The topic of gun rights has been going on since the beginning of our country, and many citizens feel emotionally charged both ways. Little else has changed our history like firearms have, and the heritage and history of owning firearms in this country is no different. I believe that owning firearms is one of our constitutional rights, and that most of the arguments could be less heated with more education and knowledge of the use of firearms, and the enforcement of already existing laws.
In the beginning of this country the founding fathers saw it important enough to include an entire amendment to our constitution allowing us as citizens to own guns. It states in the Second Amendment the following: "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." The issue here is that many people believe that the …show more content…
The argument against tends to be that most firearms of the class are used in mass shootings, and that they can't be used for hunting so they aren't necessary. The main gun that tends to be argued against is the AR-15, which in reality is not only used in most recreational shooting sports, such as long range, and shooting competitions, they are also used by a wide group of people for hunting deer and other smaller game like that. Although they are used in major shootings, the majority of cases of people using them acquired them illegally anyway, and also suffer from mental illness, so regardless of what they use, would try and destroy other people. Some prime examples are the Bath School Disaster, 9/11, and the Boston Marathon Bombing, all of which didn't use firearms at all, just some sick people with sick agendas. I believe that that the media has blown the "assault weapons" argument way out of proportion, and that fear is not a good reason to deprive Americans of their
In the beginning of this country the founding fathers saw it important enough to include an entire amendment to our constitution allowing us as citizens to own guns. It states in the Second Amendment the following: "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." The issue here is that many people believe that the …show more content…
The argument against tends to be that most firearms of the class are used in mass shootings, and that they can't be used for hunting so they aren't necessary. The main gun that tends to be argued against is the AR-15, which in reality is not only used in most recreational shooting sports, such as long range, and shooting competitions, they are also used by a wide group of people for hunting deer and other smaller game like that. Although they are used in major shootings, the majority of cases of people using them acquired them illegally anyway, and also suffer from mental illness, so regardless of what they use, would try and destroy other people. Some prime examples are the Bath School Disaster, 9/11, and the Boston Marathon Bombing, all of which didn't use firearms at all, just some sick people with sick agendas. I believe that that the media has blown the "assault weapons" argument way out of proportion, and that fear is not a good reason to deprive Americans of their