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The Overall Failure of Gun Control

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After the shootings at Virginia Tech and the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, people started debating over whether everyone should have the right to own a gun. In 1800s, the Supreme Court decided that the “right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is a right granted by the Constitution,” then their next decision was the “free to regulate the rights of citizens to bear arms” (“Background”). Since then, Americans citizens have been questioning the wisdom of American’s right to own a gun (NRA). The National Rifle Association in many states makes it impossible to discuss key points about the laws of illegal firearms (Schwartz). In Georgia, the NRA is supporting legislation banning private companies keep guns in their cars parking lot. The NRA argues that allowing people to carry weapons does not increase or decrease crime. In Florida, the laws allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons have reduced a little the crime. (Schwartz) Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association (NRA), reflects a kind of distraction to the subject of firearms. Joseph Tartaro, head of the Second Amendment Foundation, and Richard Feldman, a longtime fellow gun lobbyist, think that LaPierre is “a shy and wonkish person,” and says “he doesn’t have what the human resources gurus call ‘people skills.” One year after the Revolt at Cincinnati, LaPierre fought to the federal gun law disappear, which was a tactic firearms law in the criminal justice system, to which the NRA lost some power over this. Half of gun owners thought the NRA had not really what their goals, which caused some kind of disgust on their supporters. Because arms control became more popular, the NRA should need more taxpayers. (Ioffe). On June 26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that the Second Amendment entitles American citizens to keep arms. Gun ownership is a right of individuals and not related to military service. The Second Amendment since it

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