Right To Bear Arms Pros And Cons Essay

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Eric February 25 Gun Control: Legal or Illegal Should having the right to bear arms still be a constitutional right even though the rises in criminal acts have increased dramatically? This is a question that has been crossing many Americans minds as criminal acts begin to sky rocket. According to the 2nd Amendment; it states that it allows people to keep and bear arms but restricts those who are connected with a militia. This law also restricts and limits the type of gun that can be possessed as a citizen. The controversial discussion about this right has been rose recently, and has begun to be more of a concern with the recent criminal activity involving shootings around America. Many Americans strongly support the right to bear arms for self-protection, but with all the recent activity involving shootings in theaters, schools, and in communities is the right to bear arms being used the way the Amendment states? There are many Americans who own firearms who are not legally permitted to do so. To obtain a firearm has been proven to be simple in America, for example, the shooting in Colorado, Aurora. A man by the name James Holmes was a college student dropout who entered a movie theater with military like weapons and ammunition from head to toe. James proved that…show more content…
At Harvard University, a study showed that with higher gun ownership in Western Europe have lower suicide and murder rates. “Indeed many high gun ownership nations have much lower murder rates.”(ACRU) According to the statistics and studies Harvard has done, gun control should be something that is much more supported than argued against. It is a big contradiction in America with allowing gun control to be highly supported especially with recent immense shootings. With people taking advantage of the right to bear arms makes arguing against it much more

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