Should Firearms Be Kept Legal?

In America guns have been a part of the country’s society since it’s birth. Throughout history the citizens of the US have used firearms to protect the nation, protect their families, hunt for food and engage in sporting activities. The issue of Guns and gun control is complex. Weighing the rights and liberties of the individual against the welfare and safety of the public has always been a precarious balancing act. In the United States, gun control is one of these tumultuous issues that has both sides firmly entrenched in their positions. Those parties in favor of gun ownership and the freedom to use and keep arms, rely on the fact that the provision for such rights is enshrined in their constitution. In this climate of

Chicago gun laws; buying guns - need firearm owner ID card to buy rifles, shotguns, and handguns, open carry - none, concealed carry - allows concealed carry but needs to be approved for and own a license, no concealed carry in certain areas such as schools, assault weapons - banned, if owned before ban the owner must either modify to make non assault or give up to police (Kelly Bauer). Guns will always be available for

In the past six months, there have been a total of 19,635 gun incidents. Out of those 19,635 incidents, 107 were mass shootings, 829 were home invasions, and 604 were for defensive use, according to Gunviolencearchive.org. It is unbelievable to see the number of gun related incidents that have happened in just the past six months. What is even more unbelievable to imagine is that so many of those incidents could have been avoided if people were allowed to carry concealed guns in certain places. Concealed carry, or concealed weapons, is the practice of carrying weapons, such as a handgun, in public in a concealed manner. All fifty states in the United States allow concealed carry in public places to some degree. But, some places, for example, schools, restaurants, and stores, prohibit concealed weapons. The controversy about whether concealed weapons should be prohibited in certain locations has been debated for years, and more often in the past decade. On one side of the debate, supporters of the “gun-free zones” claim that prohibiting concealed weapons in certain locations will reduce crime and ensure that the location is free of gun violence, allowing concealed weapons can result to more guns landing in the hands of criminals, and some even insist that public safety should be left to professional, qualified police officers, not ignorant citizens with little to no expert training. However, it is absolutely necessary to know that prohibiting weapons in certain locations

Purpose: The purpose of my presentation is to persuade the American people that guns are beneficial to the United States and should not be controlled or abolished by the government. I want my audience to support gun rights that focus on giving the American people the right to own and carry guns freely. My central idea is that guns are not the problem, but a major part of the solution to gun crimes in America.

Guns are one of the most controversial and debated-upon topics in America today. In the Constitution, Americans are given “the right to bear arms,” and many Americans are proud of and believe strongly in that right. Though, that right has been constantly misused. Homicides by gun are at a higher rate in the United States than any other country in the world, mass shootings are at an all time high (many of which have occurred in the past two years alone), and terrorism has been at an all-time high. So, naturally, it is a topic that needs to be discussed. In the articles Change Your Gun Laws, America (1), author Fareed Zakaria provides the readers with some harrowing statistics on guns and insight over how the U.S. laws on guns need to be managed.

During the presidential campaign in 2007 president Barrack Obama in his speech said that ‘we know what to do, we’ve got to enforce laws that are in the book’ in his speeches, he alluded to the fact that we are not doing enough to enforce the already existing laws and this is exactly what in all these many words I have been trying to put forward. Implementation is in many ways a political function. In, effort to reduce gun violence without stricter gun control, our federal government needs to take the responsibility in enforcing the current laws. The justice departments need to be proactive with prosecutions especially with cases of falsification of background information for example in 2009 FBI reported 77,000 falsifications but only 77 or 1% were prosecuted. Congress also needs to approve enough funding for national instant criminal background check system (NCIS) and also states should be encouraged to provide more information regarding background information. The issue of straw man purchases should be well investigated and properly penalized. Organizations like the NRA and the community, who value gun ownership, needs to put the pressure on the federal government. In doing this, citizens have the right to file petitions to the state legislature, or place a ballet to be voted upon by voters, or just voting for those who have the power to make changes. In taking these actions, we can see that Congress will provide more funding, like grants for our current background check

The continuing Mass Shootings in the United States has caused the gun control debate to intensify. While anti-gun control advocates say the Second Amendment guarantees each individual the right to bear arms, the pro-gun control group reads the Second Amendment as a collective right to bear arms; meaning organized militia are the only ones with that right. This essay will analyse the effectiveness of several different articles which present arguments for and against gun control.

Today, more so than ever, we have a great need to protect our families and property from those who wish to take it away or do us harm. A lot of the public is unaware of the crimes being committed on a daily basis. They are even more unaware of how many crimes are

A gun can provide protection and safety or be used with malicious intent. Guns have such a powerful influence over society that we can't escape hearing or reading about shootings on the news and social media. But despite how you feel about them, we can all agree that no child deserves to die because someone was being careless with a gun.

Even though most guns are owned by responsible people, guns can still get into the hands of the wrong people like robbers,

It is critical that we stand up to what we believe in, especially when it comes to gun laws. Gun laws are a very important thing for us.

Of the approximate 875 million firearms legally owned in the world, American citizens own one quarter of these. Our second amendment, “the right to bear arms”, establishes this right for us. While this accounts for legally obtained firearms, those obtained illegally far exceed these numbers. There is no way to establish how many firearms are illegally possessed. Banning guns in America would only affect law abiding citizens. Criminals and those who want to acquire guns will go to any extent to get them either by stealing or through the black market. Legally abiding American citizens should have the right to own a gun in order to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their property. Banning gun ownership hurts those who obey laws and have no effect on the criminals.

Every year thousands of people are killed by guns, including babies and young adults. Families are left broken from deaths of their loved ones. “Gun homicides were 10% higher in states with restrictive CCW laws, according to a study spanning 1980-2009(“Concealed Carry Law”). Guns should be illegal but since they are not the law should say that they are required to be register. Unregistered guns are going to cause more accidental deaths for a lot of people. Also they put more then just adults in danger, and they expose children to the danger as well. States make this bill legal because they think it helps.

Owning a handgun in the United States is legal, and it has been an issue on debate for many years with no success so far. It is very important to understand that if handguns don't get restricted or ban from our community, consequences will keep raising and death statistics will speak for themselves. Handguns in our community are directly affecting the future of our children, they are responsible for increasing the number of violent death rate in the United States, and it also keeps having a significant effect in our economy.

For many years, the topics such as gun violence, gun control, and the right to bear arms have been a very familiar topic with many different opinions among citizens of the United States of America. Some advocate a variety of different restrictions on firearms, others may believe it should be an absolute right to own any type of desired firearm and that any step towards the regulation of guns or accessories for guns is a step towards a banning of all firearms. Though it may be easy to pick a side, there can be solid arguments from both sides of the spectrum, therefore it is important to analyze both sides and the reasoning behind the argument in order to have a well rounded understanding of the issues to make a solid argument or opinion.