Imagine having someone’s favorite thing in life taken away, it is not fair. Gun owners’ rights have been challenged ever since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Connecticut. One of the big topics being talked about in the 2016 presidential race is gun control, the people want to know what the future leaders’ gun control policies are. Many people want gun control increased, but the government should not increase gun control policies. The first reason gun control should not be increased is because guns are the best form of self defense. On April 2nd of 2014 a man “shot 19 unarmed soldiers” at Fort Hood (Stockman 1). The Man Killed three of the soldiers. The shooter could have been stopped sooner, but “our trained service members aren’t
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Bell reported that “many states fail to provide mental health records to the federal computerized background check system” (3). Gun control should not be messed with if gun dealers have access to background checks, but the checks are useless because states fail to use them. In fact “23 states have shown ‘major failures’ in complying” (Bell 3). Mental illness is a real problem and states are not making an effort to provide mental illness reports. Gun control should not be raised increased because the real problem is mental health and states need to provide mental illness records. Not only is mental health a reason gun control should not be increased, but people have a right, called the 2nd Amendment, to bear …show more content…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the concealed carrying gun control “restrictions violate the second amendment’s guarantee of the right to bear arms because they deny law-abiding citizens the ability to carry weapons in public unless they show need protection for specific reasons” (Dolan 1). Gun control should is not right because owning guns is a right, and the 9th Circuit Court proved that. Most gun owners know that they have a right to own guns, and “gun owners who were denied permits by San Diego County sued, charging their federal constitutional rights had been denied. (Dolan 1-2). Guns have been around for hundreds of years and it is a constitutional right to own guns, even though some argue that it shouldn’t
Bell reported that “many states fail to provide mental health records to the federal computerized background check system” (3). Gun control should not be messed with if gun dealers have access to background checks, but the checks are useless because states fail to use them. In fact “23 states have shown ‘major failures’ in complying” (Bell 3). Mental illness is a real problem and states are not making an effort to provide mental illness reports. Gun control should not be raised increased because the real problem is mental health and states need to provide mental illness records. Not only is mental health a reason gun control should not be increased, but people have a right, called the 2nd Amendment, to bear …show more content…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the concealed carrying gun control “restrictions violate the second amendment’s guarantee of the right to bear arms because they deny law-abiding citizens the ability to carry weapons in public unless they show need protection for specific reasons” (Dolan 1). Gun control should is not right because owning guns is a right, and the 9th Circuit Court proved that. Most gun owners know that they have a right to own guns, and “gun owners who were denied permits by San Diego County sued, charging their federal constitutional rights had been denied. (Dolan 1-2). Guns have been around for hundreds of years and it is a constitutional right to own guns, even though some argue that it shouldn’t