The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states,.
"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"(Witkin). A.
question that might be asked upon this would be, does it mean that all people .
should have the ability to possess whatever arms they wish?.
Since the age of the Civil War weapons that are being produced.
have become more deadly. In the late 1700's there really were not any.
deadly weapons such as handguns, but they did use muskets, which, were.
not very deadly. The crime rate has been rising, which is causing some.
issues for the people who use guns often, but do not use them in a.
criminal way. Firearms have been a part of the American tradition as.
protection and also they have been used for hunting. However, the use of guns.
has changed significantly, and that is one of the reasons gun control.
is becoming a very large issue. People cannot decide whether or not.
certain laws should be passed regarding guns or not (Kellermann).
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Some people believe that it should be absolute, and any and all.
arms should be legal. Some pro-gunners draw what seem to be obvious.
limitations. For instance, the owning of a nuclear weapon or other.
weapon of mass destruction should be illegal. Some of the people go as.
far as even declaring that heavy military equipment such as tanks and.
bazookas should be illegal. Then some people are to believe that.
reasonable controls on items such as automatic machine guns are all.
right. Therefore, from all of this you can see that there is obviously.
much disagreement about the limitations of the Second Amendment. There.
are moral and legal arguments on the issue about limiting the gun.
control.
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Moral arguments means that it is important to note that no right.
is absolute, even those supposedly granted by God and guaranteed by the.
Bill of Rights. An example would be that although the 1st Amendment.