Gun controls concerns the government with regulation of the use of guns and ownership by private citizens. Democrats are the main one who thinks the United States needs gun control. Most Democrats believe that gun control would reduce the number of accidents related to the guns as well as the violence. However, most republicans believes that it is against which gives the right for citizens to bear arms, according to the Constitution of the United States of America.
One of the principal arguments of gun control is the meaning of the Second Amendments of the Constitution which mention “ 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” ( Gun Control, 2006). Citizens have been debating for several years about the meaning and the purpose of what the Second Amendment is. To the Republicans, this amendment means that citizens have the right to carry a gun regardless if it an automatic machine gun at all times without any questions. The Democrats argue that the Constitution states that people may only carry guns for their self-protection. There are several different opinion about the Second Amendment. The pro-gun lobby and the National Rifle Association(NRA), because it would harm the Constitution and a fundamental right of the citizens to keep their right