The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

Someone just broke into Jake's home. He is on a business trip for his job. His wife and two kids are at home asleep. The intruders, one armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, and the other with a handgun, enter the home. Jake's wife hears the door being kicked in, runs to get the kids and goes to the closet. She dials 911, cops are on the way, but the two men are already in the bedroom. The only thing between Jake's family and the two armed men is a thin wood door. The 8-month old baby screams, alerting the two intruders of the family’s location in the home. The man with the handgun, startled and angry, kicks down the closet door, revealing the helpless wife and kids. In efforts to protect the kids, the wife grabs the kids and gets in front of

“First, it isn't listed among the federal government's powers, either in the body of the Constitution or in later amendments, after the words "The Congress shall have power to" do such-and-such. It used to be understood that the powers of Congress could be increased only by amending the Constitution, and it has never been amended to enable the federal government to limit the right to keep and bear arms”(“Sobran”). There has never been an instance where the U.S. Government allowed officials to violate the people's constitutional rights. It doesn't matter who you are, you can not take away one’s rights as a citizen in the U.S. Second, “the Second Amendment, whatever else it means, clearly forbids the federal government to "infringe" that right. Such a positive prohibition against such a power is much stronger than a tacit presumption against it”(“Sobran”). When our country was established by our founding fathers, they meant business. They did not make the rules that they did for their own good. They made it so that the people would be safe. They gave the “citizens” guns, and told the government not to touch those guns. So, as we have lasted as one of the best countries in the world, changes should not be made. Do not switch coaches halfway through the game. Third, “Nelson Lund, JD, PhD, Professor at George Mason University School of Law, states, “The right to self-defense and to the means of defending oneself is a basic natural right that

“In 1997, Britain passed a law requiring civilians to surrender almost all privately owned handguns to the police. More than 162,000 handguns and 1.5 million pounds of ammunition were “compulsorily surrendered” by February 1998. Using “records of firearms held on firearms certificates,” police accounted for all but eight of all legally owned handguns in England, Scotland, and Wales. During the periods before and after these laws, murder rates in England and Wales [are shown in Fig.1]” (“Gun