Arguments Against Gun Control

Countless opinions have been broadcasted on national news media regarding what society ought to do about gun control. This controversial topic sparks many heated debates with people of either position reluctant to compromise. Gun supporters claim that the proposed gun laws infringe on their constitutional right to bear arms. Conversely, others believe that restricted gun access would cause gun violence to decrease. Regardless of what side one stands on, with the increase in gun violence, it is safe to say that something must be done.

While Americans were contemplating gun control proposals in the wake of mass shootings at a Colorado School, another gunman massacred 50 people in a club in Orlando. This incident brought heated political exchanges between President Obama and Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. It is estimated that in 2015 alone, there were more than 351 mass shootings in the United States. This is a worrying trend that should be reversed as soon as possible. Surprisingly, the trend has divided Americans into two groups. On one extreme end, there are those Americans who believe that the government should enforce gun control. On the other end, some Americans insist that stricter gun controls will not help in the fight against killings. In this light, this paper will try to provide a detailed analysis of the gun control debate while highlighting the various points made by the proponents and opponents of the gun control. The essay posits that gun control is counterproductive.

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

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 issue over the interpretation of the Second Amendment still prevails as one of the most controversial issues in the United States. 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.” The question at hand is the proper definition of a “well-regulated militia” and should there be restrictions on the obtainment of lethal weapons. Ever since the year of 1960, gun violence has increased, costing an average of 30,000 deaths in the United States (Gun Violence is a Serious Problem). This astronomical amount of unnecessary deaths will continue to rise if nothing is done to stop the serious epidemic that continues to plague our

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.

Some people are petrified of guns because they’ve been habituated to believe they are possessed of evil, and can only do evil. Choosing life by taking another’s may seem like a conflict or insincerity to the morally confused, but that is frequently the choice we are given in the endless crash of good and evil. We must meet evil with an overwhelming show of righteous force. The sociopathic actions are accomplish by people who reproduce the culture of devaluation which tolerance has brought us. The very first step is acknowledging that the root cause of all this killing is Terrorism, not easy access to guns, but the racist, powerful, supremacist ideology of Islam. The number of shooting death has risen proportionately in the past years. It is not a proper standard to

In the United States Constitution, American’s possess, “…the right of the people to keep and bear arms…” (Madison) however this document, which has dictated law in the United States since 1776, may be under friendly-fire. With the rise in mass shootings within the United States, a considerable amount of people is seeking the regulation on the purchase of firearms. Some go as far as to pleading for the removal of firearms entirely in order to protect the masses of the United States, however these regulations would not fix many problems in the United States crime rates. Restricting firearms from the everyday American will only leave them defenseless while leaving the issue of crimes committed with firearms unsolved.

The Second Amendment states “you have the right to keep and bear arms”(Second amendment). But gun control is taking away this right. Gun Control activist say that “guns kill people” but people kill people. I feel that gun control is stupid because if the government takes away guns then the people that will illegally own guns are the bad people. Without a gun to use for self-defense a victim can be killed instantly without a chance to live.

The Second Amendment has brought a lot of controversy to the table of governments. There are two opposing sides, one who supports the Second Amendment while the other side does not. This topic seems to be around a lot lately especially with the incidents that have occured in the past few years. One of the things to keep in mind is whether or not guns kill people or people kill people.

In today’s society, gun violence has become far too common. Every single day in the United States 96 people are killed by guns. This accounts for nearly 13000 deaths per year. Many gun advocates will make the clever argument that guns do not simply fire themselves, so why place the blame on them? While guns clearly do not fire themselves, they far too often fall into the hands of people who are not in the correct state to be responsible for such a potentially deadly weapon. No, one cannot solely blame these inanimate objects for the thousands of deaths that take place each year, however, they can question why and how these mentally disturbed people, are able to so easily gain access to them. The term “gun control” doesn't mean they want to take away the guns from those who have no intent to harm anyone with them, it simply means to make it more difficult for guns to fall into the hands of those who want to harm others with them.

The controversy regarding the regulation of guns in America is always a heated topic -- and as mentioned above, one of the main issues people have is the easy access in which people are able to purchase guns; this is an issue not experienced in many other developed countries. The history of gun control in the United States spans back since the colonial era of the Civil war, ever since guns were first used in the country. This history of gun regulation in America is not new, and many incidents concerning gun-related violence have sparked controversies about how the implementation of gun regulation in the country is something that needs to be addressed as an alarming issue (Kwon, Scott,

In desperate times of America’s down time involving killing and murdering of our own people with our own guns, all sides of political parties have measures and proposals involving the doing of whether or not more gun control is needed or necessary. Recently film director Michael Moore has proposed to repeal the ‘ancient’ 2nd amendment. However, his proposal has missing gaps and incomplete matters that are need to be discussed. As people of Arizona, we need to take a stand against this proposal due to violation of our 2nd amendment and defend our rights. Although with all the recent shootings, we must not take the first proposal that is thrown in our way. In these times of need, we need a proposal that will guide us into a better direction on gun control where we will not question if whether or not subjects or certain problems will apply to the amendment. For example, Michael Moore explained “must get a waiver from his current wife” although issues may appear as what about women, do they not need a waiver to own a gun? Are women incapable of doing harm? So although, most mass shooting have been by men, however women are not completely innocent as Moore made them out to be, Horowitz explained “ Men and women who own guns are similar when it comes to how they see gun ownership” thus there is not much of a difference between the two and so Moore’s argument that men with guns are more dangerous is false as both genders are likely to commit crime (Horowitz). So

Begging argument: so many people over the past years died from guns. By accidental deaths and shootings in stores and schools etc. here's a graph that shows how many deaths happen from handguns and other guns too handguns are really dangerous… and it's not just handguns it's gun in general. There is a lot of gun violence around the world. The U.S. Has the most gun violence in the world. People with any dangerous mental illness or that has a criminal record should not be allowed to buy or own a gun of any kind. People with a dangerous mental illness can harm themselves and or others by accident. And that would be very dangerous. And people with a criminal record have a higher rate of killing than people without a criminal record. Hunting guns and self defense guns are different. Hunting guns are generally bigger than just regular self defense guns. Self defense gun can be concealed and potentially be very problematic in some situations