Gun Control, A Good Idea?

Gun Control, A Good Idea?

Gun Control, A Good Idea?

Gun control in the United States is a highly controversial issue which affects everyone in the country. In this day and age, we are watching our rights stripped from us by popular vote in congress. Among those rights is our Second Amendment right, the right to bear arms. With the US currently in chaos both economically and politically, the fact that our rights are slowly being taken from us has been swept under the rug, yielding to larger issues. Gun control and bans are unconstitutional and illegal, and take away the rights of the citizens to protect themselves.

The right to own a gun is one which has been re-affirmed time and time again. The second amendment to the Constitution specifically hands us those rights for the reason of defense. It states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” (US constitution) These rights given to us over 200 years ago have been upheld in whole for two centuries, and now our government has decided they are going to limit and even abolish them in part or in whole. This is completely illegal and unjustified, even in the eyes of the courts.

The individual citizen in this country has the right to reasonable self-defense. If a dangerous criminal breaks into your home in the middle of the night and you have to protect yourself and your family, would you rather have a gun sitting the closet ready, or a baseball bat? I think the answer is a clear one to most people, pick the gun. If extreme gun control laws, and gun bans are put in place (read DC gun ban), we would only take the power away from the citizens who legally purchase guns for self-defense and sport, and instead give it to the people who obtain their firearms through illegal sources. The criminals on the streets today are not walking down to the local gun store and buying a registered gun, they instead rely on people who move and sell...