Pro Gun Control Essay

thinking about guns, the next word that automatically pops into my head, is crime. Crime and guns seem to go hand in hand and there is a strong association between the two. Changing the gun laws in the United States is a simple directive to combat the dangerous crimes in which guns are misused. Guns are powerful weapons. They can be used to defend and protect, but also be used to cause harm, destruction, and death, by those who abuse the right to use them. So why is it that gun control laws are…

Ninth Amendment reads, “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. In other words the right to bear arms should not be taken away from anyone. Opponents of gun control consider the right to bear arms in some sense a fundamental right, and having those rights taken away is unconstitutional. Although the Fourth Amendment protects the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, it doesn’t…

quickly hurries his siblings upstairs and waits for the intruder. Even though people think that firearms are bad and unsafe, Guns are vital to the defense of the people and the nation because the American people have the right to defend there selves and there nation and 2.5 million crimes are countered by armed citizens every year.(Hawkin) A huge foothold in the gun control movement would be the recent shooting including Sandy Hook,…

the television, there is an incidence of gun violence in the news. School shootings, domestic violences, and other forms of firearm brutality make up most of the content displayed in the media, calling for a possible increase in gun control in the United States. This controversial subject has become a common topic of debate all over the country: should civilian-use of violent firearms be limited or prohibited, or should the decision to possess these guns be up to the individual person? There are…

This dichotomy is apparent in the gun control debate, an extremely controversial issue that has polarized the nation. The recent mass shootings in Oregon and Connecticut have reignited the calls for gun control in the United States. Prominent politicians such as President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have demanded Congressional action to limit guns, and in California, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a 2016 ballot initiative to impose statewide gun control (Holwerk). Even though…

people died. The shooter legally bought a dangerous gun (otherwise known as an AR-15), and used it in an illegal way. Even though seventeen innocent people died, many have been traumatized. This is an event that shouldn’t happen or be tolerated, and needs to be fixed immediately. Many people are enraged about this shooting and have used their voices to protest about it. Emma Gonzalez used her voice to tell the government to change the Gun Control Law in her state. In her famous speech, she…

[2] Anti-gun advocates also claim that the Fourteenth Amendment does not apply a private right of self-defense against the state and only toward that of the federal government. [3] In McDonald v. Chicago (2010) the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights does…

SHOULD GUN CONTROL LAWS BE MORE STRICT? Should Gun Control Laws Be More Strict? Many individuals do not believe that carrying a gun will make them safer; On the contrary many of them carry both openly and concealed and society is better for it. One could ask why society would be better for it? There are many answers someone could provide, but one of the most logical ones would be "If they did somehow manage to take away legal weapons? That would still leave criminals happily armed"…

al. "Gun Control Facts." Just Facts, 23 Feb. 2018, www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp. Accessed 26 Apr. 2018. This source defines firearms and provides statistics about private gun ownership in United States. It goes into detail about specific murder rates and gun ownership facts for different states. Included within this source as well is also statistics as to what percentage of households in America have guns, as well as a percentage rate of how many adults in the United States own guns.…

We hear it too often in the media, gun violence in America and the debate to control it. We read, hear, and see horrific crimes involving guns at schools, homes and other public places. In recent years, with advanced technology in the media, quicker access to bad news has produced the growth in awareness of gun crimes in the American society. Undeniably, no one wants to continue acquiring news of more children firing off guns in their home or at schools and the killings of more innocent people.…