The topic of gun rights has been huge for over a decade. The second Amendment gives citizens the right own and hold a gun. People all around the country are questioning if the right to hold a weapon is hurting are harming our citizens.
For more than a decade, mass shootings have been an issue that America hates to speak about. It brings up issues surrounding gun control and deaths of our fellow citizens. There have been shootings at schools, grade school to college, movie theaters, military bases and so many more places. The political parties, and citizens are debating over many different topics surrounding the issue. Some people say guns should be illegal. Others are saying that we need more laws and regulations surrounding how to obtain …show more content…
The constitution states that Americans can hold a weapon, without the government taking it away. But it is a human right to feel safe, which many people do not feel. The issue is really what right is more important.
Many people are saying that it is too easy to obtain a gun. That guns are causing many deaths in public places and the inner cities. Accourding to NBC news, “Eighty-two percent of weapons involved in mass shootings over the last three decades have been bought legally,” (Chuck, 2015). This is a point that has been mentioned by many citizens and politicians. People question why it is so easy to obtain a gun. They also question if honoring the Second Amendment is worth the deaths of many American people, and if eliminating guns from our society will keep us safer.
While these are good points, there are good ones on the other side too. ”In Israel and Switzerland, for example, a license to possess guns is available on demand to every law-abiding adult. Switzerland and Israel 'have rates of homicide that are low despite rates of home firearm ownership that are at least as high as those in the United States,” (Klein,
For more than a decade, mass shootings have been an issue that America hates to speak about. It brings up issues surrounding gun control and deaths of our fellow citizens. There have been shootings at schools, grade school to college, movie theaters, military bases and so many more places. The political parties, and citizens are debating over many different topics surrounding the issue. Some people say guns should be illegal. Others are saying that we need more laws and regulations surrounding how to obtain …show more content…
The constitution states that Americans can hold a weapon, without the government taking it away. But it is a human right to feel safe, which many people do not feel. The issue is really what right is more important.
Many people are saying that it is too easy to obtain a gun. That guns are causing many deaths in public places and the inner cities. Accourding to NBC news, “Eighty-two percent of weapons involved in mass shootings over the last three decades have been bought legally,” (Chuck, 2015). This is a point that has been mentioned by many citizens and politicians. People question why it is so easy to obtain a gun. They also question if honoring the Second Amendment is worth the deaths of many American people, and if eliminating guns from our society will keep us safer.
While these are good points, there are good ones on the other side too. ”In Israel and Switzerland, for example, a license to possess guns is available on demand to every law-abiding adult. Switzerland and Israel 'have rates of homicide that are low despite rates of home firearm ownership that are at least as high as those in the United States,” (Klein,