District of Columbia v. Heller

This is the sound that is heard at 1:40 am on the West Side of Chicago as another innocent victim killed. Kentrell Thompson sat in his car at a gas station when someone fired several shots at his vehicle (WFLD). Thompson suffered from a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at 2:29 am (WFLD). This is becoming progressively common in the City of Chicago. The first twenty-two days of 2017 at least 40 people had been murdered (dnainfo.com). Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson…

The Revolutionary War was fought because the British colonies of North America did not fully agree with King George III, the King of England taxes he was levying against the colonists. The Revolutionary War, which spanned from 1776-1783 ended with the final battle of Yorktown, lead to the creation of a new nation. The Founding Fathers wrote, “…the purposes of government are to promote justice, to maintain peace at home, to defend the nation from foreign foes…. and, above all, to secure the…

According to the Second Amendment in the United States Constitution, citizens of the country have the right to keep and bear arms. However, this topic has recently become more and more controversial. Some people state that guns are dangerous, therefore a simple citizen should have no use for one unless they have ill intentions. Others believe that guns are a necessary part of society for people to protect themselves and those around them. Lately, many debates have been held concerning this topic…

Does Gun Control Reduce Crime? Gun control law has been one the most argued topic in the past decade in United States. Crime is widely viewed as a major issue for every society, government always tried to find solution in order to reduce the crime and violent rates. That is why gun control law and gun ownership has been argued intensively. However there has been a question, did gun control law reduce crime rate? In my opinion: No, because if people want to kill, they will find weapons to…

bans that are being proposed are a violation of these rights that our forefathers fought and died for. The Supreme Court has ruled on the meaning of this law on a few occasions. One of these cases the Supreme Court presided over in 2008, was District of Columbia v.…

Fundamental rights are granted through the Constitution of the United States, and are a part of our liberty and freedom. Also, The 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…

Today in America, there are as many guns as there are people. Handguns are easily attained, sold, and concealed, which is beneficial for both those who wish to solely use it for self-defense, and those who plan to use it for wrongdoings. On April 20, 1999 the latter was what caused the iconic school shooting at Columbine. It 's 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris leave their cars, parked so as to flank the exits of the cafeteria, and make their way through the small suburban high school…

The majority of violent crimes in the United States are committed by men (Gun Control, 2013). The fact that a gun or guns were used in the commission of these crimes does not, in itself, warrant the removal of weapons from society. If this were the case we would need to remove all alcohol which causes more deaths annually than all firearms-related deaths. The one commonality in all of these occurrences is the state of mind and mental health of the shooters. In all of the examples presented so…

Waldman takes the position that there is no right for an individual protected by the United States Constitution to own a firearm. Waldman throughout his article also makes his distaste of firearms quite clear lamenting the ruling of the District of Columbia v. Heller case, where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the individual right to keep and bear arms in self defense and the supposed victory of gun rights activists due to the ruling. Waldman’s assessment of the Second Amendment is wrong.…

One of the most controversial topics of today’s time is gun control. There have been many shootings since gun laws have changed. Gun control laws restrict the possession and use of firearms. Since 1993, the rate of crimes committed with a gun has decreased up until 2013, and then the numbers went back up. There was a time where carrying a concealed weapon made communities safer, but today, communities are not safer just because people are allowed to carry a concealed weapon. I’ll be using…