Gun Control and the Second Amendment.
The issue of gun control has been one of a handful of political charges that have been at the forefront of debate in the United States for over 30 years now. It is unfortunate that both the pro-gun and anti-gun lobby takes the extremes of each side of the issue to perpetuate their cause and, therefore, create a situation where the average person is misinformed about the issue. There are people who are opposed to anyone owning a gun and would like to see all members of society disarmed. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the right of individual citizens to own and posses" firearms. I will show that the Second Amendment and were not referring to State's rights, which could have drastic consequences for families and their communities.
When the data on gun related crimes and incidents are properly analyzed, it becomes very obvious that the gun, in and of itself, is not one of the roots of the problems that plague modern society. "The failure of the anti-gun advocates to recognize the vast corpus of contrary scholarship reflects that fact the "Great American Gun War" is really a culture conflict." It is less about criminology than about ideology and morality. There is no connection to the number of guns present in a community and the number of crimes committed with guns. In the more rural and conservative areas of the United States most people own firearms and consider the presence of a gun in their home and on their person as a very normal and natural way of life. The opposite seems to be the opinion of people who are more liberal and reside in urban areas. If the gun were the problem, the same gun related problems would exist in all communities where the gun exists. The fact that different socioeconomic areas of the country have different problems is not the fault of the gun. (Kates 353-379.).
Both sides of the gun control lobby fall back on the Second Amendment of the Constitution to support their arguments.