In order to repeal the 2nd amendment, a new amendment must take its place, which those supporting the repeal of the 2nd have no replacement for, two-thirds of the legislative bodies of the U.S. Congress must accept it, and lastly, thirty-eight out of fifty states must vote in agreement. Therefore it's almost impossible, and very very difficult for thirty-eight consecutive states to vote yes for the removal of their protection; it would be as one giving a burglar a key to their house, but in this case giving up a right many have died for in the 1700s. Though the government may be removing the guns from the hands of its citizens, the violence still remains. In fact, the removal of the constitutional principle was proved to be futile when a similar repeal in handguns occurred in the United Kingdom in England and Wales in the year of 1996, when a “50 percent increase in homicide rates” occurred, the firearm homicide rate doubling between 1996 and 2002, causing more problems in a country with fewer tensions than that of the U.S. and forcing one to ponder on whether the repeal would truly save people, or put them in more…
Introduction: Virginia is a teenager who is brought up into a well put together family that rarely has any problems. Virginia is overweight and does not have a social life at school. Her only friend, Sharron, unfortunately moves away for a year and she promises to move back because she abandons Virginia in her home town, New York City. As you read the first few pages of the novel Virginia discusses how she has a boy over, named Froggy. She is self conscious about her weight, and doesn’t go very far with Froggy. She has a fat girl code of conduct…
Those two things seem to coincide with each other. Lately on the news there have been a number of mass shootings, terrorist attacks, violence in neighborhood, etcetera. As the number of these crimes seem to happen more often throughout the years, peoples fight or flight instincts tend to kick in, and they feel like they have to do what they need to do in order to protect themselves. And that usually results in people's fight response being activated, and wanting to be feel like they are able to keep themselves and their family safe end up with them going out and getting a gun. As of last October, the Gallup poll was taken and stemmed out into saying that 63% of Americans believe that having a gun in their household makes them feel a whole lot safer than having a home without a gun. According to the Pew Research Center Survey only 37% of adults own a gun in their household. While the numbers may appear to not seem like a lot, as a researcher it's hard to pinpoint the exact number of individuals who do have a gun in their possession due to not everyone answering the survey on whether or not they have acquired a gun. So the big question for the people and the government are "Is the right to keep and bear arms a civil right?" and " Should we have restrictions when obtaining a gun?" So the present today debate on the Second Amendment main focus is on the protection of an individual right to bear arms or is it a right than can only be protected by the…
This is also supported by the U.S. Supreme Court which said, “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.” This quote shows how altering the laws would be the opposite of what the Second Amendment states. Also according to the Declaration of Independence, our unalienable rights are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and, “that whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it... it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” This means that whenever we are in perilous situation we can defend ourselves to secure our right of life. Also, “banning guns will take away yet another piece of our liberty,” according to balancedpolitics.org. Eventually this will lead to having more of our rights taken away and result in tyranny. This is why we must not alter the gun laws we have…
Those against gun control believe in these private protections. The Framers weren't able to predict everything the future would hold including the rapid growth in crime and violence. James Madison, who wrote the Constitution believed in the freedom and liberty of the individual, he discusses the advantages the private individual in America contained at the time with the right to bear arms compared to the many individuals of the nations in Europe. With the increase in violence and crime within the United States today the beliefs of James Madison and the framers become even stronger. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) the court recognizes that the government can regulate gun rights but that the Second Amendment does establish an individual right to bear arms. The Court said its decision should not be interpreted to question the right of government to: prohibit felons and the mentally ill from owning weapons, prohibit guns in schools or public buildings, ban certain categories of guns not commonly used for self-defense, and to establish certain other conditions on gun ownership. Thus, the Washington D.C. gun ban was overturned just as many other cities have done since then. If we eliminate this right to bear arms then we…
For years now our country has been in a heated debate on the second amendment. Some people feel that it is not safe to let citizens have and carry guns, while others agree it is their right as an american to own a gun. In America, there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only 897,000 carried by police.Close to 33,000 Americans were victims of gun-related deaths in 2011 and an average of 268 citizens are shot every day. In the past decade our country has witnessed 142 mass school shootings and, in 2010 alone 19,392 people committed suicide with a gun. These frightening statistic are what I believe cuz some people to be against the second amendment.…
The Second Amendment has been one of the most controversial topics that America faces today. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "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" (LII). Under the constitution, you are able to own guns but there has been many restrictions and Acts that control your rights to a minimum. Gun rights reforms are how the Acts and certain limitations are made. These reforms are made to help lower the dangers of these weapons and allow for higher protection. The Second Amendment and Gun Rights should be adapted to today’s society along with certain past events to allow citizens to bear arms publicly. In multiple scenarios, these past event may have been avoided if gun control was open to more eligible citizens.…
Our Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights had created a virtual war over guns and gun ownership in the United States for more than two centuries. It reads The Second Amendment provides: "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." It is the only amendment written with a purported purpose. The only one with a preamble or perhaps an observation that; a well-regulated militia is a necessity for the security of a free state, and an objective or a legality that: the right…
Most of the population are against the 2nd amendment because of the higher crime rate. The amendment was created to protect the citizens instead we use the rules which was created for goods turned into evil. I, myself, personally believe we should preserve our 2nd amendment because it allows the population to make decision on right and wrong. The process to carry firearms needs more cordial and thoroughly to eliminates the problematic of having the firearms into the wrong hands, the government needs to create a system which allow each state to severely punished those who carry illegal…
The debate over the restrictions of gun control is centered on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which gives people the right to bear arms. Gun control supporters believe that this explicit right does not extend to ownership of military-style firearms. For example, groups like the National Rifle Association argue that gun control infringes on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Gun control is an on-going debate because each year more people are killed by the use of guns. However, guns are not the result in the number of homicides each year, the problems rests with the irresponsible gun users. Gun Control would do nothing but harm America because guns offer protection and security…
This is why some people are so vociferous about what they believe is necessary to achieve a less violent society. In addition to the Second Amendment dispute, liberals view it as reassurance that, “the federal government would not disband their militias” (Wasserman 1); henceforth not permitting the right for every individual to bear arms. They also conceived that when the Second Amendment addressed Americans as, “the people,” they do not mean individuals themselves, but the “people as a whole” (Wasserman 1). Some also proposed individuals do not need guns for protection and that, “it is the role of the local and federal government to protect the people through law enforcement agencies and the military” (Student News Daily 1).The people place great confidence within our government to defend us against any threats to the American people. It is also believed that if the militia had enough firearms to protect our nation, then the personal ownership of guns for “self-defense” would not be needed. Even if law enforcement agencies were the only ones able to bear arms, there would still be the concern of police brutality or abuse of authority. Another promoted conjecture is that, “additional gun control laws are necessary to stop gun violence and limit the ability of criminals to obtain guns” (Student News Daily 1). It is a widespread belief that the more laws the legislature passes on…
Thomas Jefferson one of our founding fathers once said that “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms only disarm those who are neither inclined or determined to commit crimes”. Gun control laws have been around since the 1800’s ,with the fist law coming into play in 1870.That first law about firearms stated that you would need a license if you wished to carry your firearms outside of your own home and property. Then in the 1900’s a law passed to help insure the safety of other. That law passed in 1903 and it stated that firearms could not be sold to the drunken or the mentally insane and unstable. Evidence has proven that more gun control laws would not be beneficial to the public and would not help reduce the amount of violent crimes being committed with guns.…
Gun control laws take away the right to self defense and take away their feeling of safety. If a person doesn’t have a gun, when attacked they have a higher chance of dieing. “A small women is armed with a knife and the large man has a knife, he is more likely to win, but if she has a gun she gets to live another day” (Cooke, 26). This is an example of why the 2nd amendment is needed. “The 2nd amendment does protect the individual right of law- abiding,…
One of the biggest controversial topics in America today is Gun Control, whether we should or should not have gun control. The Government claims that if they take the guns away, that there will be a drop in deaths and crimes. The Second Amendment state that every citizen of the United States of America has a right to bare arms(ProCon#1). The Gun Control Law will take away that right completely, along with some of our freedom. If the Gun Control Law is enforced in the United States, our hunting right will be removed, our self-defense right will be taken away, and it will amplify the problem.…
A lot of people do not look into the death rates that are caused by guns each and every day. Really, if you allowed guns to be bought, you are just doing half of the criminal's job for them. Guns are not the only solution to look into when defending you against danger. There are other ways you can protect yourself such as taking a self-defense class, using some pepper spray, and etcetera. Guns make it easier for someone to commit murder. If guns are taken out of civilian’s hands and only available for people in the right position to have one, it will become a lot harder to obtain legally. Guns will become rarer and more difficult to get rather than having it readily available in gun shops anywhere. If guns are illegal, shootings and murder due to firearms will greatly decrease, which is the point of making guns banned. Banning guns will be more effective than regulating them.…