The United States Constitution was designed to establish a form of unity amongst the people. Its purpose is to create an image of equality and disturbing equal power to everyone. The document promotes the ideas of our natural rights and liberty. It allows people to live with freedom and the ability to express oneself as an individual. However, issues arise because the Constitution was written vague in a way. In the event of the 2012 Aurora shooting, conflict arises between a person’s freedom to bear arms and the assurance of a reasonable degree of public safety for everyone.
On July 20, 2012, James Eagen Holmes committed the largest massacre in Colorado. During a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises, Holmes murdered twelve …show more content…
In particularly, the part stating “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” has created different opinions about the meaning of these words. This portion has been interpreted, by many people, as the right for citizens to have guns. Those who believe it is their right, think that carrying a gun is a way of self-protection. Others believe that this law has led to all the multiple shootings that have occurred in the past decade. The dispute has driven us to the problem of gun control in this country. This leads us to the question of what exactly the phrase “bear arms” …show more content…
Lepore claims that gun regulations have been set since the beginning. Firearms, in some states, had been completely banned. Some states were so strict that if you were a new arrival moving into the state and carried a weapon, you were required to hand it over to the police. In 1871, The National Rifle Association was formed, and in the beginning it was mainly a hunting and sporting association. However, it wasn’t until the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that the National Rifle Association completely changed their view point. The N.R.A believed that the second amendment guaranteed an individual’s right to carry a gun, instead of thinking that it gave the people’s right to form an armed militia to provide for the common defense. Currently, the United States has the highest rate of civilian gun ownership than any other nation (Lepore). Some states have now passed laws giving people the right to carry guns. Others, have even allowed citizens to carry their weapons outside of their
On July 20, 2012, James Eagen Holmes committed the largest massacre in Colorado. During a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises, Holmes murdered twelve …show more content…
In particularly, the part stating “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” has created different opinions about the meaning of these words. This portion has been interpreted, by many people, as the right for citizens to have guns. Those who believe it is their right, think that carrying a gun is a way of self-protection. Others believe that this law has led to all the multiple shootings that have occurred in the past decade. The dispute has driven us to the problem of gun control in this country. This leads us to the question of what exactly the phrase “bear arms” …show more content…
Lepore claims that gun regulations have been set since the beginning. Firearms, in some states, had been completely banned. Some states were so strict that if you were a new arrival moving into the state and carried a weapon, you were required to hand it over to the police. In 1871, The National Rifle Association was formed, and in the beginning it was mainly a hunting and sporting association. However, it wasn’t until the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that the National Rifle Association completely changed their view point. The N.R.A believed that the second amendment guaranteed an individual’s right to carry a gun, instead of thinking that it gave the people’s right to form an armed militia to provide for the common defense. Currently, the United States has the highest rate of civilian gun ownership than any other nation (Lepore). Some states have now passed laws giving people the right to carry guns. Others, have even allowed citizens to carry their weapons outside of their