The hike up Capitol Hill

Commentary on  Kelsey's Government Learning Journey For Kelsey's post, she wrote about her opinion of the impact which celebrities have on polls. I personally have to agree with what Kelsey has to say because as a millennial, I am more likely  to be swayed by media though, I don't see how a celebrity stating his or her political opinion has a large impact on the outcome of polls. I do believe that young people could be inspired to go vote by celebrities but not who people vote for. Celebrity influence on adults is hardly moving as not many adults pay attention to this kind of media. I have also noticed that the celebrities that share most about their political opinions are mostly popular with young people. This could also have an impact on why they don't have much impact on polls, because people who are influenced by their opinion may be too young to even vote. I feel that there should more to the celebrities' opinion than just a simple endorsement just for popula

So far in this blog, I have discussed few interesting topics and have had the opportunity to critique a blog from a completely new perspective. But I have not had the chance to write about my own experience and thoughts on a topic I was passionate about. After brainstorming for a while, I was inspired by the recent shooting which occurred in California 3 days ago. In this blog, I want to write about the importance of gun control in the United States. At the moment, I believe that the government hasn't done much to control gun usage. Instead they fall into the hands of the NRA and create laws that are designed to protect them instead. The very first point I will make is that background checks should be preformed on any person willing to purchase a gun. This part of the process of buying a gun is crucial as it determines if you are capable of handling a gun. According to ProCon.org , Con #7 says that background checks are an invasion of privacy statin g " Background checks woul