Ever since two shooters armed with rifles gunned down 14 innocent people in San Bernardino, CA, President Barack Obama has been trying to make gun laws stricter by imposing background checks.

Obama is officially trying to tighten the Second Amendment, and 52 percent of Americans are not supportive.

“You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don’t enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It’s not the law-abiding citizens, it’s not the person who uses it as a hobby,” Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Michael Steele said in a Washington Post interview.

While the law is meant to put guns in the hands of good citizens and to minimize the amount of criminals access, opponents of the law fear it will take away their rights to hunt.

“We’re a nation that believes in the Second Amendment, and I believe in the Second Amendment. We’ve got a long tradition of hunting and sportsmen and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves,” Obama said during the conference on Jan. 5.

Stricter gun laws are worrying firearm-owning citizens whom believe Obama is taking away their Second Amendment.

“I believe that taking away our guns is a terrible idea, it gives the government complete control over the citizens but it would be okay to have better background checks. Government taking complete control on the citizens will take away the “freedom” part of the U.S. and could make it more dangerous,” Member of the National Guard, Patrick Berry, said.

Background checks are designed so that a person buying a gun is proven to be eligible to purchase a firearm and deny anyone who is not eligible, like criminals.

“My parents are gun owners and they have told me how dangerous the world would be if guns weren’t allowed in public hands,” sophomore Keri Kixmiller said. “If guns were taken away from the public completely, it wouldn’t matter, criminals would still find a way to get ahold of guns and prey on innocent civilians.”

Teens like Kixmiller see guns as protection and not a murder tool.

“It would definitely put some restrictions on who can have access to weapons and it will close some of the loop holes, but it won’t close all the loopholes. It won’t stop all mass shooting, but it will stop some,” History teacher Mel Trotier said.