What Makes You Poli-tick?

  Comment: I agree that we should not build a wall between the Untied States and Mexico. It does not seem practical because a majority of people coming over are coming by air and like you said "using their visa's wrong". Your comment about them not taking our jobs rings very true to me. They are taking the labor jobs that most Americans do not want to do in the first place, and if an immigrant were to get a high profile job then good for them because they probably would have had to work twice as hard to get there. They are most likely coming to America to escape poverty, abusive governments, or high drug and crime rates. I agree that the wall is not being built on the precaution of safety, it seems more like an egotistical power play on Trumps part. Immigrants are the backbone of our country, they are human beings like the rest of us, so they deserve a chance too. Link to original Blog Post: "We should build a wall between Unites State and Mexico"

  It seems like there is a shooting everyday day now in our country, and little has been done to prevent it.  People were calling for change for forever, especially after the tragedies like Sandy Hook and the Colorado Movie Theater shootings over five years ago. A full on gun ban is not realistic right now, but certainly gun control should be able to be obtained. People in America hate change, but its not a hard reach to ask for background checks, to push the age to purchase a rifle to 21, to reintroduce mental health regulations into background checks, to push for gun safety courses for every purchase, and to push the ban on assault rifles.   Recently we have had the Pulse Shooting, the Las Vegas shooting, the Sutherland Church shooting, the Parkland High School shooting, the shooting at the Synagogue in Pittsburgh, and most recently the shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks California. In 2018 alone, more than 12,000 people have died from gun violence. What has our government done to h