13th Amendment Pros And Cons

Heller won the case because the supreme court ruled that the ban of firearms in D.C. was deemed “Unconstitutional” since it barred the citizens’ given right to bear arms.
The supreme court defended individual gun rights again in the case of McDonald vs Chicago. An African-American custodian named Otis McDonald, the NRA and a few others sued the city of Chicago because its laws restricted the rights of the people. Chicago at the time had laws the prohibited the possession of carrying and storing handguns and other firearms besides rifles and shotguns in one's home or workplace (Lewis). This law was said to be “Unconstitutional” by the Supreme Court due to their decision on the Heller vs Columbia case. Speaking on behalf of the majority in

Alito, Jr., stated that the Second Amendment is defended by the 14th Amendment and can not be changed. He also added that the right to possess and use firearms legally for traditional purposes, like self-defense, is a huge part of American lifestyle and to our justice system (Duignan).
The U.K. is one of the examples pro-gun control advocates use to show how well banning and restricting weapons helped the country. In reality, it did nothing but let their homicide rate increase. England and Wales homicide rate had climbed steadily from 1967 to 1997 until they passed the Firearms Act. The homicide rate continued to climb until it peaked in 2002 to 1.79 deaths per 100,000 people (McMaken). The U.K. had passed multiple gun restrictions over the course of the 1900’s and their homicides increased after every single one of them. Ireland is one of the strictest countries when it comes to firearms. Gun owners must renew their firearm certificates every 3 years. Each firearm

Australians must have a firearm license for each weapon and for themselves. Every weapon must be registered with a serial number and the owner must have a purpose for owning said firearm. Firearm owners must pay high taxes on each firearm and they must be stored in a locked container with the ammunition locked up in a separate container. Australia had numerous mass shootings in the late 1900’s. They quickly adopted gun laws and issued gun amnesties three times, retrieving almost 68,000 handguns in total (“Gun Control”). Australia’s gun-related deaths dropped by 47% between 1991 and 2001. They issued another gun amnesty in 2017, ordering all unregistered or unwanted guns to be turned in over a period of 3 months. The rate at which weapons were stolen had dropped immensely and the suicide rate involving firearms fell (McMaken). Australia now experiences very few mass killings involving guns. They still have had multiple mass killings, the perpetrator usually using a blunt object, vehicle, or knife. Australia’s gun laws can be argued to be the most successful in the world, but they would never work in the U.S. Unlike Australians, Americans love guns and have used them before the U.S. was formed. Americans’ fought for liberty and revolted against England. Firearms are part of America. Around 95% Australians voted for stricter gun policies while most Americans vote against stricter gun policies (Patrick). One of