Senate essays

Senate essays My name is _______, and I have decided to run for a seat in the U.S. senate of the state of Wisconsin. I have chosen to run for the seat as a republican. This was chosen even after looking at the present seat holders, who are both democrats. But with the big build up against the governor of this state. I believe that there will be a switch in the party control. For this reason I have chosen to run in the party I did. There will be many issues to this campaign for the current senator will not want to give up his position. Two of these positions will be gun control and affirmative action. These two will be the issue that I will stress in this campaign. Gun control has been a big issue ever since the Columbine shootings. There has been a big push for gun control, such as three-day waiting period for a background check and mandatory safety trigger locks on all guns. I have taken a stand on this issue and it is that I am behind the three-day background check before every handgun sale. But the mandatory trigger locks are not to my belief an important solution. Mandatory trigger locks will increase the overall price of the gun as well as restricting the use of the gun as self-defense against an intruder in that persons house. My stands go with the beliefs of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. In the belief that the right to bear arms should not be taken away. One major argument against my stand is the school shootings all over the country. Those shootings have increased the awareness about gun control. Which brings requests for more safety triggers locks and more in-depth background checks. Deeper background checks mean longer waiting time. Longer than three days for background check could spell disaster for the gun show business. Stopping these shows could be devastating to the economy. By cutting the sale of guns, you also cut the amount of workers in the gun factories. This means more people unemployed these...