Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

The second amendment grants the right to bear arms for all citizens of the United States of America. Recently though, this amendment has come into question because of how people are abusing the rights given to us only to protect us. Instead of using the weapons to help protect America, recently many events have taken place where the right to bear arm has caused more harm than protection. Millions of people have lost their lives because of the lack of strict gun laws. Many of those people are innocent kids, kids who had so much potential all taken away from a gun. The Washington Post, recently posted an opinion piece by Adam Ross called “I’ve had guns pointed at me, I’m glad I didn’t have one.” In the article, Ross relates his personal experience

Gun control in the U.S has been a highly talked about topic the past couple of years. Through the development of technology and social media; many people across the country have been more involved in voicing their opinions about this issue. America is known as the land of the free, many people take pride in being able to bare arms. However, this right has been abused by not only civilians, but law enforcement as well. The United States has the 31st highest rate of gun violence in the world and it is not decreasing anytime soon. The phrase “America's largest mass shooting” has been reassigned to numerous occurrences that have taken place over the past decade. It is apparent that through these tragedies it is time for a serious change, innocent lives are being lost for no reason.

The topic that I have chosen to write about is should there be more gun control laws be enacted. What does gun control do you may ask? Gun control is any kind of firearm that is bought or sold. What will be in the essay will be different things of Pros and Cons on the different things that gun control is in. The gun control law should not be enforced more is should be managed better for people who do not know what they are doing. The Second Amendment protects the people the rights to own guns. As us the people we have the right to bare arms for the need of protecting ourselves.

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.

One of the main responsibilities of a government is to keep and conserve the basic rights of its citizens as well as to make new laws that ensure their safety and well-being: especially in the area of gun control. One of the great debates in gun control is whether or not the Second Amendment truly does grant the freedom of firearm ownership to common citizens. It contains the words “well-regulated”, but the citizens have access to military-style weaponry. “These types of weapons should never be in the hands of civilians”, some may think. While others would think, “we need to have a weapon more powerful than

You’re in your house and someone breaks in. Oh no, gun control laws said you can’t have a gun! You have no protection, so you’re dead within seconds. This is why the U.S. does not need tougher gun control laws. We need guns for protection, we should have the right to conceal one at all times, and the second amendment says we can have a firearm.

Late Monday night, the host of the Jimmy Kimmel Live talk show, opened his show with a strongly sentimental monologue to discuss the Las Vegas massacre. Kimmel then began to mention the Second Amendment, he began "Second Amendment, I guess, our forefathers wanted us to have AK-47's" acknowledging the argument many citizens have used before regarding gun violence. Kimmel demonstrated to his audience how outdated the second amendment is to our country today. Many American's argue that our founding fathers believed in weapons of self-defense, and Kimmel ironically states that an AK-47 is

Over the last years gun control has become a very widely debated topic. The city, county and state lawmakers seem to be having different stands about the public having easy access to guns. Adam Small states, “After centuries of relative obscurity, the Second Amendment has become the center of an intense academic and legal battle during the last twenty years” (1213). The supporters of gun control and its opponents both claim to have the best interest of this country’s citizens .However, there are private citizens who believe that there should be laws to limit the number of people who own a gun. Even though the United States has enacted laws for regulating firearms, the recent shootings at Aurora movie theatre and Sandy

The article “Treasure the Second Amendment, but Ban Assault Rifles” discovered on Opposing Viewpoints was originally published at NewsMax.com, and authored by Judith Miller. The title suggests a forthcoming article in which the current interpretation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is expressly valid, but will present an argument for the banning of Assault Rifles. However, this article provides no evidence or statistics to show how an assault weapon ban might have success, but instead, argues it's position by bemoaning apathetic past and current presidents, detailing several horrific tragedies seemingly attributed to the expiration of the previous ban, and singling out a specific assault weapon, but fails establish a legitimate argument against Assault Rifles.

Through the decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court sets their first precedent concerning the Second Amendment’s protection of an individual’s right to possess firearms for self-defense by establishing the individual right of gun ownership for lawful purposes. The Court grants this interpretation of the Second Amendment after the U.S. Circuit Courts have set a six decade precedent of rejecting challenges to federal regulation of firearms with few exceptions under the United States v. Miller (1939) decision. Fox News Channel’s senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano, writing in defense of this decision, states that self-defense using firearms is a natural right enshrined by the Second Amendment, and that historical precedents of using guns to successfully defend against tyrants justify the current need for guns, not only for recreational activities such as hunting deer, but also for weapons with sufficient power to defend against enemies with equal effectiveness. Furthermore, supporters interpret the Second Amendment to apply to the individual’s right to keep and bear arms. However, based on the preamble to the Amendment, historical context, and the precedent case United States v. Miller, the Second Amendment intends to protect the right of people in a militia to keep and bear arms and does not preclude federal restriction of individual firearm ownership, especially considering the changes to the structure of the American militia and military

Miller from 1939. The Supreme Court’s ruling in US v. Miller held that since the weapon in question in the case did not have “any reasonable relation to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia”14 that the Second Amendment did not apply. The dissenting opinion believes that the prefatory clause of the Amendment limits the rights provided in the operative clause. Justice Stevens writes that the Amendment places a specific limitation and that “the ‘right to keep and bear arms’ protects only a right to possess and use firearms

To begin with, the second amendment should not be viewed as an unlimited right to own guns. Meaning certain types of guns and ammunition like those of military grade fully automatic assault rifle or high capacity magazines should be allowed to civilians. Both of these often turn what would be a murder into a mass murder. These high capacity weapons have been involved in 50% of the mass shootings between 1982 -2012, the death rate rose 62% and the injury rate rose 156% when these are involved. An example of this is the mass shooting that happened

In the Article “Fear” by Marilynn Robinson, Robinson concludes that the cause of fear in many citizens deals partly with the second amendment meaning the right to carry and bear arms. Being said that, Robinson Attempts to convince the reader that the possession of weapons should be abolished due to the violence in The United States. People all around are facing violence, not necessarily due to weapons, but due to the fact that they cannot have the sort of self-protection. American citizens should be in favor of the second amendment because it keeps them safe when they carry weapons as a form of protection.

The court agreed with Miller and Layton due to the fact the Second Amendment gave them the right to bear arms. The Supreme Court reversed the district court, arguing the Second Amendment does not guarantee an individual the right to keep and bear a sawed-off double barrel shotgun. I personally agree with the court case decision. I feel that the right to bear arms should be with any arm you choose whether it’s a shotgun or pistol. The Amendment should be more specific if it’s going to have certain laws. Also states should maybe try to have similar laws with one another. This cease a lot of problem we have with other states. James Clark McReynolds writing for the majority, the Court reasoned that the Second Amendment doesn’t not protect the

For many years, people have been pushing the American government to implement new laws that deal with gun control. Supporters of the argument claim that increased gun control will drastically reduce the crime rate in America. Nevertheless, a majority of gun control arguments are formed from strict control of data and emotional appeal. The mainstream media picks up these stories and broadcasts them to viewers without providing any context to them. While gun control activists assert that gun control is necessary, the American government should not ban guns because of the following reasons: potential vulnerability of innocent people being shot at by criminals and the inability for people to defend themselves against their own government.