gun control

             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.
             Amendment II, Bill of Rights
             Constitution of the U.S.
             The Second Amendment has been a major issue in American politics since
             1876. In question is the intent of this Amendment. Was it meant to insure that
             people in general have arms for personal service, or was it intended to insure
             arms for military service? The nation's powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle
             Association, holds that it means the right to keep and bear arms -any arms.
             This privileged right is given to those 60-65 million people who choose to own
             guns. The NRA also believes that human character defects cannot be changed by a
             simple regulation of guns. They argue that problems with firearm ownership
             cannot be, in any way, associated with criminal violence. The lobbyist give
             credibility to this statement by adding that criminal violence continues to
             increase in cities like New York and Washington DC, even though gun control
             statutes were put into affect. They point out that gun laws would not have
             stopped most addicted killers. According to the NRA, anti-crime measures are
             the way to conquer urban violence, not anti-gun measures. The hope of most
             members in the association is to educate people about guns. The association is
             willing to reveal proper usage of guns to non-gun owners. They feel that this
             training could help reduce some of the tragedies involving guns.
             The issue of gun control has become a dividing line in America. To gun
             control activists, the issue is about crime and the regulation of the weapons
             used to commit these crimes. In their opinion, law abiding citizens should have
             no need for guns. In this respect, the big controversy seems shallow . However,
             to t...

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