremely strong view towards a certain topic. Democratic tends to leans towards the regulated gun laws; while, Republicans tends to be an Originalist on the topic of gun