Gun Laws Must Be Enforced
Gun Control Must Be Enforced December 14, 2012, started out as normal day for elementary students in Newton Connecticut. Children were excited as Christmas holidays approach in eleven days and they were to begin their holiday break. Their lives and small community know as Sandy Hook would be forever changed only in matter of minutes. A young man named Adam Lanza walked into the school and killed over twenty students and six staff members and wounded two people. Every parent worst nightmare came true for the parents at Sandy Hook elementary school. The whole nation watch in horror as details began to emerge about the deadly shooting. Many questions arose surrounding the shooting and many people wandered if there were tougher gun laws enforced, would this tragedy happen. The shooting sparked the debate of gun control in America. Supporters of gun rights and non-supporters of this issue pointed fingers at each other but everyone agree on two issues. This tragedy should not have happen and something must be done about gun violence.
Many Americans feel obligated to carry weapons because of the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The 2nd Amendment reads like this:” 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” ("The 2nd Amendment", 2012).The idea of bearing arms was not created by Congress but by indivuals being persecuted by a tyrant government and hostile Native Americans("The 2nd Amendment", 2012).During the Revolutionary War era, the British government recognize that the citizens would use their weapons to defend their families and land, so the British government commanded that all citizens lay down their weapons and that their weapons be confiscated("The 2nd Amendment", 2012). The colonists rebelled against the British government, and many battles resulted in when the colonists weapons where trying to be confiscated. After the war ended, the Americans still felt
Many Americans feel obligated to carry weapons because of the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The 2nd Amendment reads like this:” 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” ("The 2nd Amendment", 2012).The idea of bearing arms was not created by Congress but by indivuals being persecuted by a tyrant government and hostile Native Americans("The 2nd Amendment", 2012).During the Revolutionary War era, the British government recognize that the citizens would use their weapons to defend their families and land, so the British government commanded that all citizens lay down their weapons and that their weapons be confiscated("The 2nd Amendment", 2012). The colonists rebelled against the British government, and many battles resulted in when the colonists weapons where trying to be confiscated. After the war ended, the Americans still felt
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