They’re afraid that gun control laws will give the government too much power. For example, radio host Alex Jones claims “[t]he Second Amendment isn’t there for duck hunting, it’s there to protect us from tyrannical government and street thugs...” (76). To put it bluntly, conservatives see the government’s implement of gun control laws as a way to further control the people of America. Although I agree that the total banning of firearms would breach our basic rights as American citizens while giving too much power to the government, I still insist that some restrictions are needed to prevent military-grade firearms from falling into the wrong hands. For instance, it is still legal in most states to buy high-capacity magazines, causing the death and injury rates of mass shootings to skyrocket (8). Ultimately, American citizens should have the right to own guns, yet some structure needs to be implemented to prevent mass
They’re afraid that gun control laws will give the government too much power. For example, radio host Alex Jones claims “[t]he Second Amendment isn’t there for duck hunting, it’s there to protect us from tyrannical government and street thugs...” (76). To put it bluntly, conservatives see the government’s implement of gun control laws as a way to further control the people of America. Although I agree that the total banning of firearms would breach our basic rights as American citizens while giving too much power to the government, I still insist that some restrictions are needed to prevent military-grade firearms from falling into the wrong hands. For instance, it is still legal in most states to buy high-capacity magazines, causing the death and injury rates of mass shootings to skyrocket (8). Ultimately, American citizens should have the right to own guns, yet some structure needs to be implemented to prevent mass