George Mason, co-author of the Bill of Rights, said, "Disarming people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" If this is true, why would anyone try to ban firearms in the United States? Firearms have been a part of American history since we declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. Many people believe that taking guns out of the hands of citizens is the only way to stop criminals from shooting people in shopping malls and to children in schools, but this is not the case. the case. Outlawing firearms is not the answer to effectively reducing gun crime. According to Wikipedia, a firearm is a portable weapon, being a barreled weapon that launches one or more projectiles often driven by the action of an explosive force. The first firearms were invented in China in the 13th century, called “fire lances”. They were used by farmers to defend cities because they were very cheap to produce. Eventually weapons were created that could be used more than once. During the American Revolution, we used barrel-loaded muskets to repel the British. Now, current technology allows us to fire many projectiles in rapid succession, known as automatic weapons. Many countries before us have tried to control guns and introduce strict laws and regulations or even ban them altogether. Soviet Russia banned weapons in 1929, and from 1929 to 1953, approximately 20 million unarmed demonstrators were rounded up and killed. The same thing happened in Türkiye in 1915, in Germany during the Holocaust, in China during the reign of Mao Zedong, and in many other countries in the 20th century. Even in modern Germany, a nation with very strict gun control laws, can't stop sociopaths from deciding one day to go out and kill a bunch of people. In 2009, a high school student caused 24 random...... middle of paper...... some people forget that the Second Amendment was also made to protect us from the government if it became a tyrannical giant like it was with La Britain that we fought so hard to separate from. With the army at hand, we wouldn't stand a chance. Gun control is not about guns, it's about control, and if we feel that the government has turned into "Big Brother" we should be able to overthrow the people who control us. One of the biggest problems with firearms is the large amount of illegal gun trafficking. throughout the country. The problem with trying to stop criminals is that it's nearly impossible. The Second Amendment applies only to law-abiding, mentally stable citizens, and rightly so. The laws we put in place to try to stop the wrong people from getting those guns do nothing, but the United States is also the largest arms exporter in the world