Gun Control Regulations Pros And Cons

Gun Control During a 60 minutes interview Senator Dianne Feinstein from California stated “If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up every one of them (every gun) Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in. I would have done it.” (Brown). This statement could be seen as going against our Constitutional rights and is an example of the ideas of legislators trying to pass bills that would establish gun control regulations. While the second amendment of the Constitution gives citizens of the United States the right to bear arms, some limited gun control is necessary for public safety. However, the government should not infringe upon its citizen’s rights with excessive restrictions and regulations …show more content…
California, for instance, has some of the most liberal laws in the country. Being that the state has the most restrictions, such as magazine capacity, hand gun registration, and the state does not recognize a Federal Firearms License (NRAILA). In Ohio, there are fewer restrictions such as concealed carry, or where a firearm can be legally discharged in a situation that is not in self-defense (NRAILA). The federal government can have certain laws, while a state can have laws that say otherwise. An example of this is in March of 2014, Idaho passed a bill that makes enforcing federal laws in that state punishable by charging a $1000 fine and a misdemeanor on part of the officer (Roller). These are referred to as “nullification” laws that the state law overrides the federal law. What this means is that a state could possibly make certain firearms legal on the state level but illegal on the federal level without the tax stamp. This idea has its good and bad qualities, being that the state has the right to pick and choose its own laws according to what is best for them. Although a state may very well pass a law that makes it illegal for a private citizen to own a …show more content…
However, those people who are trying to ban firearms in any way are in violation of the second amendment. The second amendment was written so that the citizens would have the same level of power as the federal government. The second amendment was written the way it was for a reason, because the founding fathers knew technology would advance, but they did not want the people’s right to change, so they left the amendment open so that people would inherit the right as long as the country was still