Gun Control

Gun control in the United States is a violation of the 2nd amendment, The purpose of which has nothing to do with hunting, Or even personal protection, But to rebel against corrupt government, James Madison, The man who wrote the 2nd amendment, Justified the creation of a federal government in federalist paper number 46 by saying that the states (subjected to the people) could rise up and fight it, And that the american people are unique in being armed and able to defend their liberties from a corrupt government, Something the residents of european countries, Ran by leaders afraid to arm their people, Did not have. Alexander Hamilton supported the right of the people to keep and bear arms in federalist paper number 29 for defending liberty as well. In order to fight a corrupt government you must have adequate arms to do so, Which is why we need AR-15s, . 50 bmg rifles, And other modern weaponry. Background checks are also a violation of the purpose of the 2nd amendment as they allow the government to decide who can and can't own guns, And since the purpose of the 2nd amendment is to be armed against said government it doesn't make sense that that same government should be able to decide who can own guns, The same concept applies to felons not being able to own guns, As they pass unconstitutional laws regarding firearms (or other things) and people become felons after violating them. In regards to school shootings, Schools used to have a lot more guns in them as students would bring rifles for target practice or hunting after school ended, And school shootings were far less common, Which shows that school shootings are a result of other things, Which is a debate in and of itself. Regarding the US homicide rate, A rate that is higher than other 1st world countries, We must take into account the fact that America has a lot more blacks and hispanics than other countries, As they commit a far higher rate of violent crime. In 2016, According to the fbi, Blacks commited 52. 6% of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, 29. 1% of rape and 54. 5% of robbery, Despite taking up only 13% of the population. Hispanics (who are erroneously counted as white by the fbi, Despite hispanics usually being mixed-race mestizos or castizos) commited 20. 0% of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, 27. 0% of rape, And 21. 1% of robbery, Despite only being 18% of the population. The US homicide rate is so bad because of how black and hispanic this country is. Since you did not clarify what gun control measures you supported I covered a couple angles, (a shotgun approach)but I would like to know specifically what you mean so I can argue against it. Madison's federalist paper: http://avalon. Law. Yale. Edu/18th_century/fed46. Asp Hamilton's Federalist paper: http://avalon. Law. Yale. Edu/18th_century/fed29. Asp Proof that schools used to commonly have armed students: https://www. Nationalreview. Com/2013/01/gun-clubs-school-charles-c-w-cooke/ (A better resource than this is to talk to men who went to high school in the 70s/80s or before in rural america). FBI crime statistics: https://ucr. Fbi. Gov/crime-in-the-u. S/2016/crime-in-the-u. S. -2016/tables/table-21