District of Columbia v. Heller

They don’t discriminate, they terrify people, they kill you! This is a big controversial topic. This is the defense that liberals use when it comes to gun violence “Gun Control”. The lengthy debate, which I will explain in this essay, will demonstrate why gun control simply does not work. According to an article on the Cornell University Law School, The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the…

My Value for this debate will be security. Security is defined by Merriam Webster as the state of feeling safe, stable, and free from fear or anxiety. Security must be held highest in today’s debate because without Security, we cannot advance in society because there would not be human life to protect. This leads me to my criterion. My Criterion for this debate will be Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs describes what humans need to survive. Security, which is a basis of…

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 my point of view. On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Heller v. District of Columbia. The Supreme Court struck down provisions of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 as unconstitutional, determined that handguns are "arms" for the purposes of the Second Amendment, found that the Regulations Act was an…

Between 2000 and 2015, over 150,000 Americans were killed in gun related homicides (Zakaria). It has been estimated that there are over 310 million guns in the hands of United States citizens (Krouse). These statistics have rallied many gun-control opponents and proponents to action. Gun control opponents believe that the answer to this problem is to loosen gun control laws to dissuade potential shooters. Gun control proponents believe that the answer is to tighten gun control laws so that a…

The Lemon Test- http://www.pewforum.org/2009/05/14/shifting-boundaries6/ Aguilar v. Felton (1985). Was a federal program that paid New York City public school teachers to provide remedial instruction to students who lived in low-income neighborhoods. The teachers delivered these services at public and private schools, a substantial number of which were religious. Aguilar required the government to monitor whether the government-funded teachers incorporated religious content into their secular…

bear arms is unalienable. Democratic gun bans are unconstitutional. In 2008 a famous court case, Heller v The District of Columbia, was conducted about heavy gun laws that were put on the citizens’ of the District of Columbia. In this particular case the government tried to put limitations changing the second amendment. The laws were restricting handgun possession in homes. The District of Columbia was infringing on the citizens…

“For every criminal killed in self-defense, 34 innocent people die” (Washington Post). Gun control is a huge controversial topic being discussed currently in America. The US has “88.8 guns per 100 people”, which means that “22% of Americans own one or more guns” (ProCon). Advocates of creating more “gun control laws state that gun violence would be reduced; that gun restrictions have always existed; and that a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support new gun restrictions”(ProCon).…

The Second Amendment of the Constitution has created controversial debates with regards of the Amendment’s intended extent. With the Second Amendment stating, “ 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”. Such statement had the U.S. Citizens at first believe that it was to only apply to the federal government, but in recent years it has been interpreted to grant the right of gun ownership to…

Fighting Fire with Fire Gun violence in the United States is climbing at a tremendous rate and we are constantly reminded of that each time we turn on the news and see that there was another shooting where there were multiple deaths or a murder-suicide occurred. Over the last couple of decades, law makers and gun control activists have been on a frenzy trying to enact dozens and dozens of aggressive gun control laws in an effort to try and reduce the number of crimes associated with gun…

Madigan,” in 2012. This case was originally “Shepard v. Madigan,” because originally, there was a woman, Mary Shepard, who was attacked. She owned and possessed a gun, but was not allowed to carry it outside of her property, due to the Illinois State Statutes that prevented the carry of a concealed weapon…