"Should people have the right to own a gun?" There's a positive side and a negative side to that situation. There's about 40% of all US homes that have guns, even though guns are good for self defense, they are also dangerous. The Supreme Court won in 1939 called "US vs Miller." It was a 2nd amendment to protect only guns that were safe. Dangerous guns like a sawed off shot gun or a silencer can be banned because they are not Military worthy. But since then the Court hasn't had any other cases in the 2nd amendment. Gun control issues are still a popular discussion of the congressional legislation. Federal discussions on gun control focus on the "D.C. handgun ban" often, because congress has direct control over gun laws of the District of Columbia. One of the …show more content…
About 1,500 children are injured by guns every year. In 1996, children have been accidentally shot by guns, about 140 children were, and in 2012 there was 259 children. "Trigger Locks" need a combination and entering the code for using the gun, there are other locks as well. They are needed to prevent children or people who are not authorized to use the gun. Centrists and moderates of both the right and the left generally support the restrictions on juvenile access to guns. Especially in tragedies like Littleton and other deaths regarding guns. You also need a background check to buy a gun. Guns that are sold at gun shows through the dealers are subject to a background check, guns that are sold privately are not. The term "Gun-Show Loophole" means that there isn't a background check when purchasing a gun in a private transaction. Moderate liberals will generally favor for more restrictions on owning a gun while paying lip-service "sportsmen's rights" or respecting "the self-protection right" A compromise is "to extend the waiting periods" before allowing ownership of a gun, to perform background checks of varying degrees of