Gun Control
Gun control
The phrase “gun control” can mean many things. It can be a ban on specific or all types of weapons. It can be law restricting where guns can be carried. It can be regulations prohibiting certain or all citizens from owning guns. Regardless of what form it takes, gun control in the United States of America takes away your constitutional right to own guns; the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "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." To infringe means "to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another," which is exactly what gun control does.
The Second Amendment would not have survived all these years if it was not a valuable and key amendment to the Constitution. May I point out its value by referencing a place and time when people did not have the right to bear arms due to gun control. In Germany, total gun control was established in 1938. From 1939 to 1945, about 13 million people, unable to defend themselves against the cruel Nazis, were exterminated in the horror known as the Holocaust. Throughout history, there are many other examples of this. Every genocide has been preceded by gun control. By establishing continually more restrictive gun control, the people of the United States may be launching themselves towards a similar fate.
May I also stress that when gun control is implemented, the only people who lose their right to keep and bear arms are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are just that: criminals. They do not obey the law and thus would not obey gun control laws. So logically, if totally restrictive gun control laws were established, the only people with guns would be criminals. This certainly does not paint a nice mental image. I would like to quote Senator John McCain. "We have a responsibility to ensure that
The phrase “gun control” can mean many things. It can be a ban on specific or all types of weapons. It can be law restricting where guns can be carried. It can be regulations prohibiting certain or all citizens from owning guns. Regardless of what form it takes, gun control in the United States of America takes away your constitutional right to own guns; the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "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." To infringe means "to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another," which is exactly what gun control does.
The Second Amendment would not have survived all these years if it was not a valuable and key amendment to the Constitution. May I point out its value by referencing a place and time when people did not have the right to bear arms due to gun control. In Germany, total gun control was established in 1938. From 1939 to 1945, about 13 million people, unable to defend themselves against the cruel Nazis, were exterminated in the horror known as the Holocaust. Throughout history, there are many other examples of this. Every genocide has been preceded by gun control. By establishing continually more restrictive gun control, the people of the United States may be launching themselves towards a similar fate.
May I also stress that when gun control is implemented, the only people who lose their right to keep and bear arms are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are just that: criminals. They do not obey the law and thus would not obey gun control laws. So logically, if totally restrictive gun control laws were established, the only people with guns would be criminals. This certainly does not paint a nice mental image. I would like to quote Senator John McCain. "We have a responsibility to ensure that