DAYTON -- 2013 has put gun rights supporters, and gun opponents at odds since the President announced his plan for tougher gun laws last week. The intense gun debate could be felt here at the Hara Arena and across the Miami Valley today.
When you need an AK-47 or an M-16 to protect yourself, then I need to know whose coming" said Rev. Jerome McCorry, Gun Show Protester.
The bad guys aren't going to say, well, I can have five rounds of my magazine, I guess I better take these extra six rounds out" said Erik Grant, Gun Rights Activist.
Passionate and determined, two words that helps describe Erik Grant and Pastor, Jerome McCorry. Both men feel differently about guns and the role they should play in society.
People are still going to get them, especially the bad guys while the law abiding citizens who obey the laws are not going to have access to them" said Grant.
For Erik Grant, the 2nd Amendment is sacred. He says restricting guns wont stop the violence because criminals will still get them on the black market.
On the other end of the spectrum, is Dayton Pastor, Jerome McCorry. He feels guns have scarred society with the violence they bring to communities.
When you look at the streets of Dayton every weekend, gun violence is really doing a job on us in terms of loss of life" said McCorry.
McCorry organized a protest in front of the Hara Arena, where the Bill Goodman Gun Show is being held. However, despite the passionate gun debate, both men say they are willing to find some common ground.
Again, we're not protesting people's right to protect themselves but what's happening is guns are falling into the wrong hands" said McCorry.
We should sit down at the table... and have a conversation about it" said Grant.
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