Throughout America, guns are selling at alarming rates with daily news reports covering homicides and suicides all by the hands of a gunman. With that comes the question, how is the average American allowed to own any type of firearm that he may not be specially equipped to handle, especially one that is military grade? Along with this, why is access to a gun so easy with nationwide stores such as Walmart selling rifles next to the music aisle? The problem we as Americans face is the increasing resistance of gun owners to put limitations on the ways they can use their guns and what types they have the right to bear. Hiding behind their civil liberties, they defend themselves with the Second Amendment yet this crisis goes far beyond the original point of the amendment being the …show more content…
Unfortunately, the United States’ gun control system is one that has many loopholes, evident when someone with a mental illness is able to legally buy an automatic weapon. With this neglect comes imminent danger as someone who could be a potential threat to society is now an armed and ready assassin. Though gun lobbyists will argue that this makes it vital for all Americans to own guns in order to protect themselves and their loved ones, it is in a word: frightening. Highly-trained officers can become gun-shy at a moment’s notice due to stress; what would make the average working-class person in a high stress-level situation any