S. constitution is so the laws can agree with modern society. Therefore, should our right to bear arms be abolished due to the disastrous capability of today's weapons? In aiming for a better tomorrow, strict firearm legislation should be meticulously designed and heavily enforced to protect the American people and appeal to the people's best interest.
The need for gun control legislation was never really a major matter in the United States until the early 1980's, which started after the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. Throughout the last two decades this issue has leaped to the top of the American population's list of concerns. After the April 1999, massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado gun control became the hottest topic. The media exploited the debate in our country, especially in the federal and state Congresses. Even though gun control legislation was already being debated and bills concerning gun control were set to be voted on within weeks of the Columbine tragedy in both federal and state Houses, a new and even stronger movement of calls for reform swept the nation. Most called for better control, but some called for drastic change in legislation. The large gun manufacturing and retail industry employs hundreds of thousands of blue collar American workers. Their jobs will be directly affected by any changes made by the legislature. The insurance of job security to this interest group defiantly needs to be considered. Small business owners are fighting on the same position yet for different reasons. They claim that guns are needed in their work place to protect their staff, themselves, and the business as a whole. My brother, Lance Gatti, owns his own barber shop in Youngstown, Ohio. Youngstown was given the infamous title, "The Murder Capital" in 1996 when the census showed that the city's murder rate was the highest per capita in the nation.