Automatic firearm

King George’s rule and the Revolutionary War had begun. With the start of the Revolutionary War on American soil, most civilians took up arms, and either joined the Continental Army, or formed Militias. Without private citizens using their private firearms, the Revolutionary War wouldn't have ended the way that it did. Without the effort of these privately formed militias, we would be under Great Britain's rule and face the same types of oppression that they face today. Our founding fathers knew…

Gun Control Since the formation of this great country there has been a constant struggle between the right to own firearms. At times one side has the upper hand, then at other times the other side is in control. The Democratic side has been trying to go against the Constitution since the beginning of the fight. In recent times the Republicans and the National Rifle Association have fought greatly to keep this country the way the founding fathers intended for it to be. Currently, in…

The number of people who are affected in the United States as well as the region where the incident continuously changes.ut the weapons remain the same. Semi-Automatic weapons should be regulated and accessories that make them semi-automatic. The American Government is depriving their citizens of safety since they won’t take action to prevent any more gun violence. According to The Washington Post, The United States has 88.8 guns per one hundred people or about seventy million guns overall. The…

one last time, their lives were abruptly taken from them without warning and nothing has been done to prevent these deaths from happening again and again. Semi-automatic firearms, rifles in particular have become the weapon of choice of mass shooters and there is absolutely no reason to have them be legal. Banning semi-automatic firearms would lower the chances of a mass shooting from…

prevalence of mass shootings has added fuel to the flames and has motivated many legislators, mostly from the Democratic party, to advocate for the banning of assault weapons. The use of semi-automatic guns should be illegal in the United States because they are unsafe and useless for citizens. If semi-automatic weapons were made illegal, people will be safer. It is proven that when gun-control laws are enacted, less homicides occur. In 2007, there were 88.8 guns in the United States per 100…

Assault weapons ban would not decrease crime it would only increase it. Assault weapons being banned would increase crime because of the amount of people getting mad about it they would buy them illegally and they would use other weapons to kill so it would not make a difference in any way. Assault weapons dont increase crime its the people holding them, if an assault weapons is going to be sold people need to get a fingerprint done and need to have a background check with many other things to…

crimes (Bernstein). Andrew Bernstein states in his article that banning of automatic weapons won’t help the public “The brutal but inescapable truth is that laws banning automatic and semi-automatic weapons ensure two things: criminals will possess them—honest persons will not…

today? Did you know that you have the ability to legally make a semi-automatic rifle, perform and act like a automatic rifle by utilizing legal gun modifications? In most mass shooting cases today, shooters often utilize gun modifications such as bump stocks, single stage triggers, optic sights, muzzle breaks and quick extended magazine release clips, which are all legal modifications that can be made to any registered firearm. These modifications offer no advantage to the everyday shooter and…

Second amendment protects our right as able-bodied citizens to own all firearms (including assault weaponry), and preserves our natural right to defend ourselves. When the term “assault weapon” is used in the media no one really knows what it means, as there is no definitive legal definition. Some people say that it means any black rifle with a magazine capacity of thirty or more bullets, others argue that it means a fully automatic military weapon; while some maintain that it means an AR-15…

and cause harm to other. America has had two mass shooting in less than a year. According to Mother Jones, “July 11, 2015 According to the New York Times, upwards of 20 to 30 people were open carrying AR-15s and other types of military-style semi-automatic rifles at the Black Lives Matters protest last Thursday. Which "created confusion for the police as the attack unfolded, and in its immediate aftermath made it more difficult for officers to distinguish between suspects and marchers."”. In…