Gun Control

GUN CONTROL

Guns have always been an increasing problem in our country. A lot of people use guns for hunting and other sports where guns are needed. There are also a lot of people who are using guns to kill or injure people. This has been a problem in the United States for many years. The gun control policies that the government has put into effect just flat out have not been working.

The second amendment of the United States Constitution says, "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." There are many people who agree and disagree with this statement. The people who are members of the National Riffle Association and militias would totally agree with the second amendment because it lets them have the right to bear arms. But people who have had family members or friends killed by guns would probably not agree with people having the right to bear arms. In the past years the government had been stepping forward to increase gun control laws because of all the violence that is happening in our country. But it seems that the use of guns and the murder rate nationally is constantly rising.

There have been many proposals for rational gun control. One of these proposals that are currently in effect is A national system. People have to register their guns and ammunition so there would automatically be a file on them. Also this national system is helpful in tracking crimes after they have happened to bring the perpetrators to justice. There are also instant background checks on people attempting to buy guns or ammunition. So obviously if a person does not have a good background the weapons will not be sold to them and the police may bee called. There has been more education about guns implemented in shools to teach children about the dangers of guns and other weapons. Still in the testing process is the idea about handgrip ID tagging on guns. What this means is each guns is registered to the legal purchaser of the gun, and only that person can fire that gun. If another person tries to shoot the gun it will not work at all. The gun becomes useless and cannot be used to harm anyone. This idea would probably dramatically decrease the violence with guns to make our country a little safer. Another idea in effect is gun buy back. What this initials are that people who have guns can take them to police stations