Should Gun Laws Be Changed

The year 1364 was the first reported use of a firearm, and they have been around ever since. They have become bigger, more lethal, and more complicated. Are they lethal, or when the firearms get into the wrong hands do they become lethal and dangerous to society. The Government cannot take away something that only so many people use in the wrong way compared to those millions using them the right way. There is double the amount of guns now then there were in 1968. Existing gun laws should not be changed since the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms, collecting guns from responsible citizens eliminates their ability to protect themselves and their families, they would also lose recreational purposes, and criminals can still find guns on the black market. 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 people to keep and Bear Arms shall not be infringed.” The court case District of Columbia V. Heller ruled trigger locks and the disassembly of firearms unconstitutional. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in the opinion of the …show more content…
There is only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, lose it for a long time.” The citizens of the United States have fallen upon a government that has assured its citizens the most, but has only kept that assurance a few amount of times and has directed us to extra legislation, extra government, and a loss of our freedoms (Kyle). The United States government is trying to compensate for all the corrupt people, all the murders from guns, and so far it has not helped out the United States. The government with all the new laws it has signed into place about firearm restrictions does not realize how much of our freedom have been taken