Essay On Right To Bear Arms

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The United States constitution allows Americans many freedoms and rights such as the right to free speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. But there is one right that I have to come to realize many Americans, myself included, take fore granted. The right to bear arms guarantees the American people the right to own and use guns, a freedom many Americans treasure and enjoy, but few other countries have this right. The United Kingdom, for example, has banned the ownership of many semiautomatic rifles, almost all handguns, and required strict registration requirements for other weapons. Australia has taken their gun laws a step further by banning almost all semiautomatic and automatic rifles, tightened laws regarding the ownership of handguns, tightened licensing and ownership rules, and also requiring any individual wanting a gun to demonstrate a significant and genuine need and to take a firearm safety course to own certain types of guns. Japan has arguably the strictest gun laws of all the examples listed; The only guns authorized for civilian use in Japan are shotguns, air guns, guns with research or industrial purposes, or guns to be used in …show more content…
The right to bear arms is guaranteed to Americans under the constitution, set down and protected in writing by important figures in America's history, and has had amble time to become ingrained in American society as a result. It's seen as normal, a right that every American is free to exercise so long as they able, and some people are less inclined to think much of it as a result. Gun ownership is seen as important in America as it guarantees a reliable way to protect family and friends in dire times, a means of hunting big game such as deer, and as a tool of which it takes time and skill to master. These are all valid reasons to own a gun and contribute to the tendency to take the right to bear arms for granted in