Others think we should have any gun laws. “Nowhere is the right to bear arms explained further, and throughout the history of the country, the right of the individual to have guns has been implied, allowing for state and local governments to adopt gun restrictions“(New York.) If we didn’t have gun laws we could have bad people buying guns that shouldn’t have guns. I Think we should have gun control. Guns being sold illegally is a big problem in the U.S. “After the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in which 20 children and six adults were murdered, states passed strengthened gun control laws. New York was one of the first states to act after the mass shooting, by passing the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013” (state).This shows how if you don't have control it could happen. “Illegal gun traffickers buy …show more content…
This is an online gun sale you have no idea sometimes who is sell it to you and sometimes you don't know who is buying it. Gun control laws are just as old or older than the Second Amendment (ratified in 1791). Some examples of gun control throughout colonial America included criminalizing the transfer of guns to Catholics, slaves, indentured servants, and Native Americans; regulating the storage of gun powder in homes; banning loaded guns in Boston houses; and mandating participation in formal gathering of troops and door-to-door surveys about guns owned (Gun Control). Guns aren't allowed in cities. Gun massacres most often use legal weapons: According to Mother Jones, of the more than 70 mass shootings in the United States in the last 30 years, about three-quarters of the guns used were obtained legally by the killers. Pro-gun control advocates believe tougher gun laws could have potentially prevented these crimes.(Gun