Gun Control

Throughout history we see that the use of firearms is imperative for the safe keeping of U.S citizens.  I believe any law-abiding citizen should not be deprived of the ownership of a gun, and am truly against enforcing gun control laws on U.S citizens.



First of all the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects our rights to acquire guns stating, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."  Enforcing laws that that take away our rights to bear arms is therefore a violation of the Constitution.  Enforcing gun control laws simply deprives us from our rights and invades our privacy.  Law abiding citizens should have the right to own a gun in order to protect family as well as property and for self-defense.  If our own defense is taken away, our own rights are taken away.

No matter how hard we try to remove weapons of any kind, it won't stop criminals from getting them.  Getting rid of guns does not get rid of violence.  Different types of weapons have emerged throughout history.  We started with spears then moved on to darts and knives, guns, bombs, and on and on.  Society is advancing and new guns and weapons have emerged. The point is, a gun is just another weapon, and gun control will not stop a criminal from obtaining a gun or committing a crime.  Think back on the issue of alcoholism and before it was legalized in 1933; the fact that it was illegal didn't stop people from drinking. And even today with illegal drugs and the like, people that choose to defy these laws will obtain them whether they are legalized or not.  It's time to stop looking at the guns themselves but the people behind the guns.

Ann Coulter wrote an article that argued how guns don't kill people, the mentally ill do.  Coulter gives two examples such as Loughner and Lanza's shootings, stating that anyone who can shoot an innocent child is obviously not all there. Coulter gives facts that these two men had already shown signs of mental illness before committing their crimes, and maybe if the people who noticed this had worked in mental health institutions or spread awareness concerning these two men then there is a possibility that lives wouldn't have been taken. But of course, being psychotic is a civil right.  What about our civil right to bear arms?

Enforcing gun control laws cannot and will not work. There will always be weapons whether it is guns or knives. The concern should be with the person pulling the trigger, not the gun itself. Guns can provides us with the means of defense. We have a right to defend ourselves, and that right should not be taken away.