The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"(Witkin). A question that might be asked upon this would be, does it mean that all people should have the ability to possess whatever arms they wish? Since the age of the Civil War weapons that are being produced …showed first 75 words of 2018 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2018 total…firearms. A waiting period for firearms are not going to stop a criminal who wants to act upon something. If they want to have possession of a gun for any reason, they will find a way. Therefore, with this knowledge, the pros and cons of gun control should be looked at very carefully before acted upon to be sure that they are certain of what the think should be done to regulate laws on guns.