Right to Bear Arms Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence. Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where women are viciously attacked and raped, and where children are caught in the crossfire of drive-by shootings. The damage that these criminals are doing to our society cannot be ignored. However, the effort by some misguided individuals to eliminate the legal ownership of firearms does …showed first 75 words of 2051 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2051 total…st direct our efforts toward controlling crime, not controlling legal ownership of firearms. Works Cited Gottlieb, Alan. The Rights of Gun Owners. Washington: Merril Press, 1991. “Gun Control.” 12 Feb. 2001 <http://www.Justfacts.com/>. Nisbet, Lee, ed. Gun Control Debate: You Decide. New York: Prometheus Books, 1990. Squyres, Jacobs, and Quiram, ed. Gun Control: Restricting Rights or Protecting People?. Texas: Information Plus, 1997.