Issues and Controversies

Position Paper Garrett Kaufmann ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES ON FILE Citizenship 2nd Period gasolene Control Due 1/14/2013 May 29, 1998 Pages 225-233 I strongly believe that our adjust to save and bear arms that was given to us as Ameri so-and-so citizens in the second amendment of the constitution should be upheld and flatulency control is not the answer to stopping crampfish violence.A well-regulated militia creation necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the concourse to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The Second Amendment. Our nations forefathers gave us this right when they signed the constitution of the United States of America September 17, 1787. Although there has been dig over the wording of the amendment and whether it actually means every individual individual or only people who belong to a state-regulated militia.I think it is self-explanatory that they meant each individual person. In a December 1989 term in the Yale Law Journal, titl ed The Embarrassing second amendment by scholar Sanford Levinson, a liberal democrat who supports electric ray control said that The second amendment was clearly written to give all citizens, not merely trained soldiers belong to a militia the right to keep firearms. Other scholars taked and far-famed that in 1792 congress actually passed a militia low to mandatary every able-bodied man to arm himself with a musket.The Brady Act is a controversial law which was signed by President Clinton in 1993 and that took install in 1994 (named for President Reagans press secretary who was paralyzed when gibe in a 1981 assassination attempt on the president) which requires prospective zep buyers to wait 5 days before they can buy a grinder while local law enforcement officials do a screen background check to make sure whatsoeverone who is prohibited from owning a firearm such as convicted felons, minors, druggies or illegal immigrants cant buy a gun.Although gun control advocates u nderstand that laws such as this one atomic number 18 responsible for a drop in gun fatalities and ruby-red law-breaking Tania Metaska , executive director for the National Rifle Association (NRA) rejects this claim and says violent crime began to stemma before 1993 and that the background checks and waiting periods ar contrasted to criminals since the vast studyity of felons obtain firearms on the black market or through theft, not through dealers affected by the Brady law.The compulsive Court agreed that the Brady Bill wasnt the answer when they overturned major portions of the law in the 1997 case Printz vs US when they said the law infringed on state sovereignity rights and it put an unfair burden on local officials. The NRA and different gun-rights groups contend that it is not the Brady law that has helped to spark a nationwide decline in crime but Right to Carry or the release of concealed weapons laws in many states. Florida began the national trend towards more b ailable concealed weapon laws in 1987 and since thence 30 other states consider followed.Floridas Shall Issue law requires law enforcement officials to immediately issue permits to any eligible applicant, eligible meaning that they dont make water a criminal record or history of estimable mental illness. Gun-right advocates say these types of laws are necessary beca mathematical function people deal to be able to defend themselves from a high crime rate, a legal system that cant deep criminals in jail and the lack of resources or men of law enforcement to protect them.In surveys of convicted felons, criminals admit that they target victims that they believe to be disarm and avoid those who might have weapons. A study done amid 1977 and 1994 by two researchers at the University of Chicago found much disappoint crime rates in Illinois counties that allowed concealed weapons, and that murder rates dropped 8. 5%, rapes 5% and aggravated assaults by 7%. In May 1998 15 form old K ip Kinkle fatally pecker both his parents then took 3 guns to Thurston High School in Springfield, OR. here he shot 24 students, killing 2 of them. One Month later in Jonesboro, Arkansas two boys were arrested for fatally shooting 5 people and hurt 10 others. Then of course there was the shooting at flaxen Hook Elementary just this last December when 20 year old Adam Lanza shot his mom dead then went to the coach day and shot and killed 26 people, most of them little kids. School shootings are a horrible tragedy and they only give gun-control groups more ammunition for their argument.I derive I can see their point but I agree with the gun rights advocates when they say it is a mistake to blame guns for all the school shooting. I agree with the saying Guns dont kill people- people kill people. I think the people that do these things are sick in the head and that they need mental help and would quiet probably find a way to hurt people as yet if they didnt have access to guns. Im sure its gone up some since this article was written but studies have shown that violence in our nations schools is actually pretty rare.A March 1998 White abide study found only 10% of all schools reported serious violence. I dont really feel that I need to carry a gun to protect myself here where I outlast but if I did live in a big metropolis I would definitely what to have the right to carry a gun to protect myself and my family. But I do love to hunt and I own 5 guns for that purpose. My dad has taught me about gun safety since I was a little kid. I have been through required gun safety training which I think is a good thing.The article states that in many rural areas of our country guns are not regarded by many as an evil, but simply as part of a way of life. In those regions, hunting is a popular sport and attainment how to use a gun is often a rite of passing game for many young boys and girls. Guns are treated with pride and respect and gun safety is a paramount conce rn. Because many young people in those regions are exposed to guns at an early age and trained to use them safely, they are much more likely to understand the risks of guns and treat them properly.