In the new year of 2016, gun control rights are still an issue the United States is dealing with daily. Many believe the U.S. should have an unlimited to a little amount of gun control but the other main portion of Americans believe the country needs laws to strengthen what is already set in place and add more restrictions. In an article the author states, that fifty-five percent of citizens are for creating more gun control throughout the country. In that case, forty-five percent believe different and that is trouble for both parties, whether pro or con.
In an essay written by Christina Tenuta, Responsible Gun Ownership Saves Lives, she argues that gun control is not really needed. She writes about how after the previous massacres,
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The country as a whole being founded on the Constitution, believes president, Barack Obama is in no way allowed to create this executive decision considering it goes against the rights of the people. The second amendment from the US Constitution exactly states, "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.” That being said, the founding fathers meant the freedom to have guns for a militia, but the majority of the population believe they have unlimited gun control rights which is not true. She also believes that having more firearms will protect the people more but in the end it is a proven fact to be unpredictable. According to Bruce Drake, thirty three percent of NRA households are against banning high powered assault rifles. That being said, these people will have access to guns that can do a great deal of damage because there are no restrictions. Tenuta believes the guns can save them from looters, but what would she believe if they were able to have possession of a high powered assault rifle to massacre