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 po

types of automatic weapons. The ban, part of a 1994 crime bill, took effect

about those laws had been proven unfounded, that the feared "Bloodbath" had not

victims. The Fort Worth Star Telegram recently reported that the fears raised

armed criminal behind bars. A minimum sentence for the theft of firearms may

Holms, Ronald M., A Primer on the Sociology of Crime (New York, NY: McGraw-

said. The majority leader's spokeswoman, Michele Davis, added later: "House

government bureaucracy could develop for the prevention of accidents.

law. The myth that the sub machine gun was banned, however, has persisted.

rules for the licensing of gun dealers will help to limit the number of people

the real problem issue, and eliminating harassment of law-abiding

constitutional authority to intervene in local affairs when it enacted the 1990

used to commit these crimes. In their opinion, law abiding citizens should have

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