Essay On Gun Rights

With important issues occurring every hour these days, more questions are being asked with them. One of those issues is Sanctuary Cities. A Sanctuary city is a city in which State and Local government do not follow immigration policy and do not actively seek and deport undocumented immigrants. Some could find that this Local policy hurts all Americans. Some could find this a moral obligation as a citizen of the United States. But by any means this topics has major implications to President Trumps policies and Federalism. And with these cities becoming more mainstream, question are becoming more relevant to other parts of government. There are direct effects on issues like cities health program, fight against opioids, and other local

First of all, the U.S Constitution protects these sanctuary cities. Since federal government and state government. If the city in the state decides to become a sanctuary city, there should be nothing in the way of them. The federal government shouldn’t intervene into something that they shouldn’t be in. Good relationships with local law enforcement and the people of the city documented or not, is essential in order for prosperous growth. When the people of the city and the law enforcement can help each other and communicate without fear of being deported or stripped from their family, then that city should be an example for all others. Protecting these undocumented immigrants from unjust Federal Immigration Laws should be one of the main goals. The government is taking the hard working people that have been here their entire lives. Trump’s idea of sanctuary cities is a bit blurry due to the fact that he only looks at crimes. Trump does not look at all the important things that undocumented people and families do like work the jobs that no one else wants to do. They do it efficiently as well, it’s not like if they do a bad job. Undocumented immigrants are actually working the fields putting all the food that other people use on their plates. As a matter of fact, now that Mr. Trump wants to build “a giant beautiful wall”, most of the people that will be actually building will

Sanctuary cities are a very serious and confusing topic. I feel like we should have some sanctuary cities not an overpowering amount but enough to let immigrants have a

Congressman Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat from Illinois and leader of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, stated in an interview, “An assault weapon ban is only the beginning, I’m against handguns… we’re gonna push as hard as we can and as far as we can.” When she was told that “we could never get a hand gun ban passed with the Second Amendment as stated,” she replied, “I don’t know that we can’t” (Mattera). This shows that politicians are trying to use the restrictions on firearm possession to start a domino effect to eventually ban all guns. The Second Amendment must not be weakened, because guns are used for recreation, self-defense, and the ability to possess a citizen based military.

The name “sanctuary cities” comes from the 1980s protests of federal immigration policies that refused shelter to refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala. It all began when the Salvadoran government had inflicted martial law on all its citizens, which in effect pronounced the beginning of mass killings in the country. The movement was formed to offer protection to these undocumented refugees that were fleeing the Central American wars that plagued their homes. An estimated 18,000 to 20,000 people were killed or “disappeared” in the 1980’s alone. Thousands of Salvadorans fled the violence, coming north through Mexico to the United States. In July of 1980, two dozen or more Salvadorans who were crossing the Sonoran Desert were deserted by their

If these laws are not enforced, public safety, especially in sanctuary cities, may become dangerous. Today, this law is in the House in an effort to prevent another situation similar to this tragedy, and passed with an overwhelming majority of 257-167 (Clark, 2017).

cities are safe havens to those in this country illegally. City officials of sanctuary cities

Gun control has long been a controversial topic in the United States. In 1791 the Second Amendment was ratified in the Constitution (Shallope, 1982). Since its ratification, the amendment has been interpreted two different ways depending on the acceptance or opposition to the issue (Shallope, 1982). Those opposing lax gun laws interpret the Second Amendment as only applying to the prohibition of the federal government interfering with state militia; it does not apply to individual citizens (Shallope, 1982). Laws concerning individual citizens rights to purchase, own, and carry a gun vary from state to state. Even though license requirements still differ across states, as of the year 2013, when Illinois became the last state to permit the carrying of a concealed handgun in public, the act of concealed carry is now legal in all 50 states (ProCon, 2017). In particular, laws concerning the possession of guns on college campuses fluctuate from state to state and even throughout individual institutions (LaPoint, 2010). Currently, 18 states have issued

“If Portland continues to declare itself as a Sanctuary City, programs that help some of our most vulnerable residents may be harmed the most.” One of Portland's current responsibilities is to decide if it should be declared an official sanctuary city. Although the name ‘sanctuary city’ doesn't have an exact definition, for Portland it basically means that the local law enforcement would be asked to not report undocumented immigrants to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At first glance this might seem like not much of a problem, but it is. Due to an executive order passed by President Trump it was made clear that sanctuary cities, “are not eligible to receive federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes.”

Sanctuary cities are communities that provide a safe haven for undocumented immigrants. These municipalities create local legislation that prohibits police officers from enforcing federal immigration laws and cooperating with federal immigration officials. (McFadyen, 2016). The term “sanctuary cities” is not an official, legal term but rather a colloquially coined term which has come to mean a city where immigrants, legal and illegal alike, are safe from unwanted and unwarranted harassment (Texas Tribune). While not a new concept in Texas, these cities have been receiving much more attention and are the topic of renewed conversation. All of this recent scrutiny has been due to Senate Bill 185, which was proposed by Senator Charles Perry in the 84th legislature. Senate Bill 185 was proposed to cut all state funding for governmental entities that hold policies which forbid peace officers from inquiring about the immigration status of a person that has been detained or arrested (Aguilar, 2015). Sanctuary cities are created by local jurisdiction typically at odds with the legislation of the country and these cities would also have been forced to comply with federal immigration law. To generalize, the intent of the bill is to ban “sanctuary city policies.”

Chicago’s ban on carrying concealed weapons was also lifted in December of 2012 based on another court decision. Lastly, in January of 2014, the court system rejected Chicago’s ban on gun shops. Although these regulations/laws were meant to keep the citizens in Chicago safer, the court system had to block them from becoming law since they violated the second amendment. While the interpretation of the second amendment is greatly debated, as it stands now legally, it gives citizens the right to, “keep and bear arms.” This means that people have the right to own guns and to have them on their person.

The legality of a sanctuary city is quite complicated. The Tenth Amendment states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” (Lawson, G) Because of this amendment, states have constitutional authority to deny federal laws pertaining to immigration. However, 8 U.S. Code 1373 states:

From January to August 2014 over 200 sanctuary cities released some 8,145 illegal aliens despite the fact that they were being held on criminal charges. Of those over 8,000 released, 1,800 of them were charged with crimes such as rape and child sex abuse (‘Sanctuary City’ Crime Wave in 43 States). Although there is no clear definition of “sanctuary city” each of these cities generally have laws that limit how far government employees and law enforcement officials are allowed to go to aid the federal government on immigration matters. Sanctuary cities should be outlawed because they go against federal law, the release of criminals are endangering the public, and negative effects it has on the economy.

undocumented immigrants? In short, yes. This is mainly because the states are not trying to restrict the federal agents from entering the city, thus creating another constitutional issue, or deny them of detaining undocumented immigrants, but merely denying to hold undocumented immigrants prisoner, denying help to federal agents, and refusing to supply information to federal agents of the whereabouts of undocumented immigrants. “A sanctuary city is a broad term applied to states, cities and/or counties that have policies in place designed to limit cooperation or involvement in the enforcement of federal immigration operations”. (Santana) So this creates a problem when it comes to the relationship between elected officials. For example in Austin

Now, a little background on conceal and carry and how it came to be allowed in Illinois. Jacob Sullum states, “In December of 2012 the U.S. Court of Appeals ordered Illinois to take away its ban on conceal and carry.” According to Sullum, the Court ruled that it went against the second amendment, the right to bear arms. So in July 2013, Illinois became the last state to allow conceal and carry. The Illinois law is a “shall issue” policy, giving police no choice to deny a permit. This means that if you are at least 21, have a firearms owner identification card (FOID), a clean record, and completed 16 hours of training, your application for conceal and carry will be