The Second Amendment and the Right to Bear Arms
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms” (The Bill of Rights). This constitutional right supports gun owners across America, and proves every law abiding citizen in the United States of America has the right to bear arms. When there is a bombing we blame the bomber, when there is a car accident we blame the driver, so why when there is a shooting do we blame the gun. More gun control should not be put into effect on law abiding citizens. You may be asking yourself why was the second amendment created? There are three parts to the second …show more content…
Gun Control laws and lower gun ownership rates do not prevent suicides nor mass shootings. “Lithuania has one of the world’s lowest gun ownership rate(0.7 guns per 100 people) but its suicide rate (by any method) was 45.06 per 100,000 people in 1999, the highest suicide rate among 71 countries with available information”(ProCon). A background check should be performed on everyone that owns a firearm. If one is not mentally stable they should not be able to posses a firearm. Many people are concerned with mass shootings that occur within the United States. “Out of the twenty five worst mass public shootings from January 1970 through June 2016, only one occurred here: The attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida”(Lott). “ After a mass shooting, the number of laws passed to loosen gun restrictions rose by 75%”(Irwin). One reason everyone loves America is because of the freedom, if these freedoms try to be taken away Americans get absurd. This proves that if it is harder for one to be in possession of a firearm, once they come in contact with a gun they're more likely to make pour
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms” (The Bill of Rights). This constitutional right supports gun owners across America, and proves every law abiding citizen in the United States of America has the right to bear arms. When there is a bombing we blame the bomber, when there is a car accident we blame the driver, so why when there is a shooting do we blame the gun. More gun control should not be put into effect on law abiding citizens. You may be asking yourself why was the second amendment created? There are three parts to the second …show more content…
Gun Control laws and lower gun ownership rates do not prevent suicides nor mass shootings. “Lithuania has one of the world’s lowest gun ownership rate(0.7 guns per 100 people) but its suicide rate (by any method) was 45.06 per 100,000 people in 1999, the highest suicide rate among 71 countries with available information”(ProCon). A background check should be performed on everyone that owns a firearm. If one is not mentally stable they should not be able to posses a firearm. Many people are concerned with mass shootings that occur within the United States. “Out of the twenty five worst mass public shootings from January 1970 through June 2016, only one occurred here: The attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida”(Lott). “ After a mass shooting, the number of laws passed to loosen gun restrictions rose by 75%”(Irwin). One reason everyone loves America is because of the freedom, if these freedoms try to be taken away Americans get absurd. This proves that if it is harder for one to be in possession of a firearm, once they come in contact with a gun they're more likely to make pour