Helping Americans?” Gun ownership is strongly guarded American right‚ but recent gun violence demands that lawmakers make the changes necessary to control guns more tightly. The National Rifle Association (NRA) demands that we protect our second amendment of the right to bear arms; however‚ major modification is needed. The U.S compares horribly to other countries in our statistics of gun violence. Recent shootings‚ such as the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary shooting‚ or the Aurora‚ CO movie theatre
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shootings‚ bank robberies‚ house invasions‚ gun suicide‚ street shootings; the list can go on and on about crimes being done with guns‚ but what should be done about it? Are you the type of person who strongly believes in The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms? Some people believe that this situation with assault rifles is getting out of hand and believe they should be banned. However‚ there are others who have personal reasons
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organization in the United States. Established on November 17‚ 1871‚ in New York‚ the group has grown to approximately 3 million members‚ all of which are patriotic supporters of the Second Amendment. The NRA serves one sole purpose in the U.S.‚ and that is to promote: marksmanship‚ firearm safety‚ protection of hunting‚ self-defence‚ and gun ownership rights. The group bases its political position on the fact that firearm ownership is a civil liberty protected by the Second Amendment which comes from
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requisites to prevent firearms from landing in the wrong hands. The supreme law of the land was written nearly 226 years ago. The U.S. Constitution grants us the greatest set of rules‚ the amendments. The second amendment is one of the most controversial of the twenty-seven. The amendment is as follows: “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”‚ which in short translates that people should be allowed
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The Second Amendment of the Constitution: The Right to Bear Arms The American Constitution was a book of laws that gave a brief explanation of the American Dream. In the Constitution‚ there were ten laws that were considered the “Civil Rights‚” and one of these laws laid commonly questioned and tested. The second Amendment of the Constitution: the right to bear arms was a very significant law in the American Constitution‚ since it has two sides of opinion. Many Americans consider that people
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things in the United States‚ like stopping criminal acts‚ giving people a sense of protection‚ and establishes every American with gun rights. It is also known as The Second Amendment. The proposition in our society should be for guns in American and not to be banned. As soon as a person is born into this world they acquire their own rights. One of the rights is called The Second Amendment. “The rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall not infringe...”. The second Amendment guarantees the
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Gun Control “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.” -The Second Amendment. Our government of the United States of America is wanting to take our right to bear Arms away from us. Does the government have the right to do this? “Gun Control is designed to stop people from killing each other‚ at least that’s what we were always told” ( King par. 3) . Our government wants to ban the use of guns
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the U.S. Constitution or whether they are a dangerous contribution to the problems at hand make for an explosive argument. With a major outbreak of violence in our country‚ some people think that if we repeal the Second Amendment it would solve the problem. These people have two reasons; One‚ is the rising of violence amongst teenagers‚ the second‚ is their interpretation of the Second Amendment. The side opposing these views use arguments like how it would be impossible to repeal the Second Amendment
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With the Second Amendment giving American citizens the right to bear arms‚ and approximately fifty percent of Americans owning some form of a firearm‚ issues involving the ownership and possession of guns has led to debates in American society. Many feel that the some form of gun regulation is necessary in order to lower the level of gun related violence in the country. On the other hand‚ the opponents of gun control feel that it would be an infringement on their second amendment rights. The outcome
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The Gun Debate written by Patricia Smith illustrates the opinions on gun control and how it relates to the second amendment. Due to the amount of gun deaths and mass shootings in our country stronger gun laws are needed to be put in order. “In 2014‚ there were more than 33‚000 firearm-related deaths in the U.S.” (Smith) The United States has the most gun violence compared to any other developed country. Another reason is that people who are small scale gun sellers can claim to be hobbyists and
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