Gun Control Protest Topic Exploration

The protest is about whether or not gun control actually is stopping crime.  For years, guns and the laws revolving around them have been discussed and adjusted according to the resolution of the people.  There are many examples of gun control all varying in significance.  Here are just a few common examples: schools prohibiting people from carrying guns on campus, certain states doing extensive background checks before letting a citizen purchase a firearm, or states only allowing firearm dealers to sell their guns to citizens with licenses.  A lot of this protest has been fed by shootings and the idea that “guns kill people”, therefore there should be more regulations around firearms keeping them out of the hands of the dangerous law breakers.         

In America there is a large group of arms bearing citizens who viciously protect their second amendment rights.  The paper will focus on the protesters in favor of protecting the Second Amendment rights.  I would like to concentrate on how they have effectively combated the allegations thrown at firearms and how they justify opposing gun control.  I will focus on America, but other countries may be mentioned very briefly.  I will mostly stay within the 2000’s for the main points in this research paper.  However, for the historical context, I may go back to specific points in our countries history where gun control was more prevalent. 

I believe the Second Amendment rights protesters are such an important part of this protest.  Without them there would be nothing stopping gun control activists from all out banning firearms in America.  This protest could not exist without them. 

The rights protesters have participated in this protest by firmly standing in their belief that firearms help to stop unnecessary violence rather than cause it.  They have made their opinion known that owning guns is a right of citizens in America, and they have supported studies which show that guns stop crime.      

I am worried that I might take this project in the wrong direction by trying to prove the Second Amendment rights side of this argument, rather than focusing on the protest itself.  I think the hardest part of this project will be just organizing it.  Thankfully it is split into sections, so that should help a lot!