Controlling who buys weapons in America limits gun ownership, but protects citizens. This means that "even if the Supreme Court- which ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment gives citizens the individual right to own firearms, as gun advocates have long insisted- suddenly reversed itself and ruled that the individual ownership of handguns was illegal, there would be no practical way for a democratic country to locate and seize those guns” (Goldberg 2). Keeping citizens safe by reducing crime, “background checks which are conducted by licensed gun shops have stopped almost one million people from buying guns at these stores since 1998. No one knows, of course, how many of these people gave up their search for a gun, and how many simply went to a gun show or found another way to acquire a weapon” (Goldberg 2). Increasing gun regulation benefits all Americans by controlling who buys and receives weapons, keeping citizens safer by reducing crime and protecting the 2nd amendment. …show more content…
The debate now is about the impact of law abiding citizens carrying concealed weapons. Although antigun activists claim that concealed carry law increases violence, there is evidence that they do. Situations such as shootings on campuses, raise the question of whether properly trained students carrying firearms could actually decrease the possibility of and impact of such shootings ( ). Many gun rights advocates see a link between an increasingly armed public and a decreasing crime rate. Effective law enforcement has had the biggest impact on crime rates, but concealed carry has something to do with