While there are many great claims both for and against gun control, much of the controversy could be resolved if their were more reliable and in depth background checks, those found eligible could possess guns for the purposes of hunting and/or personal protection, and through implementation of regulations to limit the maximum number of guns that an individual would be able to own. People that are pro gun rights, such as the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, and the Second Amendment Foundation have great arguments to support their side in the gun control controversy. A great example of this is the fact that gun control laws will not keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Reasoning behind this statement is simple, criminals are called …show more content…
For example, many people that are against gun control have grown up having access to guns all of their life. Also, many believe that they are promised the rights to own any gun they want, and carry their gun however they want by the second amendment to the United States constitution. Although, in June 2008, US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, wrote, "Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited… commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose…”(Should More gun Control Laws Be Enacted). In addition, when the second amendment was written, the guns that people owned had to be reloaded after each shot, unlike today where there can be many rounds in a magazine. Plus, the second amendment was wrote after the United States got its freedom from Great Britain, who had an overbearing army, so instead of becoming a mini Great Britain, they chose to allow their states to have their own militia in the case the security of the nation was ever at risk (Cozic