Our representatives in Congress decided that a complete ban on assault weapons was impractical and unconstitutional. The founders envisioned an America where the people would have the right to own guns. Anticipating the possibility that an increasingly centralized and aggressive government might seek to restrict or abolish that right, they included the right in our Constitution. Unfortunately, we may soon lose our Second Amendment rights as historical wisdom and judgment fall prey to political expediency and overreaction. .
Gun control proponents have adopted a misguided view that compiling a list of all gun owners in a certain area, a process which is commonly known as gun registration, will help reduce the crime that takes place in that region. Unfortunately, while it sounds reasonable on the surface, gun registration is actually a malicious program that can be used to track or confiscate firearms. Take Rockland County, New York for example. Journal News, a local newspaper, accessed public records to obtain the name and address of every handgun owner in the county. They then proceeded to post this information on their website for the entire world to see (Kopel 1). Ordinary law abiding citizens may have no interest in or need for this information, but criminals surely will. Burglars generally tend to break into homes owned by citizens who don't carry guns. If the residents of the home don't own guns, then the thief is in virtually no danger if he is discovered. A map showing the homes of all gun owners would be very useful, because now the burglar knows exactly which homes to break into. Let's look at this a different way. What if the burglar actually wants to steal a gun? With gun registration maps online for the entire world to see, this can be accomplished easily. The local news has found the thief's target for him, and has published it on the internet. A burglar can now log on to his or her computer, and pick the exact home he would like to rob a firearm from.
Not everyone agrees about gun control laws and restrictions. ... (Vizzard) However, gun control laws are controversial. While gun control laws may decrease criminals access to guns, the same laws restrict law-abiding citizens. ... The federal government and all U.S. states have some gun control laws. ... These proposed laws would make it illegal for the ordinary citizen to own. ...
The NRA and some republican citizens have been opposing stricter gun control laws under the pretext that guns don't kill, but people kill. ... BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT The current, heated, and controversial debate regarding handgun control and violence has raised a prominent question for society: Should stricter gun control laws be enforced to reduce violence even though citizens have the right to bear arms? ... The passage of the Brady Bill marked the start of the gun control lobby's greatest hour in the nation's capital - and gun rights advocates' most heated debates. ... ...
In the wake of the beltway sniper attacks people have cried out for tougher gun control laws and the need for older laws to be enforced. ... America can protect the rights of gun owners and promote gun responsibility with new laws and strict enforcement of existing laws. ... The identity of the purchaser would only be known if the weapon came up in a criminal investigation, therefore, the second amendment rights of law biding citizens would not be violated in any way. Ballistic fingerprinting is one of the many new ideas to help curb gun control. ... Opponents say that new gun control laws ...
Gun Control The debate regarding gun control is one of the most intriguing and controversial debates in America today. ... Opponents of stricter gun control, inspired by a firm belief in the individual rights theory, argue that the framers of the Constitution intended the amendment to provide for a militia of the whole, at the time a militia of all able bodied white property holders, that would perform its duties with privately owned weapons. ... The first recorded example of a gun control law was the Game Act of 1671. ... Much of American law comes from English law. ... Sir William Bla...
So, criminals should be controlled, not the guns which they share with millions of law-abiding citizens. ... Gun control advocates believe that gun control has no effect on the law-abiding citizens. However, gun control takes recreational firearms from law-abiding citizens. ... In this scenario, gun control serves to give a criminal an advantage over a law-abiding, armed citizen. ... The time is at hand for Americans to stand and defend their Second Amendment rights, and make liberal, anti-gun politicians aware that gun control has no place in society....
The problem with the debate on gun Control is whether the laws that have already been put into place are sufficient enough or do we need more Gun Control laws to be created to make the policies concerning guns more strict and productive. ... Since January 2013, support for gun rights has increased seven percentage points – from 45% to 52% - while the share prioritizing gun control has fallen five points (from 51% to 46%). 3 A majority of the people think that gun ownership when it is law related protects people from being a victim of crime. ... There are several reason why gun control an...
The True History Behind Gun Control The main issue that seems to be nonexistent in most Gun Control debates is the RIGHT to bear arms. It's not about the guns - it's about the rights. ... Once we realize our right to bear arms we can better understand the fundamental reason for gun control laws. It is undeniably based on discrimination towards ANegroes.@ Prejudice Gun control laws precede the establishment of the United States. ... However, racism is so intimately tied to the history of gun control in America that we should regard gun control laws as >suspect= and require the...
Persons in the group against gun control believe that gun control is wrong, and that it is a violation of constitutional rights. Those in favor of gun control believe that gun control is good, that the Second Amendment does not apply to regular citizens, and that guns should be taken out of the hands of criminals. ... The GOA preserves and defends the rights of gun owners through legislation. ... Pro-gun control groups can prove that crime can be reduced with more gun control laws by showing death statistics in countries with stricter gun control laws (Figure 1.1). ... Gun-control law. ...