Gun Control Essay
Running head: Deadly Consequence of Gun Control
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Deadly Consequence of Gun Control
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Deadly Consequence of Gun Control
Gun control has been on the forefronts of debate since the 1960’s when there were some high profile shootings. The increase of gun violence since the 1980’s has just increased the argument over who should be allowed to own and carry weapons. The Second Amendment is the biggest stumbling block in this debate because people interpreted it differently. The one side argues that it states that we have the right to bear arms, but the other side says that it doesn’t pertain to us anymore in the modern era. Politicians love to use the idea that removing legal guns will drastically reduce suicides, assassinations, gang-violence, school shootings, accidental child deaths, and general murders. They don’t consider the fact that someone that wants to kill themselves will do it anyway they can, or a college kid trying to tear up his school will just blow it up if he cannot find a gun. Criminals vary rarely use registered guns to commit crimes, they use illegally acquired weapons. Gun control only protects the criminals and the image of the government’s control over the people. The controversial movement to disarm people has infringed their natural right to self-preservation(self-defense), which takes away their true freedom. The Founding Fathers believed that freedom and no gun control goes hand in hand, which is why they wrote the Second Amendment. “To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them” (Henry, 1788) Patrick Henry’s quote sums up gun control. So, why after all these years have we forgotten his words? History has proven Henry’s words to be true over and over, but the nation keeps disregarding it. Americans need to act urgently on this matter, because if no action is taken on gun control, we will become another ‘Hitler’s’ Germany or ‘Stalin’s’ Russia, without
APA Format
Word Count = 2,338
Deadly Consequence of Gun Control
Policy Proposal Paper
Deadly Consequence of Gun Control
Gun control has been on the forefronts of debate since the 1960’s when there were some high profile shootings. The increase of gun violence since the 1980’s has just increased the argument over who should be allowed to own and carry weapons. The Second Amendment is the biggest stumbling block in this debate because people interpreted it differently. The one side argues that it states that we have the right to bear arms, but the other side says that it doesn’t pertain to us anymore in the modern era. Politicians love to use the idea that removing legal guns will drastically reduce suicides, assassinations, gang-violence, school shootings, accidental child deaths, and general murders. They don’t consider the fact that someone that wants to kill themselves will do it anyway they can, or a college kid trying to tear up his school will just blow it up if he cannot find a gun. Criminals vary rarely use registered guns to commit crimes, they use illegally acquired weapons. Gun control only protects the criminals and the image of the government’s control over the people. The controversial movement to disarm people has infringed their natural right to self-preservation(self-defense), which takes away their true freedom. The Founding Fathers believed that freedom and no gun control goes hand in hand, which is why they wrote the Second Amendment. “To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them” (Henry, 1788) Patrick Henry’s quote sums up gun control. So, why after all these years have we forgotten his words? History has proven Henry’s words to be true over and over, but the nation keeps disregarding it. Americans need to act urgently on this matter, because if no action is taken on gun control, we will become another ‘Hitler’s’ Germany or ‘Stalin’s’ Russia, without
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