In this paper I will discuss a taboo, gun laws, and how it affects the way we think. Gun laws regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the United States. With the gun laws we have they cause violent crimes and need to be changed so that it is easier for Americans to purchase, and protect themselves. There are roughly 270 million firearms in America with 897,000 being carried by police. With that estimate there are 20% gun owners with 65% of the guns. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The states argue the constitution implies the right of the individual to have guns, allowing for state and local governments to adapt gun restrictions. It is our constitutional right to own and carry firearms as a United States citizen, yet if you are seen carrying the community sees it as a taboo and you are
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“The Kennedy assassination begins the process that culminates in the Gun Control Act of 1968,” says Robert James Spitzer, an American Political Scientist. The whole gun culture changed and sparked the gun debate. Some parties view gun control as the government infringing upon our constitutional right to carry. Others view it as keeping lunatics from purchasing a weapon and going on a killing spree. The only parties I see benefiting from gun control laws are the black market. Criminals most commonly get guns through “straw Purchase” sales. People who perform a straw purchase sale cannot legally own or acquire a firearm, or wants to anonymously, have someone purchase the weapon for them The harder you make it to access something the more valuable it becomes. In turn it makes it more difficult for a recreational gun owner, to purchase a
“The Kennedy assassination begins the process that culminates in the Gun Control Act of 1968,” says Robert James Spitzer, an American Political Scientist. The whole gun culture changed and sparked the gun debate. Some parties view gun control as the government infringing upon our constitutional right to carry. Others view it as keeping lunatics from purchasing a weapon and going on a killing spree. The only parties I see benefiting from gun control laws are the black market. Criminals most commonly get guns through “straw Purchase” sales. People who perform a straw purchase sale cannot legally own or acquire a firearm, or wants to anonymously, have someone purchase the weapon for them The harder you make it to access something the more valuable it becomes. In turn it makes it more difficult for a recreational gun owner, to purchase a