Do Americans Have the Right to Bear Arms?.
It is said by many young Americans that the government is constantly scheming against its people. Although there is really no evidence to proving this theory's accuracy, young Americans who feel this way have built up a strong argument as to why it might be so. "The government has too much power," the people claim. Whether the government's control over our lives is hidden or open, it is factual that the government has heavy control over what Americans can and cannot do. Tapping phones, surveys, tracking devices, identification numbers, collection agencies, and repossession are all examples of how the government can follow our every move. Numerous young Americans feel that it is nearly unconstitutional for the government to have control of our self-protection. Although I do not agree that we should have every right to bear arms, to an extent I agree with their ideas. They feel that citizens should have the right to protect themselves from the people who are out on the streets carrying guns illegally. I personally feel that instead of putting more guns out in the streets, the government should crack down and take more guns off the streets. The government's aptitude to crack down goes beyond the control of the common citizen. Currently in America, do we have the right to bear arms? The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution states, "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." The reason for this Amendment as intended by the founding fathers was to insure that the citizens of the newly formed union could protect themselves from government tyranny, and guarantee the states a right to a militia. The grand authors could never have imagined that weapons would one day exist such as the ones that were banned in the 1994 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. A prime reason for allowing amendments to the U.
