“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,” as stated by the US Constitution (“CFR Backgrounders,” 2016). Nearly anyone and everyone has an opinion on the gun laws in the United States of America. It is all over the television, Internet, and the topic of many individual’s daily conversations. Bold, red headlines urging gun control or just the opposite fill news screens every time the public is tuning in. This sudden enthrallment of citizen’s right to bear firearms or prohibit them from doing so has come to light as a result of many horrific deaths that occurred by use of a firearm in the past decade. While some argue that this right to own …show more content…
According to the Director, Daniel Webster, “all mass shootings only [account] for a small percentage of gun violence that [occurs] every day. Since the Aurora shooting, an estimated 3035 Americans [have] died as a result of gun violence. Guns were used to kill more than 31 000 people in 2010. The US homicide rate was seven times higher than the average of all other high-income countries because the US firearm homicide rate was 22 times higher” (Webster, 1554). Webster proposes that not only are gun restrictions needed because of high death toll caused by guns, but that gun owners want reform themselves. Webster’s position is that “Federal gun laws allow private gun sellers to sell their guns with no questions asked of purchasers or proof that the purchaser has passed a criminal background check. Survey research shows that 82% of gun owners want that loophole fixed” (Webster, 1554). According to the research provided by the Gun Policy & Research group at John Hopkins University, it is not only non-gun owners that feel the need for the strengthening of gun laws throughout the country, but also pro gun rights