When our founding fathers outlined how this nation would function in the form of the Constitution, they also guaranteed every citizen the same basic liberties. The Bill of Rights, the ten original amendments to the Constitution, each one stating its own freedoms. One of these, the second, protected the right of the people to defend themselves, and the nation. "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." So why are gun control laws even in place? Gun control laws started to go on the rise during Franklin D. Roosevelt 's presidency. The National Firearms Act and the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 enforced new penalties on machine guns and sawed-off
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They try to accomplish this by requiring registration for sellers and buyers, banning the sale of firearms to felons, mentally ill, minors and people charged with domestic violence, issuing background checks, imposing wait periods, limiting the amount that can be purchased in a given amount of time, requiring licensing for sellers, and simply banning certain weapons or weapon components. (Funk, Wagnalls) Although these laws are under good intentions, and are trying to keep the population safe, they are quite ineffective. As of 2015, there have been 351 mass shootings in the U.S. (Davidson), and as unfortunate as that is, it just goes to show how much these laws have accomplished. Also, in most of these shootings, people are blaming the guns that were used, when in reality many other factors contribute to people committing terrible gun crimes. (Gosar) But as cheesy as it sounds, guns don 't kill people, people kill people. And it 's true, gun control laws aren 't stopping people from acquiring firearms, they will find ways around the laws, buy illegally, or simply buy a gun normally and sit through the wait period. But the big one is the illegal purchasing. If there was a way to crack down and reduce illegal gun sales, that would solve a good deal of
They try to accomplish this by requiring registration for sellers and buyers, banning the sale of firearms to felons, mentally ill, minors and people charged with domestic violence, issuing background checks, imposing wait periods, limiting the amount that can be purchased in a given amount of time, requiring licensing for sellers, and simply banning certain weapons or weapon components. (Funk, Wagnalls) Although these laws are under good intentions, and are trying to keep the population safe, they are quite ineffective. As of 2015, there have been 351 mass shootings in the U.S. (Davidson), and as unfortunate as that is, it just goes to show how much these laws have accomplished. Also, in most of these shootings, people are blaming the guns that were used, when in reality many other factors contribute to people committing terrible gun crimes. (Gosar) But as cheesy as it sounds, guns don 't kill people, people kill people. And it 's true, gun control laws aren 't stopping people from acquiring firearms, they will find ways around the laws, buy illegally, or simply buy a gun normally and sit through the wait period. But the big one is the illegal purchasing. If there was a way to crack down and reduce illegal gun sales, that would solve a good deal of