I agree that safety is the main issue that needs to be defined in order for people to clearly communicate about the issue of gun control. In addition, I think the phrase “second amendment right” with the emphasis on the word “right” may also come into play with this argument. If we say it is a citizen’s “right” to own a firearm for protection then all citizens, criminal and non-criminal, will be able to have a weapon. However, if we put a clause on their that the citizen has a “right” to own a firearm if they have no criminal history then we would have to clearly define the parameters of “criminal history”. Does this mean felonies, misdemeanors, jay walking tickets, for the person’s life, for the past 10 years? If we do for some citizens, but
