Argumentative Essay On Gun Control

Gun control has always been a very controversial topic ever since the founding fathers gave the citizens the right to bear arms but with recent school shootings, mass shootings and the amount of them increasing every year, gun control has been getting increasingly more controversial and as more people lean to harsher gun control to stop the growing problem. But all the reasons for harsher gun control do have their own causes that can be stopped at the source of them. Gun control is unconstitutional, it should not limit the citizens second amendment, gun control would not slow down gun and gang related crime, restricting or banning guns would not slow down school shootings, and outright banning would cause another prohibition like scenario.

Such a ban in America would explicitly conflict with the Supreme Court's ruling in the most relevant Second Amendment case, District of Columbia v. Heller” (Rogan par 7). Rogan states that gun control as severe as New Zealand’s would be unconstitutional. Rogan uses the supreme court case District of Columbia vs. Heller to show exactly what New Zealand’s gun control laws would contradict and make unconstitutional in the U.S. . What exactly is the case of District of Columbia vs. Heller, the main point of the case is “Do the provisions of the District of Columbia Code that restrict the licensing of handguns and require licensed firearms kept in the home to be kept nonfunctional violate the Second Amendment” (District of Columbia vs. Heller par

But will more restrictions on guns stop the problem of gun related crime and homicides and will it put an end to gang violence. The short answer is no, gangs don’t follow the law regardless, putting more restrictions on guns will not stop gang violence it will only give them more room to do what they please . Micheal Geer states “Criminal gangs are already engaging in criminal activity, meaning, they have no problem breaking the Law….. Consequences mean almost nothing to them” (Geer par 6). Gangs and Criminals already do not follow laws so why would they follow restrictions on firearms. They do not care about the consequences they face with breaking the law .Geer goes on to speak about what consequences criminals would care about “Gangs don't care about Law. They don't care about the consequences of breaking a Law. But let me tell you what they do care about. You shooting back” (Geer par 9). A criminal would not attack someone or rob them if they knew that person was armed and even if the criminal didn’t know that person was armed they would change their mind real