Keep Your Rights But Monitor the Danger

    Lately the topic of gun control and the purchasing of bullets has been on the minds of Americans following the Colorado Movie Massacre. The large amount of guns and ammunitions that James Holmes purchased in the time leading up to the shooting has alarmed many citizens. He purchased some of the ammunition and the protective gear that he wore that night online with rush delivery. The fact that he was able to make such purchases and not spark alarm is quite concerning. People have been arguing over issues such as gun control and monitoring how many bullets a buyer purchases and how they are not monitored carefully.
    Arguments have been made that by monitoring such purchases and placing a limit on how much may be bought, it will decrease the likelihood of another massacre like the one in Colorado. This could be done by scanning a person's license. On the other hand people feel the monitoring would infringe upon our 2nd amendment right to bear arms. They feel if you want a stock pile of munitions it's ok because you have the right to bear arms under the Constitution. I believe it should be monitored, if not limited, just to make sure that those who purchase an amount of firearms and ammunition that would cause alarm are recorded and an alert sent to the police department so that the individual can be looked into to make sure that they are using it for hunting and practicing at a firing range. If certain medications can be monitored and limited why not our weapons. Is medicine more dangerous to society than guns and bullets?
    In my opinion as long as medication is monitored, it can't hurt to have our arms purchases monitored as well. The monitoring does not have to mean there is a limit on the purchases, but it would make the purchasing of large amounts of weapons visible to authorities and other parties that would see such purchases and be able to act on them appropriately. Such monitoring would alert police to purchases such as those made by Holmes, possibly preventing similar massacres by allowing police to look into people purchasing so much ammunition.