Arguments Against Gun Control

But because the second amendment cannot be changed, the Government should focus on controlling gun violence instead of gun control. As soon as people start focusing on how to stop gun violence without taking away guns, the country will see a considerably fast decline of shootings. Many laws have already been made in the 19th and 20th century to try and stop gun violence. It all varies on each state and what laws they have in place as well. In states with low population densities like Alaska and Vermont citizens are allowed to carry a concealed weapon without a permit but at places like Washington, with the highest murder rates in the country, the citizens there cannot even own a handgun. Different states, have different laws, about guns and whether you can conceal or not conceal a weapon with a license. The second amendment protects people the right to own guns for protection and cannot be changed, but laws that are put in place for gun control can take away certain types of guns and where you have access to

In most cases even preventing the crime from taking place in the first place. While the second amendment protected these individuals, it has also harmed others; According to 2014 Crime in the United States, Expanded Homicide, roughly 14,000 murders committed in the United States during that year, of these, about 10,000, were committed with firearms. While repealing the second amendment would have decreased the deaths, the criminals who are doing harm, will still find a way to commit harm with or without a firearm. It would give the criminal the advantage of knowing that the citizens do not carry guns and would lead to the criminal to conduct the crime because the citizen cannot defend himself. The problem with repealing the second amendment is that criminals would still find a way to commit the crime if the second amendment gets repealed. As shown in Criminal Victimization 2014, roughly 5.9 million violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2014 these included assaults, robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, and murders. 10% were perpetrated by offenders visibly armed with a gun. This goes to show that 10% of these cases did the criminals require the use of a firearm to commit these offenses. Meaning that the criminal committing the crimes would have committed the crime with or without the firearm when only 10% of the criminals needed a gun to go through with their crime. Taking away guns would

The Second Amendment to the Constitution says, “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” (Agresti, 2009, para. 2). Based on a simple reading of this, it would seem that people do have the right to own and use firearms. So why are so many people trying to ban guns? Maybe it is because they do not understand what the Second Amendment actually means. Maybe it is because the media only reports the crimes committed with guns and not the lives saved with them. What would happen to the crime rate in the United States if guns were banned altogether as other countries have done? While some people think guns should be banned, it has been

The argument on firearm regulation has been a heated discussion for many years. On one side of the debate, we have people in favor placing restrictions on guns, while, on the opposite end of the spectrum, we have people fighting the regulation of guns. People in favor gun restrictions believe gun control can reduce crime ,while, the people against gun control believe having the right to bear arms is an effective crime deterrent. I believe that every law abiding citizen should be able to carry a gun and defend themselves against people who intend to harm them.Gun control laws are simply

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads that: “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.” According to Nelson Lund, “Modern debates about the Second Amendment have focused on whether it protects a private right of individuals to keep and bear arms, or a right that can be exercised only through militia organizations like the National Guard,” however, this question did not come to people’s attention long after the Bill of Rights were adopted. Although there has been a lot of controversy over whether keeping the Second Amendment would be beneficial, many believe that getting rid of it would not be a massive step forward compared to where it stands now. Stricter gun control may slow down the likelihood of people obtaining guns, but it will not reduce the amount of gun violence that happens throughout the world. What outcomes do people believe will happen if they take away our gun rights? While the Second Amendment helps in preventing the number of crimes from increasing, it has been found that armed citizens are very helpful in reducing crime. For each additional year that a concealed handgun law is in effect, the homicide rate declines by 3 percent, rape by 2 percent, and robberies by over 2 percent, according to John Lott, author of “More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws.” However, having armed citizens walking out and about it makes it very difficult for policemen to identify the criminals from the responsible citizens with legal firearms.

They don't care about the consequences of breaking a Law. But let me tell you what they do care about. You, shooting back. Put a couple rounds of 185-grain .45 ACP in them, or past their head, that's a consequence they understand. When you drop a gang aggressor like third period French, that's a consequence they understand.” Add to that, firearms in the hands on citizens might result in some accidents relating to mishandling, or some few incidents here and there , but they ,indeed, save the lives of hundreds of thousands of other people, who by the help of the second amendment have been able to deter potential assaults or criminal activities. Moreover, banning guns will not result in fewer crimes, as” money will always find a supply” and gang members will still obtain guns,

An un-armed population will have a difficult time protecting itself from criminals that clearly do not care about laws and would most likely be more successful in committing a crime if their intended victims are incapable of defending themselves. While there are numerous reasons, including social, economic and mental health, as to why criminals commit crimes, having access to guns is not one of them. The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution 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” (U.S. Const. amend. II). Protecting the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution is vital because limiting or outright denying law-abiding citizens the ability to possess firearms, which are nothing more than a tool, will cause more problems, such as higher crime rates, than it would solve.

The argument of gun control has become a debate of society. There is a lot of emotional rhetoric behind this debate. Gun control will not work as statistics, history (with other foreign countries), and common sense have shown. Gun laws will not significantly modify the already false accusations made against guns and gun violence.

The first argument we will look at is more of an opinion but I think it is a strong opinion and it is guns are like drugs they kill people and they hurt people. Drugs are illegal but they are still in this world being used everyday killing and hurt people and if we banned guns they would still be in the world hurting and killing people so why would we try to ban them. Also, the government helps these people with their addiction to these drugs, is the government going to help people with not having guns like a AAA meeting, who knows?

All of the recent school shootings have been pushing the ideas of harsher and more detailed gun control. I believe that taking guns away or restricting the them will not stop anything. The United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000 guns registered already in the United States (“ Gun Control Laws”). Also twenty two percent of Americans own one or more guns (“ Gun Control Laws”). In the United States there is somewhere around 5,000,000 AR style rifles already in circulation (Fallows). Restricting them won’t do anything with that many already in circulation. People that want stricter gun laws aren’t thinking about how monsters guns are already on the streets that are illegal. There are million of undocumented guns in the United States that are used for criminal acts

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.

It was a beautiful Sunday morning of March 6, 1915 in Brunswick Georgia, where kids were outside playing and residents were strolling along the busy streets of local businesses, but the inevitable happened when a 59 year old named Monroe Phillips went into a building with an automatic shotgun and opened fire killing six people and wounding 32. 84 years later and Seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado opened fire at about 11:OO a.m on April 20, 1999 on a planned attack and killed 12 students and wounded more than 20 others. Soon after the pair committed suicide in the school’s library at 12:00 p.m. A decade didn't even pass by when Adam Lanza killed his mother in her own home on December 14, 2012,

Gun control, or the lack thereof, causes a really big discussion. On one side you have the people that say “no guns!” and people that hunt for game and whatnot. There is, and in my opinion, always going to be a big disagreement on gun control. It is that way because there are lots of people that have different opinions.

Many people dedicate their own lives to fight for gun rights. Gun rights are not only a civil rights issue, but just a rights issue in general. On the supporting side, people think guns should not be taken away and made illegal. This side believes guns are necessary for protection and that they are a natural right. They believe this because it is written in the constitution under the second amendment, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” The side fighting gun rights believes that guns are unnecessary and evil; they cause death when it’s not necessary, and in the wrong hands it could be very dangerous. Which with some ideas they are not wrong, if a gun is put in the wrong persons hands it could be a huge issue. We have seen this in countless mass shootings over the years. Gun rights are not just a hot topic between citizens, but also government, which is only natural. Some government officials think guns should be fully legal, other think it should be illegal and that all guns should be taken away from the people. This isn’t a shocking thing, because the people in our government are just like us. There is a large ongoing rights debate, because both sides have solid platforms and dedicated members. I personally believe people should have gun rights, having a gun to protect your rights as a person and as a citizen of the United States is a necessary evil to keep the peace. Taking away the rights citizens have to own guns will create a bigger issue, because the people using their guns legally for protection will be left unprotected from other people who illegally get ahold of a gun and use it in inappropriate manner.

On the other hand, many believe they have their rights to carry guns, and that it’s good for everyone to have them on hand at all time for many reasons. Most of the gun debate has been about the reasoning of using guns for self defense. Many cases were seen as self defense, which was an effective argument for turning over gun bans. Kleck displayed a study which presents that guns are served in shield of guns around 2.7 million times a year, which would be an average of once every 14 seconds. His survey explained that guns are used more in self defense than they are used in crime. Surveys concluded prior to Kleck’s found that incidents of gun related self defense ranged from around 800,000 to 3 million each year. A survey by the U.S. Department