The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

Over the past years, there have been many debates over guns and the protection the Second Amendment gives to firearms. As with all debates, there are sides to them. Gun control activist are people who wish to have legislation passed that is intended to lower violence related to firearms as well as limit a civilians opportunity to possess a firearm. On the other side of the spectrum are the gun rights activist who seek argue that by passing legislation on gun control, it is infringing on the rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment. Signed in on December 15, 1791, the Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms as one of ten amendments that would make up the Bill of Rights. This idea that the people have the right to own and bear armswas based off of English law and the English Bill of Rights of 1689. The ideas of earlier settler were also a key point in this amendment due to these …show more content…
A survey in 2016 shows that there are close to 76 million Americans that own a gun. It also adds that 8 is the average number of firearms in a gun-owning house. Another survey taken shows that of those asked, 38 percent of Southerners, 35 percent of Midwesterners, 34 percent of Westerners, and finally 27 percent of Northeasterners admitted to possessing a gun. The survey also includes age, environment, and political ideology and party. Out of the people surveyed, 26 of those asked were between the age of 18 and 29 years old, 32 were between the ages of 30 and 49 years old, while those between the ages of 50 and 64, as well as those 65 and older, were tied with 40 people each. In the category of environment of gun ownership, 25 were from urban areas, 36 were from suburban areas, and 51 where from rural areas. Finally, when asked what party the gun owners belonged too, 49 supported Republicans, 22 supported Democrats, while 37 supported