Why People Should Not Be Allowed To Bear Arms

"A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Since the beginning of America the people have had the right to defend themselves with arms in any circumstance. The government has not infringed this right for hundreds of years until recently. The people’s government today has tried everything in their power to restrict the people’s right to defend themselves with fire arms. They have passed laws that restrict who can get a concealed carry permit, they have continued to further restrict the people’s rights by banning guns in many public places. They also continue to ban many types of guns from purchase in the country. The right to defend

As stated by John Lott and David Mustard, “When state concealed handgun laws went into effect in a county, murders fell by 7.65 percent, and rapes and aggravated assaults fell by 5 and 7 percent”(Lott 19). This goes to show how when a law-abiding citizen is in possession of a concealed firearm they can prevent crimes from occurring as often. Also in many cases they don’t even have to use the firearm, just by having possession of the weapon many people will be scared off from committing their crime and no one will get injured in the outcome. However opposition to concealed carry would say that its too easy for criminals to get concealed carry permits but there are actually multiple rules that prevent permits from falling into the wrong hand. As summarized by Robert McCulloch there are laws in place that prevent people from getting a permit like not having felonies and not being in a mental hospital for the five preceding years(McCulloch 1). Permits are highly regulated and have multiple restrictions from criminals obtaining them making it a very safe system allowing only law-abiding citizens to get them. Also with the restrictions on the permits guns cant be used in certain areas making it safe from even people who follow the rules. With regulations and restrictions on concealed carry permits it is safe for people to obtain them and also makes areas a safer place by

The right to bear arms has been given to americans by our fore fathers and no one has the right to take that from the people. It is stated on legal information institute website that, The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." (www.law,cornell.edu) This shows how that militias and the American people as individuals have the right to fire arms. This is why the American government in modern time has no right to take the people’s guns and right to carry guns from the people no matter what the case. People will refute that statement by saying that the second amendment only applies to states versus the federal government but it is clearly stated that it also involves the peoples rights as well. It is stated in the Embarrassing second Amendment that Robert Shalhope supported the view that “the amendment guarantees individuals right to possess arms for their own personal defense”(Levinson 646). This statement supports the idea that the citizens have every right to use firearms even when opposers say its only retaining to state militias. The second amendment gives us the right to defend ourselves with concealed carry even though people will say it only means