Hello! My name is Travis Hucek and I am currently a senior student studying Communication at the University of Maryland. Like my fellow colleagues, I too am working on this blog for part of my Digital Media and Democracy course. The reason why I care about the issue of stricter gun control is because I believe in the foundation that all people are born with “unalienable rights,” rights which are core to the United States Declaration of Independence. The pattern of events involving horrific gun violence within the past decade in the U.S. is a fact that gun control laws are due for reform in order to preserve any persons right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.