The Voices unheard

Any time a "hot button" issue is brought up there are no shortage of people trying to be heard but what about those Voices lost in the clamor? Be it due to a lack of conviction, inability to express, or simply it or it's sources odd nature. Now I'm well aware that a great many of these are discarded for good reason but too often it's only because "we" don't like it. Seeing how a lot of these very issues have yet to be resolved I wonder if perhaps the potential solution was one of these lost voices.
To get us started here some "hot Button" issues and my view on them... feel free to comment on or add to them but try and keep it respectful

1. Gun control: we all know there's those groups that either want everybody or nobody to have guns but most want something in-between. I for one feel that only the military and maybe police should be aloud to have full auto guns, since lets face it the sole use for these is combat. Now rifles and pistol are where thing get interesting. There's no good reason to carry around a loaded rifle in city limits but with so many sport hunters (which I think are evil) living within the city it would be unreasonable to ban them out-right so maybe require them to be in a locked container at all times within city limits? As for pistols well most people buy them for self-defense but too often they have no idea of the limit or how to use them properly. This often lead to the pistol being more harmful then helpful. Now this could be solved by requiring to take a class on it use but i feel the this should be part of the licensing . Speaking of licensing I feel this should be handle more like a drivers license not a fishing license in that there are different classes and you must prove you're qualified to get it.
2. Church v State: As I'm sure we all know of the first amendment of the constitution in which the government is prohibited to ether promoting or suppressing any one religion or if fact the lack there of . To me this mean in the most simplistic way that the government can't tell us what or what not to believe in or how we practice said beliefs. but by the same token religion can not and should not influence government polices. now this bring me to the symptom issues religious Acts/icons in public places, abortions.
   
   • First religious acts/icons in public places: well if you ask me this ones easy a vote on the ballot for any i mean ANY "offensive" icons be they religious or no for the fact that it is a religious or not rightly doesn't matter but that it is "offensive" and since the government is at lest in principal a representative government they at lest be bound to the need and desire of though they represent.
   • As for Abortions: whether it's god's choose doesn't matter what dose matter is the fact that you are removing a potentiality child from existence whether or not it is yet alive and it should be weighed in that light. It is in that light that i feel unless it will cause catastrophic mental or physical harm to the mother it should be discouraged but not band after all it her body it will be leaching of.