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jeudi 3 juillet 2014

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By Rosella Campbell


The second Amendment allows Americans the ability to "bear arms". This phrase doesn't mean that they should have a military or police grade arsenal in their possession. Available weapons and cheap ammo get into the wrong hands. Lax gun control issues allow criminals to have firepower that is nearly identical to the weapons that soldiers and officers use. School shooters have the ability to take more victims. Black market sales fuel criminal empires that span across the borders. Gun control in America today needs to be reconsidered and enforced.

The United States Constitution is fairly clear as to what it intends to do. It outlines the mission of the United States and the rights that its citizens can enjoy. The second amendment lays out the right of the people to bear arms. This is meant to reinforce the people's ability to govern themselves and to defend themselves and their property against nefarious minds.

In some states and more specifically in some cities, like in New York or Washington, DC, there are local laws that set stricter controls on weapons. They restrict what can be owned and in what capacity they can be used. Many other entire countries have banned firearms or severely restricted their ownership.

There is very little that both sides of the debate can agree on. The polarity of those involved can mean that there is very little that can be compromised on. The extreme left want to have firearms criminalized and banned and the far right won't allow for any type of gun control.

Anti-gun control advocates point to the banality of outlawing firearms, but they neglect to look at the statistics from places with strictly enforced gun control. Those numbers point toward a society with less violent crimes and less murders. When you control the availability, you control the access a little better.

If having a gun is a crime, the only people who will have them are criminals. Outlawing guns will not stop people from owning them, it will only make it easier for criminals to have the upper hand. Millions of Americans responsibly own firearms and enjoy the security of having them. Those people know that if someone breaks into their home with a knife, the situation is weighed in their favor.

There is no reason that law abiding citizens can't exercise their right to bear arms. It was a fundamental premise during the foundation of the United States. There is much disagreement as to what that phrase actually means but it does lay the groundwork for some heated discussions. The gun control debate is a fiery one that has always attracted strong opinions from both sides.

Allowing gun control to take a hold in the United States is not a step that constitutionally minded people will let happen. The country was founded on many principles, one of which is clearly, that the people have the right to arm and defend themselves. Weapons should always be available to legal, responsible consumers.




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