Anti Gun Culture

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states that, “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” (U.S. Const. Am. 2). This amendment guarantees American citizens the right to have firearms. Since this amendment is very indistinct, it has remained a matter of debate and discussion in the United States. Many people are asking whether every citizen should have the right to possess a gun? There are many advocates of gun control people who wish to have strict laws to prevent certain groups of people from buying a gun. And there’s also those who disagree with gun control laws, and feel there should be a more tolerant gun control to
There was a profound shift in the character of firearms regulation occurred in response to widespread fears that handgun and other weapons that posed a serious threat to social stability in the early 19th century. In the early 19th century the gun control also changes in the election of Thomas Jefferson when the power shits towards Anti-federalist’s. The Anti-federalist and the Jeffersonian heirs came to interpret the Second Amendment with an evolving theory of state’s right. Throughout the Jeffersonian era one of the Jefferson’s Anti- federalist Charles Austin is murdered by federalist Thomas Selfridge. (Cornell, p. 113). The murder of this Anti-federalist brought many questions and thoughts of the Second Amendment, which made the conclusion of murder and self-defense very tough to the judge because of the situation. During this time there was also a lot of violence going on because of the social unrest that was cause after the War of 1812. Many citizens live with fear and as a result, the first gun control movement was established because of the violence that was occurring in the nation. The gun control movement helped people recognize and reflect the right of self-defense. The first gun control movement that was passed was in Kentucky, this curbed the practice of carrying concealed weapon in in 1813, and in the same year Louisiana also passed an act banning concealed weapons (Cornell, p. 138). Many citizens were not satisfied that the government was contravening with their rights and many of these citizens in several states began to make their own individual constitution in order to support their citizens’ rights to bear arms (Cornell, p.141). The first gun control movement in Kentucky advocated the first real court challenge to the new gun control laws. The individual rights explanation of the Second Amendment first appears in Bliss