The guns debate in the US is not new and it has been ongoing for several decades now. The matter of bearing guns and using them is related to the American culture itself and enhanced and protected by the American constitution. Guns, in other words, have a cultural aspect in American society, and bearing them has become a social phenomenon that has visible consequences in society. Mass shootings and constitutional rights are often terms used in this debate by both sides, pro-guns groups and anti-gun groups. However, there is no right or wrong answer in the gun debate but rather a social reality and a legal aspect of the matter to be discussed and developed upon.
1. Why are guns so spread in the US?
This is not an easy question as it seems even though it is rational to solve a social problem that causes deaths in society. The second amendment of the American constitution gives all citizens a constitutional right to bear guns for self-defense purposes. The second amendment reads as follows:” 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.”
2. How come that guns are legally accepted in the US?
They are coming from the second amendment of the US constitution. Originally, it goes back to the American revolution.
3. Is the right to bear arms in the US connected to mass shootings and lethal accidents?
Social consequences of the right of bearing guns in the US got a lot of attention after all the deadly mass shootings that happened there. That is, many people lost their lives because of this constitutional right which facilitates getting a gun by individuals in the society and eventually using it