Gun Control: Killer or Savior? In 2013, firearms committed 69% of all homicides according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime report “Crime in the United States 2013: Expanded Homicide Data Table 9.” Most Americans respond to this fact with the same reaction, rage, but two vastly different solutions are suggested to fix this problem. Some suggest that there be greater restrictions on gun ownership and that gun availability should be lessened. However, others are convinced gun control is to blame for all the violence because it prevents citizens from practicing their second amendment right. Gun control in the United States has become a constant debate between those who want to prevent further violence by restricting gun ownership
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There are many restrictions on the private ownership of firearms. Many states prohibit the carry of a concealed handgun, which, according to gun rights advocates, is unconstitutional. The Second Amendment, which states “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” (Spitzer)?,? has been interpreted differently between states. Some believe it means that the people are only allowed to bear arms if they are in a militia. Other states believe this amendment states that the people are allowed to own firearms without the contingency of being in a militia. No matter what states believe in, gun rights advocates believe the second amendment gives the people of the United States the right to own and carry firearms. Those who push for more gun control say that ordinary citizens should not have to worry about not being able to carry handguns with them?;? they say citizens should depend on the police to keep them from harm. This statement, (semicolon?) however, is not always true. According to Wayne LaPierre and James Jay Baker in Shooting Straight: Telling the Truth about Guns in America (?,?) “the police cannot be everywhere at once. They cannot always protect you. They certainly cannot be your personal bodyguards.” Although law enforcement …show more content…
While many believe it is the way to stop violence in the United States, others believe it is unconstitutional and a way for the government to invade the privacy of citizens. Gun control will be debated for many years to come with no knowledge if a solution will ever be reached and the question still remains of whether gun control is the way to stop violence or actually contributes to the violence by infringing upon the rights of all U.S. citizens and if it will ever be
There are many restrictions on the private ownership of firearms. Many states prohibit the carry of a concealed handgun, which, according to gun rights advocates, is unconstitutional. The Second Amendment, which states “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” (Spitzer)?,? has been interpreted differently between states. Some believe it means that the people are only allowed to bear arms if they are in a militia. Other states believe this amendment states that the people are allowed to own firearms without the contingency of being in a militia. No matter what states believe in, gun rights advocates believe the second amendment gives the people of the United States the right to own and carry firearms. Those who push for more gun control say that ordinary citizens should not have to worry about not being able to carry handguns with them?;? they say citizens should depend on the police to keep them from harm. This statement, (semicolon?) however, is not always true. According to Wayne LaPierre and James Jay Baker in Shooting Straight: Telling the Truth about Guns in America (?,?) “the police cannot be everywhere at once. They cannot always protect you. They certainly cannot be your personal bodyguards.” Although law enforcement …show more content…
While many believe it is the way to stop violence in the United States, others believe it is unconstitutional and a way for the government to invade the privacy of citizens. Gun control will be debated for many years to come with no knowledge if a solution will ever be reached and the question still remains of whether gun control is the way to stop violence or actually contributes to the violence by infringing upon the rights of all U.S. citizens and if it will ever be