Banning guns may create more crime

Some elected politicians such as Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, and president Obama want to ban guns, but the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”.  Our nation is based on our Constitution and the rules that our forefathers made, therefore, taking away our right to bear arms would be unconstitutional and un-American.

If guns were banned, they would wind up in the hands of the wrong people through a black market.  In other countries, such as the United Kingdom, they have been banned from the general public, however they remain common among criminals.  Since the United Kingdom banned handguns in 1997, gun crime has nearly doubled.

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1996 instituted federal background checks to ensure that no one was able to bypass any existing gun law.  It is it illegal for any person who is the subject of a restraining order or been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor to possess a gun so performing these types of checks prevents people from easily buying guns if they fall under either category.

-Kacy