Argumentative Essay On Gun Control

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The United States has become a Nation in which anyone can own a firearm. The Second Amendment, which constitutes the right for an individual to bear arms, has become controversial among the American people. Advocates have struggled to come up with a solution to the ongoing debate of how to reduce gun violence and how not to infringe on the Second Amendment Americans are guaranteed by their Constitution the right to bear arms with good reason; laws seeking to control guns have been ineffective to the point where every citizen in every state should have the right to carry a concealed weapon. In the article “Fundamental Rights And The Right To Bear Arms” Cynthia Stark claims that gun control supporters feel that specific types of firearms and components that make a gun dangerous should be banned. Stark reports how the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968 are the two major federal statutes that regulate firearms. Stark argues about the right to own a firearm and if owning a gun is considered a fundamental right to the lives of people. Advocates and opponents of gun control argue the nature and status of the right to bear arms. Opponents of gun control feel that the right to bear arms is …show more content…

A poll was conducted by the Southern States Police Benevolent Association to find the leading cause of crime. They found out that sixty-five percent didn’t think that gun control was an effective method to combat crime (Bejlefeld). Only one percent thought that guns caused crime while forty-eight percent said drug abuse was one of the leading causes of crime (Bejlefeld). Twenty-one percent believed that one of the main causes of crime has to do with the failure of the criminal justice systems (Bejlefeld). This report proves that gun is not the leader in crime and the failure of the justice system is the leading cause of

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