Security in US due to Gun Licenses

The recent killing incidents of Indian research scholars at Louisiana university campus apartment and another such incident of shooting public at a shopping mall in Omaha by a teenager, rekindles the thoughts about ‘freedom’ and security in US. Some months back, similar massacre incident happened in Virginia Tech University. Though many such incidents happened earlier also, this time it got more attention because of continuous such incidents. Many people in Andhra Pradesh (as the killed students belong to A.P.) especially elders worry about the safety of their family members in US.

Every time such incidents happen, security gets beefed up. But we cannot have the same kind of security maintained at airports at each and every shopping mall. In fact, it’s not a feasible solution. The system of handing over the guns and licenses has to be analyzed and screened thoroughly.

Nobody really understands why gun licenses are required in this century for common people, as 911 is very much active for emergency situations. If you see the origins of gun culture, they were required during early years of US formation, to protect from hostile Native Americans and also for hunting. And it is also tied to independence and freedom and respect. So it seems many US citizens feel that restricting gun licenses is a threat to ‘freedom’ and self-defense. But it should not be at the cost another citizen’s freedom. In fact, the guns are utilized by ant-social elements rather than needy (?) common man.

Even when it comes to security threats by illegal immigrants, one side there are thorough checks while entering US, but inside there are a lot of illegal immigrants!! And some states especially New York state used to issue driving licenses even to illegal immigrants. How can the terrorism be controlled in such cases? Of course, now they realized the need to check the visa status for issuing driving licenses.

I came to know that till now the law restricts to have gun licenses to only the people who have mental illness and who got jail sentences for at least a year and of course to minors. The good news is now the authorities realized the need to revise the law to give gun licenses. It’s a good beginning and obviously good news for the common public in US.