Gun Control
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Guns are used for recreational activities such as hunting, competition shooting, and target shooting, but are also used for self and home defense, and firearms are used heavily by the government. While dangerous, firearms should not be controlled or banned in the US. Many people say that guns kill people, but the people pulling the trigger are the real issue. Taking guns would not fix the problem, but negatively affect our nation as a whole, starting with a more powerful government.
Gun violence wouldn’t stop if guns were taken from law-abiding citizens, however, it would be more dangerous. An administrator of navajocodetalkers.org wrote that, “Illegal guns are a huge trade and business in the United States. Even if gun control laws were made much more strict, these criminals would still be able to obtain illegal weapons and use them to inflict harm and commit violent crimes. The only difference would be that the people who are not criminals would not have the …show more content…
government would be so much stronger in a scenario where guns were taken or banned. An admin of ProCon.org observes that,”Gun control laws give too much power to the government and may result in government tyranny and the government taking away all guns from citizens.” David Welna wrote an entire article about fear of government tyranny. He quoted things such as,”"Senator, I think without any doubt, if you look at why our Founding Fathers put it there, they had lived under the tyranny of King George and they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny," LaPierre said.” and,”"I think principally the Second Amendment deals with keeping the government from going astray in a tyrannical direction," says Larry Pratt, the group's executive director.”, quoting many well-known
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Guns are used for recreational activities such as hunting, competition shooting, and target shooting, but are also used for self and home defense, and firearms are used heavily by the government. While dangerous, firearms should not be controlled or banned in the US. Many people say that guns kill people, but the people pulling the trigger are the real issue. Taking guns would not fix the problem, but negatively affect our nation as a whole, starting with a more powerful government.
Gun violence wouldn’t stop if guns were taken from law-abiding citizens, however, it would be more dangerous. An administrator of navajocodetalkers.org wrote that, “Illegal guns are a huge trade and business in the United States. Even if gun control laws were made much more strict, these criminals would still be able to obtain illegal weapons and use them to inflict harm and commit violent crimes. The only difference would be that the people who are not criminals would not have the …show more content…
government would be so much stronger in a scenario where guns were taken or banned. An admin of ProCon.org observes that,”Gun control laws give too much power to the government and may result in government tyranny and the government taking away all guns from citizens.” David Welna wrote an entire article about fear of government tyranny. He quoted things such as,”"Senator, I think without any doubt, if you look at why our Founding Fathers put it there, they had lived under the tyranny of King George and they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny," LaPierre said.” and,”"I think principally the Second Amendment deals with keeping the government from going astray in a tyrannical direction," says Larry Pratt, the group's executive director.”, quoting many well-known