Should the United States have gun control or not? Imagine today, somebody or the government .
came into your town and started taking possession of all your personal firearms. Just so they .
could keep you under their control. What would you think or do about this? In the summer of .
1768, the British army tried to disarm the new residents of Boston. This process went on until the .
end of 1775. This took place so that the King of England would not have his invincible army .
revolted against in the new land to the West. The Bostonians of the new west were resisting .
taxation and other various grievances resulting in riots. (Halbrook, 1) Therefore causing the .
disarming of the residents of Boston. In 1791 the adoption of the Second Amendment to the Bill .
of Rights was ratified by all of the 13 colonies after the Constitution ratification. (HalBrook, XI) .
This Second Amendment gave all citizens of the colonies the right to bear arms. .
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Whether you are for or against gun control this is a long on going battle that has no end in the .
near future. In the Second Article to the Bill of Rights states; "A well regulated Militia, being .
necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms." .
(HalBrook, VIII) In laymen terms it basically says that all citizens have the right to purchase and .
have a gun in their possession providing certain restrictions. An arm could be a pistol, revolver, .
shotgun, and rifle, which are classified as firearms or dangerous weapons and require the .
purchaser of the weapon to be at least eighteen years of age for rifles and shotguns. Purchasers' .
of pistols or revolvers must be at least twenty-one years age. And are required to have a county .
certified permit on record. (SIG ARMS, 12) All these above mentioned handguns are dangerous .
weapons but, if you use them correctly and for the right purpose, they fully justify their means--to .
