and burglary.Switzerland has one of the lowest murder rates in the entire world. The reason why it requires all able-bodied males between the ages of 20 and 50 to have a military-issued automatic weapon, ammunition and other equipment in their homes. Israel, is a country, which has an extremely low crime rate but is vulnerable to many enemies including terrorists? They depend on the of widespread civilian gun possession. There are many other examples of countries will low gun control and low crime violence. Also examples of countries with high gun control and high crime rate.Another reason that people give for gun control is that it is not a constitutional right to own a gun. This statement is far from the truth, the second amendment, which states “a well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Note that the founding fathers made this the second right out of ten. Which means that it most of been of great important to them.It is argued that the right to bear arms is conditional upon the need to have armed citizens as part of the national defense. Therefore, if the need for armed citizens were not need, the founding fathers would no have asserted the right.In the modern era, supposedly the need is not there. Does this mean there is no longer any constitutional right to own guns? No, at the time that the constitution was written, “militia” had two meanings. The first one a “select militia” which was the forerunner of our modern National Guard. The second meaning was “general militia” which are all able-bodied men with arms. “Militia” means that any able-bodied person is able to own a gun. The founding fathers strongly believed in the right of ordinary citizens to bear arms, and not just for defense against foreigners. People feared the new federal government and its ...
