Americans have the right to bear arms as the Second Amendment states. This is a right, an undeniable privilege. When the constitution was created it was a symbolic gesture. The amendments created were to be the foundations of a great society they were the desires, and wants of this new country. The Second Amendment was one of these desires. It states that all Americans have the right to bear arms, a right to own guns. It says nothing about how this right should be hindered by control laws. A group that declares itself a defender of this amendment is the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA drapes itself with the Se

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Guns are legal, easy to buy and basically quite cheap. They can be bought anywhere. From the neighborhood Wal-Mart to the secondary black-market. Americans love their guns. We have obsession with guns. 71% of Americans own a gun. (National Safety Council, 1995) Guns are a symbol of strength, masculinity an undeniable power. But, does our love and popularity of guns have an affect on gun related crime and deaths? Pro-gun advocates would have us believe not. The National Center for Policy Analysis claims this is the number one myth that gun-control supporters spew. They point to Switzerland as examples of countries with high gun ownership and low crime rates. Switzerland ahs the highest amount of gun ownership in the world, and yet has one of the lowest murder rates in the world. Switzerland relays on this high rate of gun ownership, since there is no active military all males 20-50 years old are required by law to carry a military -issued automatic weapon. However, this fact does little to support the pro gun debate, since many other countries such as Britain and Japan also have low gun related deaths, but also have low gun ownership rates.

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Are gun-control laws the answer? Maybe, this is not an answer easily given. Countless surveys and statistics support both sides to this debate whether or not they are potent in preventing crime. Registering guns and gun control is not a new idea. Many countries have adopted similar laws. A famous quote that neither supports nor debunks gun control is one by Adolph Hitler. "This year (1935) will go on in history! For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient and the world will follow our lead into the future!" And the world has. In fact, Australia has some of the strictest gun-control laws established because of Americas rather liberal gun-control laws. In a country such as Australia, on that prides itself as outback, wild and renegade, they recently tightened already strict gun policies. Australian Prime Minister Jon Howard said that his "most effective" line is amassing support for an assault weapons has been America. "I don't want Australia to go down the American path. There is a widespread view, which I believe is quite accurate, that the high homicide rates in the U.S. is in past due to the lax gun laws."(Los Angeles Times: July 30th, 199

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