''I See A Need For Them''
1:30PM ET January 31st, 2013
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company

Hip hop star T.I. has made it clear that he is in support of Americans holding on to their right to bear arms. In the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings last month, gun control has been a topic of debate, but Tip has stayed firm in his position. He recently re-affirmed that he doesn't believe in banning guns.

"I can't possess a firearm (due to previous convictions), so whether they make them illegal or not is gonna be the same thing for me," he said. "But I see a need for them. I've been in circumstances where I've had them every day and nothing happened. I've been in circumstances where I didn't have them, and I needed them. In certain areas of society, having a firearm is just as common as having bottled water. ... If you're a shopkeeper, a barbershop owner, a convenience store owner and you handle cash in and out of this area, if everyone knows that you don't have a firearm, then you are basically prey. In these areas, bullets are just as common as sticks of gum, you know what I'm saying? So I think I speak for those people."