Obama's Right To Control Guns? By Joe Wolverton

The article “Obama’s Right to Control Guns?” by Joe Wolverton II addresses the issue of whether taking guns from the American people is beneficial. Wolverton argues the Founding Fathers never intended for our guns to be taken away. In order to back up this argument Wolverton addresses three key points, which are the fallacy of the claim that the majority of Americans agree that Congress should be removed from the lawmaking process, what the Constitution says about making laws, and what history teaches us about gun control.

The first point Wolverton makes is “In the press release cited above, the president claims that “a majority of the American people” agree with his plan to remove Congress from the constitutional lawmaking process in order

They knew that in the days following that battle British general Thomas Gage ordered soldiers to go house to house in Boston, confiscating all weapons from civilians” (22). He also said “In ancient Greece, Aristotle reported that the tyrant Pisistratus, after winning the battle of Pallenis, “seized the government and disarmed the people” (22). Using history to back up his claims Wolverinton brought his article to a powerful conclusion causing the reader to ponder what was said. Wolverton managed to get his opinion across with enough facts backing him up that the reader is compelled to look into his ideas. After talking about the different leaders in history who used gun control, Wolverton concluded his article with this statement, “Our Founding Fathers knew from sad experience and from their study of history that one of the telltale signs of a tyrant is the disarmament of anybody who might oppose him… President Obama is filling the shoes of a tyrant heel to toe, and the executive orders issued by him aimed at disarming the people demolish the walls of history, law, and the consent of the governed as granted in the Constitution.” Wolverton’s opinion is unwavering throughout this article, showing no doubt where he stands on the issue of a president overstepping his role and thus becoming a tyrant. Through the use of historical facts, current statistics, and a delightful change from political correctness, Joe Wolverton provides a strong