Argument Against Gun Control

When the writers of the constitution wrote the historic document, they wanted to give us equal rights to satisfy all americans. The second amendment of the constitution gives us the right to hold a firearm. It states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”, (“The Bill of Rights:A Transcription”). An exceedingly powerful phrase is present in the quote; shall not be

Gun control laws should regulate production, distribution, ownership and use of firearms by civilians. Gun control laws are not intended to dispossess law abiding citizens of licensed firearms but to intervene on reckless use of firearms that cause harm to the public. Gun control should also make it difficult for criminals to access firearms. Armed civilians have in many instances deterred acts of crime from being instigated by scaring away criminals. Nonetheless, gun laws can only be described as immensely lax. This essay seeks to argue for the enactment of strict gun control laws by highlighting the dangers posed by guns in the hands of members of the public.

For many years there have been arguments over gun control, and if there needs to be more regulations or even ban them. I do not think that banning firearms or adding more regulations would help; if anything it would make things worse.

The topic of gun control in the United States is not debated enough. Every time a headline reads about an incident that happened where guns were involved, powerful politicians and everyday citizens alike turn the other way and choose to be ignorant instead of being upset about these awful current events. Clearly, with so many occurrences and deaths that are caused by gunfire, the United States needs reformation about its current gun control policies, essentially, the United States needs more gun control. It need gun control because several United States citizens take the Second Amendment too literally, and the amount of gun-related crimes, such as mass shootings, suicides, and homicides is too high.

James Mallon once said that “Gun control is like the annoying family member you hate to see. No matter how much you disdain seeing them or talking to them, eventually a climatic event, family reunion, or holiday forces you to have interaction with them.” Gun control may be that elephant in the room given all the recent tragic events involving firearm use, but ignoring that elephant is no solution. Stricter gun laws, as well as other forms of gun control may be the final viable resort to ending the onslaught that are mass shootings.

Imagine a typical day in a small suburban town in southwestern Virginia. It’s around 9:00 am, and you are in your French class. Then, all of a sudden, you hear banging noises coming from outside your classroom. This is the true story of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shooting in April 2007 as told by Colin Goddard. Goddard was shot four times by the gunman: three bullets to the hip and one bullet to the shoulder. He still carries three bullets with him today and has a titanium rod in his body. The shooter had a history of mental illnesses and should not have qualified to purchase firearms. However, due to ineffective and inefficient gun control laws, the shooter was still able to purchase weapons. The United States

this thing on gun control is getting blown out of the water people are for it and people arent im one of the people who is not for gun control. The 2ed amendment of the united states was set in 1791 to give the citizens the right to bear arms for protection of them self and others around them that are not protected. yes people theses days have took it over the boarder with all the school shootings in stuff but do you people who are for gun control really think that this is gonna stop people from getting weapons i mean come on now you already have to go there all kinds of paper work to even own a gun thats resterd to you. weapons are all over the place there is no way you going to stop people getting them all you're gonna do is piss off all the hunters and people who obey the laws. theres is only one way you could ever get all guns off the streets and thats to kill all the citizens and demolish the us and i bet even then they will still be on the streets.

To have gun control or not to have, that is the question. Gun control has always and remains an important issue. It has been depicted that Congress is forced to draft a specific legislation in order to come up with a strict law against unlawful use of arms and only possessing them for safety purposes and in use of only in extracurricular activities. For many years, the argument about gun control has been widely argued about. Gun control policies contribute to lower crime, encourage responsibility with background checks, and ensure public safety despite concerns that they violate the Constitution.

In the United States, gun control should not be supported. Gun control is becoming a serious and dangerous threat to many societies around the country. Gun control is becoming abusive and outrageous for the United States. Criminals are using it for their own way of taking out their anger and causing people to not feel safe. Gun control laws should be more strict, restrictions on all weapons, also restrictions of being able to maintain a license, meaning background check and being able to provide a certified license to carry a weapon. Lives of the people in the United States have to become more secure and safer. That is the number one goal for the United States at the moment, which is to make everyone's life safer. Gun control laws and restrictions should be enforced more often. These laws and

 Gun control has become a controversial topic in the United States. It has formed the foundation of many debates, which have resulted into general arguments that either support or refute the gun control regulations. The gun control laws were first enacted by the Congress in 1930’s. The federal and state laws stipulate the groups of people who are prohibited from owning firearms. These groups include fugitives, illegal aliens, individuals who have been pronounced to have unsound mind by a court, felons, individuals who have been restricted from serving in the army, people who are no longer US citizens, persons with restraining orders for domestic violence, and people who are addicted to substance use. The gun control laws have set 21 years as the minimum age for people to buy a gun from a federally licensed gun dealer only and 18 years as the minimum legal age for owning a gun and transfers from any unlicensed firearm dealer. The main objective of these federal laws is to prevent individuals from owning guns illegally, limit handling concealed guns outside the homestead, stipulate terms and conditions that prevent people from owning guns, and control the design of guns so as to improve public safety.  Improving public safety is the most fundamental role of the gun control laws. Innocent lives being lost as a result of increased gun violence should be put to an end through gun control.

    The statistics showing the benefits of guns are hidden from Americans by the gun control advocates. Studies prove that gun violence has gone down immensely since the 1900’s despite the fact that 10 million more firearms have been purchased each year. Jacob Davidson, a news editor at Time states that most gun related deaths are the result of suicide attempts not murders. In fact, studies show that 30,000 people have been killed from gun related accidents but most Americans are unaware that 20,000 of that 30,000 were from suicides. Davidson states that “there are twice as many

There have been long debates about gun control over the years. Some state that these laws are beneficial because they restrict arm possession. In this way, the crime rate will decrease, there will be less suicides cases and fewer accidental injuries. The public shootings from the US that happened in the last past years have encouraged these voices to speak even louder and to ask for more aggressive laws.

“Guns, whether Remingtons or Glocks./ Come on man it ain't like I'm a slingin' 'em on the block./ I'm gonna tell you once and listen son./ As long as I'm alive and breathing,/ You won't take my guns./” (“Guns” by Justin Moore). This song shows how people express their rights to bear arms. It also creates a clear picture of how important Guns are to the American people. Some people believe it is unconstitutional for us to have them and is pointless. Some want some restrictions because of the shootings. As many of us know it our constitutional right and is used for a self defense mechanism against criminals when the police cannot respond fast enough.

Stated by the National Vital Statistics Report “The United States has far more gun ownership than other developed countries, and far more gun violence. In 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation had more than 33,000 firearms deaths: 70 percent of all homicides (11,208), more than half of all suicides (21,175), and hundreds of accidental and unsolved deaths.” (Xu, Murphy, Kochanek, Bastian “Deaths: The Final Data 2013”)

Gun control has been one of the most debated topics in the United States and all over the world. Public safety, economics, and the language of the second amendment are parts of the gun control argument that might be considered. Because the topic is whether or not the right to bear arms should include assault rifles, the definition of an assault rifle needs to be established. According to the NRA, an assault rifle is, “By U.S. Army definition, a selective-fire rifle chambered for a cartridge of intermediate power. If applied to any semi-automatic firearm, regardless of its cosmetic similarity to a true assault rifle, the term is incorrect.” The other key term that plays a major role in this subject is the second amendment. The second amendment states this, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”