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The controversy with the right to bear arms starts with the goverment. Only a goverment who is affraid of its citizens trys to control them. Gun control is not about the guns, its about taking control. When you remove the right to bear arms, we can not defend ourselves from senseless crimes.

The controversy with the right to bear arms starts with the goverment. Only a goverment who is affraid of its citizens trys to control them. Gun control is not about the guns, its about taking control. When you remove the right to bear arms, we can not defend ourselves from senseless crimes.

This website gives information about how the right to bear arms is being abused. It give opinions from both sides and statistics about violence in the U.S.

This article talks about restoring a persons right to bear arms. When A felon completes their sentence or probation their civil rights get restored expect the right to bear arms.

Different view points on the right to bear arms. A little history on the second amendment also.

Since its ratification, Americans have been arguing over the amendment's meaning and interpretation. One side interprets the amendment to mean it provides for collective rights, while the opposing view is that it provides individual rights.

With gun control in the news recently, a sheriff speaks out to allay fears about the second amendment rights. He would not follow a ban on the right to bear arms.

Respected Judge, Andrew Napolitano discusses why gun laws are about our given rights as Americans. This article describes the slow repression of our natural rights.

This article talks about the right to bear arms. The main thing it focuses on is the difference between self defense and using a gun in a harmful manner.

The personal freedom of the second amendment or the right to bear arms is a touchy subject in today's new world. From either stand point the right to bear arms is a natural right of self-defense. Reading this article gives reasoning to why the freedom to own and use guns are important to society.

With freedom comes responsibility. Our freedom to bear arms comes with the responsibility, at the very least, to ensure that they are never used to massacre our children.

Giving up the second amendment which is the right to protect yourself against unlawful governments and criminals. Throwing away your gun is not the answer.

This website provides sources surrounding the debate to bear arms. I chose it because it offered a variety of websites to choose from in order to look at the issue further. It could be very helpful in a research project.

Everyone should have a right to protect themselves. Making guns illegal wont solve the issue. Either way, criminals will still find a way to get a hold of them.

This link agrees with the right to bear arms. They support equal rights for gun owners. The purpose of this link is to prove that not everyone will be effected by making guns illegal. The law abiding citizens become defenseless and the criminals will take as they please knowing the people are pretty much defenseless.

Over the past 8 years, there have been obvious assaults at United States citizens second amendment right to bear arms. Guns, especially assault rifles, have received an awful lot of scrutiny for people shooting one another, however in reality shootings with assault rifles account for only 2% of homicides in the United States. Meanwhile the rifles themselves are being blamed for the unstable people wielding them. Meanwhile knives account for nearly 14% of homicides, however no one is attempting to ban knives, as it is general knowledge that they are tools, just like guns. But the media is making every attempt to make guns the villains, not the wielders.

This subject has been plaguing our country for years now, and it's proven that most violent crimes don't happen with guns. Especially assault rifles, people aren't just carting around carrying around rifles everywhere committing crimes. They use what's small and readily available. Such as, knives, bats, handguns, or even just using their fist to get what they want.

Gun control is a very controversial on going topic. Guns save many lives when in the right hands. There should be deeper background checks and physiological tests. Americans do have a right to bear arms.

I completely agree, guns save so many lives if in the right hands. There should be rules and precautions, but Americans should always have the right to bear arms.

This article is written by a Congressman, Bob Goodlatte. He is describing his stance on personal freedoms and bullet points actions he has taken. The actions include surveillance, privacy, the right to bear arms, and healthcare to name a few.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

This explains a persons individual rights and personal freedoms and that the government cannot infringe upon them.

The constitution's second amendment 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." This article attempts to define what that means.

The author, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, stating how we should not be stripped from our rights with the 2nd amendment (Right to Bear Arms). Napolitano discusses how we, Americans, just roll over and not protect our natural rights. Napolitano has a very knowledgeable and understanding on this topic, interesting read.

Gerard feels that taking our right to bear arms is only the beginning of a lot of changes in our freedom. He mentions a few scenarios where your rights are based on someone else's opinion such as a cop can take away your gun if they are "suspicious" of your control over it.

Containing the national politics of gun rights with information that can make a good essay. Plenty of information of how personal freedom has to do with gun rights.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our constitutional heritage to privately own and posess firearms. The SAF maintains several educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate.

This site is based on educating and promoting programs to inform the public about gun control. There are resources that even list states Right to Bear Arms provisions.

This is a point/counterpoint website. The discussion is about the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. This is a good website for someone who wants to cover all of their bases with this issue.

When most prisoners go to prison most of their rights are lost. This meaning the right to vote or bear arms because of a felony conviction, does this pertain to all their rights as well? The imprisonment of most criminals that are convicted usually constitutes losing many of the rights we all take for granted.