Tightening gun laws
By: Chris Salas
Guiding question
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Background information
How does gun laws effect people?
"Sixty days after my application is processed, I'll be able to carry a concealed weapon in no fewer than 32 states. It's great for road trips."it effects him because 60 days later he will be able to carry his gun.
Who do the gun laws effect?
" It typifies a new era of arming Americans in public: 40 states now recognize some or all out-of-state permits, and 8 have made it legal in all or some circumstances to carry a concealed handgun without any permit at all." It effects the 8 states that made it legal.
Why should gun laws not be tightened?
"Consider what the N.R.A. has accomplished. Just a few decades ago, even loyal conservatives rejected the idea that the Second Amendment protected an individual right to bear arms, as opposed to the states' prerogative to raise militias. In 1990, the retired Supreme Court chief justice Warren Burger, a Nixon nominee, dismissed the idea as a "fraud." Yet in 2008, the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller ruled that the individual right to bear arms was no fraud, but a constitutional right." it show that the right to bear arms is not a fraud but a right.
where do the gun laws take place?
"Among the petition's five goals, it calls upon Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, to mount a "concerted effort to use his executive authority to override the "gun-free zone" loophole being exploited by the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio." it takes place in Cleveland Ohio.
why are gun laws bad?
"The principal objection to tough gun laws is that they violate the Second Amendment. Opponents of gun control cite the 2008 Heller decision as proof that the Supreme Court agrees." gun laws are bad because they violate the second amendment.