Concealed carry in the United States

when the fight for independence from the British ensued. The first evidence of gun related laws occurred within the colonies that “required that heads of households (including women) own guns and that all able-bodied men enroll in the militia and carry personal firearms” (ProCon). Furthermore, the presence of guns were requested at church and town meetings. On December 15, 1791, the Second Amendment of the Constitution was ratified, declaring the right for citizens to bear arms. Guns were…

attempts, highlight the amazing ability of the astronauts to reach the moon, rejecting to mention all of the work that had been done previously by numerous other people. Many engineers, mathematicians, and collaborators combined their resources to carry such an iconic project through.…

The third point that I want to bring up is the 62 mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and 2012, 49 of the shooters used legally obtained guns. Collectively, 143 guns were possessed by the killers with about 75% obtained legally. The process people learn about these acts are through the media portraying it in the way which the media wants you to know. Many times the questions asked of the innocent bystanders are one sided, directed in a certain direction and it doesn’t give the…

who gunned down 20 children and 6 adult staff members. The incident had the most deaths in a mass shooting at a grade school or high school in United States history and the second-deadliest mass shooting by a one person in United States history, the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings were first. This photograph sparked up the gun control debate in the United States. The proposals consisted of making background checks all-inclusive and banning the certain semi-automatic firearms and magazines with more…

control is a really serious problem that the United States need to do something about. Not long time ago in 2015 a guy named Dylan Roof killed nine African American people with a gun. The second amendment says that the united states constitution reads: 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. However you are allowed to shoot anyone for no reason, but you can carry it to protect yourself,…

defined as, “any action taken by the federal government or by state or local governments to regulate, through legislation, the sale, purchase, safety, and use of handguns and other types of firearms by individual citizens” (Lee). America has internally debated the issue of gun control for over a century. It continues to be an important and pressing issue today in the United States. There are no set standards for gun control. Each state varies in its laws. For example, in Missouri, the…

able to own a gun. Even though both Japan and the United States both require background checks, the end results and the depths to which each country adjudicates the checks are vastly different. In this essay I will attempt to highlight the major differences between the two countries in reference to the success and failure of each countries current background check systems. Likewise, I will discuss how the cultural differences between United States and Japan are responsible, in large part, for…

out any of the modern guns as well as the guns that were around when the constitution was made. Another important court case is United States V. Masciandaro. This case is important to the Second Amendment. The case is about carrying a concealed weapon in plain view, a young man and his girlfriend where visiting a state park in Virginia. One of the park police officers noticed that their truck was not parked correctly in between the lines and got out of his vehicle to examine Masciandaro’s truck…

The Second Amendment of the Constitution states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The meaning of this is that all U.S citizens have the right to own a gun and use it in any situation needed, and when it says “Shall not be Infringed” it means to Actively break terms of a Law or Agreement. A gun's purpose in mostly to protect and defend people. I am for the second amendment that is…

in schools, with both sides presenting valid points for consideration. These important issues have made communities more involved and aware, taken student safety to another level, and forced Americans to tackle an unprecedented problem. In 2013, state legislatures introduced more than 80 bills linked to arming school administrators with 7 laws implemented in the same year. Alabama, Arkansas,…