Argumentative Essay On Gun Control

One who is for gun control would argue that due to the new types of weapons and technology that are being drowned in the twenty first century more laws are needed to better control it. Gun opponents would state that if certain laws that are already on the books are ineffective what effect would new enact law bring. . (Streissugth, Tom). Crime will always be apart of America that is why the individual need to be able self defend themselves. One major group that was against any type of gun control was the National Rifle Association; this group did not any laws that tried to prohibit gun rights to individuals. The NRA was founded in 1871 in New York and later moved to Washington D.C. the group served as an association for instructing and rewarding

The organization is very powerful and is in the limelight mostly during political parties. The group was first only for those who wanted to improve their skill set with rifles but dues to the 1938 gun law which prevented the use of certain kinds guns the NRA saw this a threat to their right to bear arms and they fought very hard through congress to get certain state and cities bill dropped and due to no oppression or guns law supporter organization Congress throughout history have lean heavily or was heavily influence by the NRA and or still influence today when it comes to gun control laws. Gun control throughout history shows that it does not reduce the crime rate nor does it help social or economic changes in America. One thing that Gun control does is a limit citizen from being able to obtain a gun legally. In his book The Future of the Gun, Frank Minter states “According to the Children’s Defense Fund, gun deaths among white children and teens decreased by 44 percent from 1979 to 2009, while deaths among black children and teens rose by 30 percent (pg.80). This statistic points out that even with gun control over the years have increase there is still a high crime and death rate related to guns among certain American

When looking at the 2nd Amendment when it was first introduced and enacted. Our founding fathers were not concern about anything but making sure that our rights as citizens, whom they called the Bill of Rights, were protected from the new federal government that would be created. The founding father such as James Madison, who wrote the Bill of Rights, gave a very vague meaning of what it meant to bear arms. Many people who support gun control would say that Madison intended it for the federal militia and not for states others that oppose gun control state that it an individual right to carry and that the second amendment should be protected and not restricted. The debate behind whether or not guns should be control is very broad due to the fact that no law is the same when it comes to guns. For example in most rural areas in North America such as the southern states that law abiding citizens who uses use for sports feels that it’s a god given right to bear arms and that no government can take or infringe upon that right because of the 2nd amendment. These are the idea of federalism in America. Many opponents to gun laws fear that eventually their right to even have a firearm will be taken