To Bear Arms Or Not To Bear Arms Is The Question How many of us want the U.S. government to have the right to tell us what to do, and when w can do it. There are probably not many who would agree that the government should have that right. Though having gun control laws is not to that extreme, some would say it is the first step. Growing up in a small town, and also growing up with guns my whole life I was one of those people who did not want gun control laws. Then after reading two articles that discussed this topic I found that I have been ignorant about this subject.I read the articles that discussed gun control by J. Warren Cassidy and Nan Desuka. In the first article “The Case for Firearms” by J. Warren Cassidy, the author argues that the right to bear arms is given to American citizens by the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Cassidy argues that millions of Americans believe that the Second Amendment is just as crucial for the maintenance of democracy as the First Amendment Cassidy writes, “the authors of the Bill of Rights knew that a democratic republic has a right-indeed, a need- to keep and bear arms. Millions of American citizens just as adamantly believe the Second Amendment is crucial to the maintenance of the democratic process” (418). Cassidy also believes that there is no high-court decision that has found grounds to challenge this basic freedom of keeping and bearing arms. The author also argues that there has not been a reduction of crime thanks to new gun-control measures, “violent crime continues to rise in cities like New York and Washington even after severe firearm-control statues were rushed into place” (419) . In this thesis Cassidy argues that it is in the best interest of American citizens to support programs in which they teach gun-safety and not in legislation like gun-control bills.The second essay was “ Why Handguns Must be Outlawed.” This essay was wri...
