Should a citizen's right to bear arms be determined by the state or their ability to own and operate a firearm? One of the lead problems in American society is the controversy based on the right to bear arms. With the rapid increasing number of college and high school shootings, the topic of gun control has been an up and coming debate about who should legally be allowed to own and carry a loaded weapon. Lily Raff states "There's a whole spectrum of gun owners". Gun control at the state level is not effective because current laws continue to allow the United States to have the highest homicide-by-firearm rate among the world’s developed nations, current gun laws are easily circumvented, and the second amendment doesn’t guarantee the right for
