Argumentative Essay-It's A Constitutional Rights

It’s a Constitutional Right Gun control is an action taken by the government that controls the purchasing, selling, and use of handguns by citizens in the United States. The right to own a gun has become a big controversy amongst the United States. Although some people claim that guns are harmful and lead to many deaths, guns should not be restricted because doing so would go against the second amendment, and it would make it harder for civilians to defend themselves if needed. Prohibiting guns would fail in preventing criminals from getting weapons because they are already obtaining them illegally; therefore, disposing of guns would give the criminals of America a greater advantage against the unarmed civilians. “If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who would have guns would be the bad guys” (Bruce Willis). The Founding Fathers of the United States put in place 27 amendments to protect the citizen’s rights; one of them being the Second Amendment that was …show more content…
On October 1, 2015, there was a shooting at the community college in Oregon. The shooter walked into the classrooms firing. He was specifically targeting Christians. Ten people were killed and seven people were injured. The shooter happened to be enrolled in the school. Another recent shooting was at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty students were killed and six adults were killed (For Newtown, 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Is Still Painful). In all of these shootings, none of the adults had any weapons to defend themselves. If the teachers were supplied with guns, maybe they could have defended themselves and some of the kids if not all of them. The shooter knew that it would not be a challenge because he knew the teachers had no weapons on them to fight back with. The shooter would already be put at a bigger