Guns in America

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ones to have access to weapons ● ● contra gun control laws do not deter crime gun control laws infringe upon the right to self-defense and deny people a sense of safety gun control laws, especially those that try to ban "assault weapons," infringe upon the right to own guns for hunting and sport gun control laws will not prevent criminals from obtaining guns or breaking laws gun control laws give too much power to the government and may result in government tyranny and the government taking away all guns from citizens gun control laws such as background checks and micro-stamping are an invasion of privacy more gun control is not needed; education about guns and gun safety is needed to prevent accidental gun deaths the Second Amendment was intended to protect gun ownership of all able- bodied men so that they could participate in the militia to keep the peace and defend the country if needed provide protection from muggings, home invasions, terrorist incidents, mass shootings, government tyranny victims can defend and protect themselves and their family; gun control would leave the victim helpless guns don't kill people, people kill people → firearms are tool and can be used for good or bad acts 2nd Amendment "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." NRA ● ● part of the Bill of Rights ratified on December 15th, 1791 protection of the individual right to keep bear arms ● National Rifle Association of America gun rights advocacy group in the US 5.5 million members stand points: against the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), protection of the 2nd Amendment criticism: NRA represents the interests of the gun companies and not the public one, protection of guns in their own interest blocking studies on the topic of gun violence possible solutions (1) universal background checks advantages: dangerous person with criminal records are not able to purchase a gun; law-abiding persons are not affected; 96% of Americans are in favour of universal background checks disadvantages: outdated FBI database (2) licensing system advantages: more comprehensive; reducing of impulse gun purchase disadvantages: more bureaucracy; purchasing a gun requires more effort also for law-abiding person (3) „red-flag laws" law to enable the police to take away weapons from persons that might be dangerous advantages: can prevent suicides, shootings,etc.; easy to implement disadvantages: worries about weapons being taken away wrongly; restricted freedom; unclear if they can prevent mass shootings/homicides