Argumentative Essay: The Assault Rifle Ban

The assault rifle ban has critics that believe by banning the weapons, it would make the country a unsafe place. Opponents claim that the Second Amendment reserves the right to own any type of weapon for self-defense. Noel Marino, the Editor and Author of Guns and Crimes, stated "Gun control supporters had argued that the Founding Fathers could not have in envisioned semi-automatic firearms, and thus the Second Amendment only protected firearms such as muskets. However, the court dismissed that notion saying " some have made the argument, bordering on the frivolous, protected by the Second Amendment. We do not interpret constitutional rights that way." The court has stated that the second amendment protects the rights of having assault weapons for self defense.

Making banning assault weapons for "power" would be pointless for many hunting rifles have the same if not more powerful ammunition. Hunting rifles are able to pack more power making them equally if not more deadly that assault weapons. Banning assault weapons would not change anything for the criminals would move on to hunting rifles as they have more powerful capability. Critics argue that by banning assault weapons and putting a capacity on magazines that it would be as if you are limiting what you can protect yourself with. For example, if a man or woman is attacked and has only one magazine to protect themselves it could leave them with out a firearm to defend themselves. Assault weapons are a right that has been protected by the Second Amendment and taking that away would violate Americans