Changes Of The Constitution And Foundational Rights

While mass shootings cause a huge unnecessary loss of life, most killings in the United States come from murders and crimes. Guns should be banned to lower crime rates. Because “more than 70% of homicides are committed with a firearm” (Cannon n.p.) and 2.

If everyone had access to normal guns only, and the one bad person wants to go on a shooting rampage, he will not able to kill that many innocent people ,someone would have time to disarm that bad person or shoot him. For example, “in 2012, a gunman using several weapons, including an assault rifle, opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and wounding 58” (Assault Weapons) if there was a ban on those weapons he couldn’t of hurt that many people. Many lives could have been saved, and crimes could have been prevented with a banning in the use of assault

In my opinion, this number is way to high for me even four people is too much for me. Understandably, America cannot stop all mass shootings, but if changing the laws could decrease the amount of deaths, we should do so. Majority of the guns are owned by the United States. In fact, the United States owns half of the guns in the world, which can be a bit of a concern, (“List of Gun Control Pros and Cons”). This just goes to show that we need to do something about the gun laws that we have today, but this could infringe on an individual’s rights. The Constitution states in Amendment II, “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 2nd Amendment of the U.S.

Assault style or automatic weapons have been a common denominator in almost all fatal mass shootings. It is unnecessary for civilians to purchase automatic weapons for non-military use. If there was a ban on the purchasing of militarized weapons by civilians, it would decrease the number of fatal mass shootings drastically.

The Constitution has been a very effective set of laws for our country, but society was different at the time. At the time of its writing, slavery was not illegal, and the framers of the Constitution chose not abolish slavery. They also did not specifically give women the same rights as men. The framers did make it so the Constitution could be changed though, by adding a Bill of Rights that can be amended.

Anyone who believes strengthening the gun control laws would reduce gun violence is correct. However, if someone wants to kill someone, not having a gun is unfortunately not going to stop him or her. If a gun is not accessible, a person who wishes to kill someone will use another weapon that is accessible, such as a knife or bludgeon of sorts. Banning guns will lessen gun violence, but will bring up a rise in violence with other weapons.

In this Modern Era, there are three amendments that greatly impact us; the 13th amendment, 19th amendment, and 22nd amendment. Throughout history many important decisions and laws were made based on age, beliefs, gender, race, and ethnicity which reflect on our society today. The constitution is an important decision wisely created by the United States to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, and within the constitution are the amendments. Amendments consist of civil rights, civil rights are given to citizens to enjoy political and social freedom as well as equality. Before the 13th amendment African Americans were deprived of their life and pursuit to happiness, when the 13th amendment was ratified and abolished

idea that roughly 150,000 people are wounded or die from gun shot related injuries each year in the United States according to Don Braman, author of Social Justice Research.

In similar fashion, I took a look at the Bill of Rights. After reviewing the Bill of Rights, there were many things I was surprised to see. The first one I will start with is the Second Amendment, which 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.” I knew the Second Amendment gave everyone the right to bear arms, but I did not know it established a well-regulated army for the United States, as well. Everyone around me has just discussed about being able to have guns not the other items. In the

From 2000 to 2013 there was an average of approximately 15,629 murders in the country (Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], 2000-13). In the same time period approximately 35 deaths per year, or less than a quarter of one percent, were the results of an active shooter event. In 160 events 1,043 individuals were killed (47%) and wounded (53%). The federal government defines a mass homicide as the killing of three or more individuals. Only 64 of these events would have been classified as a mass

Not to mention that, statistically, not only armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes, but, what's more, are more likely to make a dangerous situation more deadly. With gun regulation, gun homicide and suicide will certainly lower.

There have been many changes made to the Texas Constitution throughout the state’s history. The more recent attempts to radically rewrite the constitution in the 1970’s and 1999 were inspired from legislators feeling that the current constitution was not able to adapt well to the current political atmosphere. There were many reasons that both the 1974 and 1999 revisions to the Texas Constitution failed such as not gaining enough support, fighting within the political parties, not enough time to draft the new constitution.

Currently in the United States, there is a large debate going on about what we should do about gun control. This issue played a large role in the recent election of our president Donald Trump. In this issue, there are two sides as well as a middle section that agrees slightly with both sides. On the extreme sides of the issue, some people believe that guns should be completely not allowed in the United States, while some believe there should be no regulation whatsoever due to the second amendment rights given to us by our forefathers. Then there are the people in the middle who believe there should be some regulation, such as background checks when you purchase

Some people believe that extremely tight gun control laws will eliminate crime, but gun control laws only prevent the 'good guys' from obtaining firearms. Criminals will always have ways of getting weapons, whether it be from the black market, cross borders, or illegal street sales. New gun control laws will not stop them. Since the shootings of Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook, the frequency of mass shootings has increased greatly. Gun control is not effective as it has not been shown to actually reduce the number of gun-related crimes. Instead of considering a ban of private firearm possession, and violating individual ownership rights, it may be more practical to consider the option of partially restricting firearm

The lives of innocent people are gone all due to gun violence. A study published by CNN shows that 75% reported carrying a gun while committing a crime. Gun carriers might not be in the right state of mind to handle a gun. According to WLBT, Sunday November 2, 2017 the worst mass shooting took place in U.S. history. Killing the lives of 26 innocent people.