Gun Control

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opulace was
instrumental in fighting off oppression, and they made the right to keep and
bear arms a constitutionally guaranteed right.

Over the years, some of the reasons for owning firearms have changed. As our
country grew into a strong nation, we expanded westward, exploring the
wilderness, and building new towns on the frontier. Typically, these new towns
were far away from the centers of civilization, and the only law they had was
dispensed by townsfolk through the barrel of a gun. Crime existed, but could be
minimized when the townspeople fought back against the criminals. Eventually,
these organized townspeople developed police forces as their towns grew in
size. Fewer people carried their firearms on the street, but the firearms were
always there, ready to be used in self-defense.

It was after the Civil War that the first gun-control advocates came into
existence. These were southern leaders who were afraid that the newly freed
black slaves would assert their newfound political rights,...