Should Handguns Be Banned

Several people postulate that handguns should be banned because they believe that the weapon is the genuine cause of any harm done. These people also argue that banning handguns has lowered the crime rate in a multitude of countries, therefore it would benefit the united states. Due to the fact that minorities are less likely to own a handgun, there if the belief that banning handguns may also stop the death of minorities in America. However, handguns should be available with certain precursors because the blame shouldn’t be put onto the weapon, and owning a gun is a second amendment right in the constitution. An innumerable amount of gun deaths have occurred in the united states as a result of weapons being in wrong hands. Fatalities have taken place due to guns being in the hands of people ranging from terrorists to children. Another prominent issue is that people are unsettled by the idea of anyone with a mental illness owning a weapon, such a depression or schizophrenia. Overall people are troubled by the idea that “in the United States, the murder rate doubled in the ten‐

The bill of rights was written to protect the rights of people. “The second amendment… reads ‘a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of the free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed’” (Cornell University Legal Information Institute) If owning a handgun became completely illegal, it would make the right to bear arms completely arbitrary. The constitution has huge meaning in the United States, “Zacharia Johnson, a delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, summed up the meaning of the Second Amendment when he declared that ‘The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them.’” (TJ Martinell) Keeping handguns legal, maintains the true significance of this necessary