Our Gun Rights Gun control has been an issue for many years. The vast majority of citizens believe that if the weapons were taken away the risk of crime would be rapidly reduced. Innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for protection, or even for the thrill of the hunt. People are penalized for protecting their lives or even for playing a sport. To have gun control nationwide is to violate a person's constitutional rights. Even if people think that taking away guns will limit crime, this problem should not exist because guns are necessary and necessary for self-defense against crime. Enforcing gun control is violating the Second Amendment right of citizens to bear arms. This shows that throughout history it has appeared that governments have sided with their citizens, even though in reality it has appeared that governments have sided with their authority to remove freedoms. The right of the people to bear arms is our only defense against the onslaught of oppressive government tyranny. Many people wonder: Will more gun control laws create less crime? This is the crux of the whole issue. As things happen and people are killed every day, the government thinks taking away our guns will solve all these problems when in reality it won't. According to the United States Constitution; Bill of Rights; Amendment two: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Many argue that “well regulated” means we must have strong laws to prevent people from having or possessing guns. Others say that "well regulated" means that people are responsible for following the laws created to maintain every... middle of paper... one example is Florida, specifically the Miami-Dade area. Miami-Dade police developed a program to track all incidents involving concealed carry license holders in 1987, which is when Florida passed a right-to-carry law. In 1992 the department abolished that program because there weren't enough crimes to justify supporting the program. The findings and numbers showed that out of 221,443 licenses issued, only 18 were crimes committed by people who were issued a license. All other gun crimes committed were committed by criminals who were able to obtain guns illegally. The overall gun homicide rate decreased by 41% between 1987 and 1994. It boils down to the fact that we have the right to own a gun and this should not be threatened. Furthermore, if the federal government bans guns as well as it does illegal drugs, criminals will always have guns.