Does the Second Amendment Still Exist

Extreme gun control is a mistake in the United States because according to the second amendment, people of the United States have the right to bear arms. If people have additional gun restrictions, there will be more safety issues due to the fact that people cannot defend themselves, there will be hunting conflicts Gun Control is not about guns, it is about control. The foundation of our country was built on the right to own and control firearms. It only makes sense that the freest nation on Earth have the most freedom when it comes to gun laws.

By taking away the freedom to own firearms, the government is restricting the country’s personal freedom. If absolute gun control stopped all crimes and school shootings there would be no debate or arguments made against gun control. This is clearly not the case due to the fact that in 2018 the United States faced more school shootings than ever before. Crime results not from weapons but from social factors they prefer to ignore and avoid, such as poverty, family trauma, world hunger, job opportunities, and peer pressure. Crime has existed since Biblical times, and criminals were not using gunpowder during that period, so why should this be any different in the world we live in today?

People of the United States who think gun control is working are wrong. Just because a law is put out there does not mean people are going to follow it. Laws are voluntary, when they are enforced people have a choice to make. Either follow them and be a law-abiding citizen or go against is and be a criminal. Some people have started calling gun control “gun safety”, however this is just a fancy way for advocators of gun control to make it seem like they are on both sides. After a while, the only thing left to ban is you. They have banned all the guns and before you know it, your freedom is gone.

I grew up in a small town called Waconia. It is north of the cities and a place where people shoot cans for sport. At school, it was normal for the hallways and classrooms to be empty on Nov. 15, because the opening day of deer season was practically a holiday. It isn’t uncommon for kids in my hometown to have shot a gun before the age of 10. I used to love shooting pistols at tree stumps for target practice. It is normal to see unloaded guns laying around my house. My dad, an avid hunter, raised me in a way that made me think that the right to bear arms is one of the greatest rights we have.
Hunting with my dad is one of my favorite things to do. And I’d give it up in a heartbeat. Being at college has given me an opportunity to form my own opinions and beliefs about certain issues. Every morning before class, I turn on my phone and read breaking news as I get ready for the day. It feels like every day there is a different horror story where someone is shot down like a dog in the street. Not everyone who owns a gun is an expert on using one. Almost every morning I see gun violence on the news. It makes me sad and embarrassed that our country hasn’t figured out an effective gun control method. The NRA claims that gun control shouldn’t be associated with any emotional outbreak. Why not?

According to a (Gun Control Legislation specialist in domestic security and crime policy) as of 2012, the U.S has so many guns that there’s nearly one firearm for every person who lives in the country. Privately held arsenal is growing at an extremely fast pace. There are 8 million firearms manufactured globally each year, and 4.5 million firearms are bought by people living in the U.S. Don’t be mistaken, this doesn’t mean that everyone is packing heat. In truth, the majority of our population is still unarmed. 43% of Americans have guns in their homes. As stated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. has over 11,000 homicides due to firearms each year. This amounts to about 70 percent of all homicides. Whether that rate seems high to you or not depends on your own personal thoughts. The U.S. isn’t the country with the most gun murders. That would be Honduras. However, there isn’t another country in the world with as many guns as the U.S.