Snoop Dogg says he wrote his new single, "No Guns Allowed," in an effort to stop school shootings.

Speaking to talk show host Piers Morgan on Thursday, he said, "[There were] certain scenarios in my life where I had guns in my life, and I ran into a situation with the law where they came through my house and took all of the guns out of my house and put my family through a whole lot of unnecessary abuse and what not. And I just felt like I had got to the point in my career and my life where I didn "t need guns in my life, because I didn "t project that energy. I felt like I was positive and peaceful."

The rapper hopes his new song will make a difference when it comes to gun violence. He told Morgan, "I kept hearing about all these school shootings and these people getting guns in their hands. ... I wanted to say something and I wanted to make some music to try to help the next person who was thinking about loading a gun, going to a school and shooting, maybe helping him put that gun down and think about what he was doing or what she was doing before they did that."

However, Snoop does not want lawmakers to ban firearms completely. He explained, "I don "t think we should get rid of guns. We just need to get them out of the wrong hands ... because you see the results when they "re in the wrong hands: tragedies, kids losing their lives, people unexpectedly being shot upon. I mean, this is horrific, man. So we have to try to figure out how to control it. ... It is a time for change. Some of these laws that were written in the 1800s need to be tweaked for the 2000s ... I can go get a gun right now, just like that. It shouldn "t be that easy."

Debate over whether gun laws should be tightened has been a hot topic since the Sandy Hook school shooting in December, when 20 young children and six adults were gunned down in Newtown, Conn.

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