Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

The United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000 guns, which is the highest total and per capital number in the world. 22% of Americans own one or more guns (35% of men and 12% of women). America's pervasive gun culture stems in part from its colonial history, revolutionary roots, frontier expansion, and 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." Proponents of more gun control laws state that the Second Amendment was intended for militias; that gun violence would be reduced; that gun restrictions have always existed; and that a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support new gun restrictions.

The amount of crimes happening today will only increase with stricter gun control laws because there is a higher temptation to steal guns. An American citizen claims, “Ever since I first learned how to shoot, the issue with gun violence around the nation became clear: Guns are not the problem; people are” (Sherfenski). Police need to lock up these people committing the disastrous crimes that affect so many innocent lives. These blameless people are not prepared when they are being attacked, and that is because most shootings tend to happen in areas where guns are controlled. The former United States Secretary of Education, William Bennett, explains the reason that criminals decide to go to places that have controlled gun laws is because: “These murderers, while deranged and deeply disturbed, are not dumb. They show up to schools, universities, malls and public places where their victims cannot shoot back” (Bennett). Even if guns are controlled in public places including malls and schools, where there are uncontrolled shootings, why would it make a difference if they were controlled everywhere? It would not make a difference whatsoever because these crimes are done out of pure, revolting pleasure. Committing a crime is one thing, but taking away a right that was given to Americans in the 1790s is a whole different story.

Gun control is a very controversial topic for Americans. Many feel that due to the recent tragedies, Congress should enforce stronger gun control law while others believe that banning assault weapons will not help reduce crimes. In the article titled, “Treasure the Second Amendment, but Ban Assault Rifles”, Miller argues that assault weapons should be banned, but the second amendment right to bare arms should be valued. While in the article titled, “A Ban on Assault Weapons Would Not Reduce Crime”, Merino argues that banning assault weapons would not lower the crime rate because most criminals will just find a loophole.

The controversy of Gun Control is a topic that is needed to be talked about, especially with children in the upcoming generations. Gun Control is defined as a set of laws posed by a government, especially the United States that regulate the sale, possession, manufacturing, and use of firearms by its civilians. Written in the Second Amendment in the Constitution, is people have the right to bear arms. Although it is stated in the Constitution, people of today's era are taking these rights completely out of context. A lot of Americans are misusing these firearms, which is sadly, leading to disastrous events such as school shootings.

As Boss (2017) mentions, The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: “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” (p. 164). Gun control has always been a controversial issue. Due to shootings related to culture, schools, robberies, movie theatres, and accidents, guns have become an object of violence, fear, and danger. All people have been affected by gun violence or have heard of an event related to gun violence. The two articles that will be analyzed are Erik Gilbert’s “Stop Worrying About Guns in the Classroom. They’re Already Here” and a testimony by Mark Kelly “Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Gun Violence on Gun Violence on January 30, 2013”. After comparing arguments through different premises from both articles, one essay will be chosen superior to the other.

No matter what progressives say, the data clearly show having stricter gun laws doesn't prevent violent crime. If it did, then states with lax gun laws should have high violent crime rates compared to states with stricter gun laws. However, that is not the case guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Therefore gun restrictions will never work because you cannot control the people. Subsequently, these gun restrictions would only apply to the legal carriers of firearms and not the illegal carriers. Even though many members of society feel gun control has a positive effect on the nation, however it has negative effects due to limitations of the Second Amendment, rights to self protection, and it does not deter crime on a national

The people who want more gun control believe that increasing gun control will reduce the homicide rate which has been proved false. For example in the United Kingdom handguns were banned, after they were banned the homicide rate actually increased from 1.12 per 100,000 people to 2.1 homicides per 100,000 people ( http://thecrux.com/ten-powerful-arguments-against-gun-control/).

Lastly, a major component to the right to bear arms comes from the interpretation of the Second Amendment to represent an individual’s rights to bear arms not only for individual protection but also for the protection of tyranny from a government. Previously in the United States the idea that the Second Amendment was meant to protect this right, was only one that shared by fringe individuals however, in recent years this has become a more legitimate argument. It appears that on a daily basis the government may be corrupt and many American citizens doubt if they can trust the government at all. David Welna, of National Public Radio wrote an article referencing the idea that tyranny is now a mainstream idea. He explains that in the aftermath

Gun control has been a controversial subject in the country for many years. Should we make guns illegal or not? Should people be allowed to have guns on school campus? The states are still in control of their own gun laws and recently Georgia has decided to pass the House Bill 280, also known as the “campus carry” law, which went in effect July 1st. This law allows students, who are over 21, to carry their concealed weapon to any public college campus. Whether this was the right choice is still up to debate.

Just speaking the word “gun” can immediately spark a heated debate. To some, guns are talked about like they are children. The more you possess, the stronger they make you feel and appear to others. There has been a lot of debate over whether or not to reform gun laws. A lot of Americans believe that gun control laws aren’t doing enough to make citizens feel protected. On the other hand, there are some who believe that if these laws were changed, their Second Amendment rights would be infringed upon.

The people trying to oppose will mostly be gun supporters. They feel that they should rights to guns, so that means all guns. They will make an argument that we are trying to take their rights away. When we aren’t trying to take their rights but limit them from the guns they possess. Pro-gun members will argue that we are violating the second amendment that “the right of the people to keep bear Arm, shall not be infringed” (Constitution of United States of America 1789). What I feel that I can agree with is that all assault weapons are fully automatic due to mean most of them are semi-automatic (aren’t as powerful). “Opponents believe the bans won’t reduce mass shooting deaths at all.” Why do you think they believe that? Is it because they

People who are against guns say there should be stringent laws when it comes to handguns. They believe that there should be more bans on who can have a handgun, but is that really the solution? There have been many examples in which there have been mass murders with weapons that are not gun. On the same day of Sandy Hook shooting, in New York, a man walked into a school and stabbed a dozen people. Two years prior, a man killed 30

chines they have recently been publicized as. Gun Control: The Great Cop-out by Jared Machaud and Gun Control and the Constitution by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman effectively display the anti-gun control side of this discussion; whereas The Second Amendment is all for Gun Control by Adam Winkler and Making Gun Control Happen by Patrick Radden Keefe display the pro-gun control side. In my views, guns are a helper in a time of crisis when help is too far away, or unwilling to come. Rather than put more restrictions on guns and gun owners, we should maintain the ability to protect ourselves and our fellow Americans through the use of firearms.

The second amendment of the United States Constitution continues to be debated by many. “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.” There have been multiple mass shootings recently in the United States. For example, the Las Vegas shooting that took place on Sunday, October 1st. In the Las Vegas shooting, fifty-eight people were killed and four hundred eighty nine were wounded. Another recently shooting took place in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on November the fifth. Twenty-six people were killed as of a result of this shooting. Gun laws need to be stricter because gun violence is out of control.

Gun control is a set of laws that regulates the buying and selling of firearms. On September 27, 2017 the New York Times wrote an article called How Gun Control Works beyond Washington. This article starts of by explaining how the population of the California condor was once declining but thanks to the ban of “toxic, lead-based ammunition.” (New York Times.) The article continues to point out that many of our republican delegates aren’t pushing to eliminate guns and are even trying to make it easier to buy silencers; a device that helps dampen the sound when you fire a gun. The articles conclusion states that regulating guns and ammo with make us all safer (New York Times.) Gun control is necessary because easy access to guns has changed the way we interact with the world, more guns don’t make us safer and we already know that it works.