Gun Control

Gun Control and Gun Control on University Campuses The controversies of gun control have been with us ever since we have earned the right to bear arms in the Bill of Rights that was attached to our constitution. As times going on many would say that we no longer need this "inalienable" right, that these guns that we are putting into the hands of private citizens are doing more harm than good. Most also believe that because times are changing, that eventually we will not need this right to bear arms anymore, and personally I believe this right should never be taken away from us. Many also believe that gun control is giving somebody to much freedom to defend themselves; they’re given the right to take another life if theirs is threatened, and that makes other citizens uneasy. Of course this is where proper training and use of the weapon comes into play, which we will get into later in this paper, but in our current society where everything is needing to be politically correct for the few that are offended, ignorant masses are gaining more power and ideas are growing wilder. When it comes to college campuses, the last place guns should be, no one wants to allow licensed gun carriers on them, but when shootings occur and no one is armed, lives are lost and the push moves further for tighter gun control laws because of grief. This paper will dive into the aspects of gun control laws and why policy might need to be evolved for our particular time and age, but not completely removed. In times of war, which the United States was burdened with heavily during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, guns were a necessity. This was a big factor in the unanimous decision to allow guns to be owned by citizens. Weather you thought they were violent and not wanted at all they were still needed. If soldiers were shooting about in your back yard, and you didn’t have any means to defend yourself and your family you were in quite a bit of trouble. Of course this was a