Right to Bear Arms

Right to Bear Arms Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence. Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where women are viciously attacked and raped, and where children are caught in the crossfire of drive-by shootings. The damage that these criminals are doing to our society cannot be ignored. However, the effort by some misguided individuals to eliminate the legal ownership of firearms does …

…st direct our efforts toward controlling crime, not controlling legal ownership of firearms. Works Cited Gottlieb, Alan. The Rights of Gun Owners. Washington: Merril Press, 1991. “Gun Control.” 12 Feb. 2001 <http://www.Justfacts.com/>. Nisbet, Lee, ed. Gun Control Debate: You Decide. New York: Prometheus Books, 1990. Squyres, Jacobs, and Quiram, ed. Gun Control: Restricting Rights or Protecting People?. Texas: Information Plus, 1997.