"Moreover, the Amendment does not apply to private militias but only to the militia organized by Congress -- that is, to the National Guard. This seems to give the Amendment very little bite" (Bogus 2001:485)
Furthermore, besides having the most lenient, but complex, firearms laws in the industrialized world, the United States has also been unique in the level and duration of controversy over its gun policy (Vizzard 1995). Because the total number of firearms now in private hands is known only very approximately (within about 20 million weapons), it is reasonable to assume that knowledge concerning the trends in these numbers is even less reliable; however, there has been a consensus among all observers that the total amount of private weaponry has increased in recent years, but estimates of the magnitude of the increase are, for the same reasons, as variable as estimates of the total numbers (Daly, Rossi & Wright 1983)
The United States has historically experienced a much higher crime rate than those democracies that impose strict gun controls; and, 3. Adopting stricter gun controls like other democracies would therefore lower the American crime rate (Kopel 1992)
The United States has historically experienced higher levels of violence than its counterparts in the rest of the developed nations of the world; for example, in 1988, Americans committed 8.4 homicides per 100,000 people (Spitzer 1998)
Bailey points out that, "With one or more gun in the home the risk of suicide increased nearly five times and the risk of homicide increased more than three times (777); further, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control reported that in 1999, there were 16,599 gun suicides compare to 10,828 firearm homicides. Furthermore, besides having the most lenient, but complex, firearms laws in the industrialized world, the United States has also been unique in the level and duration of controversy over its gun policy (Vizzard 1995)
upon examination of the text of the federal Bill of Rights itself and the usage there of the term 'the people' in the First, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments" (638). Another scholar compares the right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to that of the people to choose members of Congress (Worthen 1998): "The significance of guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms to 'the people' becomes clear when one reads the Second Amendment in context with the entire document" (146)
Another gun activist says that having a gun at home is a lot more risky than not having a gun. There is even a scary figure from Aultman Medical center Doctor Eileen McCabe that says, "A gun kept in the house is 43 times more likely to murder someone known to the family than an attacker or an intruder" (Bruce & Clyde 48)
In fact, the gun-control rules that Obama is clamoring for are the very rules that contributed to the deaths of various innocent victims in the U.S. (Carter 121)
The government can never be held responsible for protecting its people; it has always been the individuals' responsibility to protect themselves and the government's responsibility to protect the right. As seen in all mass shootings, the government is not capable of defending the population from these types of attacks (Crooker 50)
The attractiveness of the constitution is that it can be modified. The ancestors realized they could not anticipate the future, thus made the constitution a pliable document (Goss 70)
Although many people would like to believe that the government is doing something, the changes cannot be felt especially at such times when the shootings of innocent citizens are rampant. Some advocates of gun control believe that the absolute prohibition of guns is the best way to safeguard people (Lott 40)
S., the Massachusetts gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson agreed to a number of key safety reforms (Daor, 2000)
For example, Luxembourg, where handguns are totally banned and ownership of any kind of gun is minimal, had a murder rate nine times higher than Germany in 2002." (Kates and Mauser, nd, p
" Breyer wrote as follows: "The upshot is a set of studies and counter studies that, at most, could leave a judge uncertain about the proper policy conclusion." (Liptak, 2008, p
The possibility that anyone might be carrying a gun makes attacking everyone less attractive; unarmed citizens in effect "free-ride" on their pistol packing fellows." (Lott, nd, p