Bearing Arms

Thesis: Despite firearms easy accessibility and purchase, firearm usage should be limited to decrease the average 1,500 accidental firearm deaths yearly because firearms serve as a weapon for self-defense when the police fail to provide protection to the general public. Also to restore equilibrium allowing citizens to protect themselves legally against the illegal possession of firearms, thus protecting public safety.

I. According to Dosomething.org, There are no federal laws that prevent minors the access to firearms.

A. The Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1995 says that individuals with firearms are prohibited from walking within 1,000 feet of any school.

B. Frequent firearm self-inflicted and unintentional injuries have derived from the victim's home or a relative's home.

C. Researchers of RAND-UCLA have confirmed that 35% of homes with children contain at least one firearm.

II. In 1993, The Brady Act was established requiring the United States to set up a background checking system which became known as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

A. The General Accounting Office confirmed that undercover agents were able to beat the NICS check and thus purchase firearms with fake identification.

B. Benjamin Smith was able to go on a killing spree after being rejected from a NICS check by purchasing a firearm illegally.

C. According to a Survey of Felons by the Justice Department, 93% of these predators received their firearm illegally.

III. "The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead" Aristotle.

A. The number of firearms in the United States is increasing to greater than 4.5 million a year.

B. Proper firearm education will reduce the amount of accidental firearm discharges.

C. Providing education of firearms to children will also decrease the number of accidental discharges due to their decreased hatred or animosity towards firearms.

The Right to Bear Arms:

Is it A Worthy or an Abused Amendment?

In January of 2011, 39 States permitted gun owners to carry their firearms in a concealed manner. Should citizens be able to roam the streets freely carrying the firearm of their choice? Firearms accessibility and purchase should be regulated and restricted to protect the minors in the United States, to protect the Innocent from harm; lastly to educate the uneducated individuals about firearms thus decreasing "senseless casualties". Despite firearms easy accessibility and purchase, firearm usage should be limited to decrease the average 1,500 accidental firearm deaths yearly because firearms serve as a weapon for self-defense when the police fail to provide protection to the general public. Also to restore equilibrium allowing citizens to protect themselves legally against the illegal possession of firearms, thus protecting public safety.

The Protection of Minors

Should you just allow anyone to care for your child in the most promising months of their childhood? Should you require high standards and guidelines for the care of your child? If so, do we take this precaution for weapons that launch projectiles at high velocities through the burning of a propellant in a confined location? According to Dosomething.org, There are no federal laws that prevent minors the access to firearms. In essence is this stating that minors should be permitted to use firearms? On December 12th 2012, a teenage high school student is now facing severe penalties for bringing a firearm to Evergreen High school in Vancouver, WA with the intention to sell. Should minors be allowed to access firearms free of charge because of their need to experiment?

The Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1995 says that individuals with firearms are prohibited from walking within 1,000 feet of any school. If this were true, how was Adam Lanza able to walk on to the premises of Sandy Hook Elementary and conduct the brutal genocide in December 2012? This event left many of citizens overwhelmed because of they never believed the FGFSZ Act would have been broken. Adding more stringent rules to the accessibility of firearms may include the enforcement of this act. Frequent self-inflicted and unintentional firearm injuries have derived from the victim's home or a relative's home. Requiring a safe location for the storage of firearms with a punishment of imprisonment would decrease these injuries.

Researchers of RAND-UCLA have confirmed that 35% of homes with children contain at least one firearm. For this reason, stringent rules should be placed on the child's accessibility of these firearms to prevent death or severe injury. In July 2012, 2 year old Joshiah