The notion that guns are instruments of equality translates to ownership of over 200 million guns. In a circular gun control debate opponents interpret the Second Amendment to guarantee citizens free access to firearms. However, no Federal Appeals Court or the Supreme Court ever ruled the Second Amendment cannot be limited. The federal government and all U.S. states employ censoring laws. Anyone other than police, military, and persons with special needs is prohibited from acquiring potentially misused guns.
Laws prohibit gun purchases by minors and require waiting periods.
New laws bring more illegal means of obtaining firearms, to solve this we must banish them. Crime rates due to gun violence have decreased but are still very apparent in cities throughout America. Although Richmond's zero tolerance policy has helped, the problem will not be solved until guns are abolished. Despite strict controls, over 200 million guns circulate in the United States. One third of households own one, yearly 35,000 people, approximately 87 per day, are killed by firearms.