YOUR TURN: Do We Need More Gun Control?

Do assault weapons and large ammunition clips need to be banned again in the U.S., or should there be more citizens carrying? Let us know in the comments below. 

Advocates of expanding gun laws in Massachusetts, including some top law enforcement officials, spoke about the subject during a Boston press conference last week, vowing to lobby Senator Scott Brown and other congressmen to end their opposition to a ban on the weaponry. 

The conference came days before a shooter with reported ties to white supremacy organizations opened fire at a , killing six people.

Just weeks prior, a gunman sporting body armor and automatic weapons killed 12 people and injured 58 others in Aurora, Colorado. 

A spokesmen for Brown told the Boston Globe that the Senator believes such control should be up to states. In 2004, then-Governor Mitt Romney approved a permanent ban on assault weapons in Massachusetts. A federal assault weapon ban passed in 1994 expired in 2004 and hasn't since been renewed.

Pres. Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" over the weekend killings but stopped short of explicitly calling for further gun control, instead pledging to "examine additional ways to reduce violence."

Gun violence occurs with "too much regularity," he added. 

Now, it's your turn: in the wake of these acts of mass violence, do we need more gun control or less? What's your solution to curbing the country's problem(s) with gun violence?

Share your ideas with other Melrosians below.