Report Highlights: The U.S. has had federal gun control since 1934. Anti-gun control facts make a compelling argument in favor of dispelling Second Amendment infringements in 2025.
- Supreme Court cases from 1876 to 2025 support the Second Amendment’s original intent as an individual right to keep and bear arms.
- America’s 850,000 law enforcement officers have no duty to protect its 336 million civilians.
- No armed and united population has ever fallen to tyranny in world history.
- Strict gun control in other countries has saved fewer than 2 people per every 100,000.
- 91% of mass shootings in the U.S. occurred after sweeping federal gun control legislation.
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The Top Arguments Against Gun Control
1) Constitutional Argument: The Natural Right to Self-Defense
Per several Supreme Court cases, the Constitution protects the natural rights of all Americans, and rights such as the Second Amendment exist to limit the power of the government.
The Second Amendment: “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.”
Landmark Second Amendment Supreme Court Cases:
- U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876) – The U.S. Congress cannot infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms, a right which exists despite the Constitution.
- Presser v. Illinois (1886) – All citizens capable of bearing arms constitute the reserved military force of the national government, and the states cannot prohibit the people from keeping and bearing arms.
- U.S. v. Miller (1939) – The Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to keep and bear arms that do not have a reasonable relationship to the preservation of a well-regulated militia.
- Lewis v. U.S. (1980) – A felony conviction is a sufficient basis for prohibiting the possession of firearms.
- District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) – The Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, regardless of their affiliation with any militia.
- McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) – The Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense applicable to the states.
- Caetano v. Massachusetts (2016) – The Second Amendment includes all bearable arms, including those that did not exist at the time of the founding.
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen (2022) – The burden of proof is on the government before prohibiting individuals from carrying firearms.
- Garland v. Cargill (2024) – Bump stocks do not convert firearms into machine guns for the purposes of federal gun control laws.
- United States v. Rahimi (2024) – Temporary disarmament of individuals found by courts to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another is consistent with the Second Amendment.
- Bondi v. Vanderstock (2025) – The 1968 Gun Control Act does permit the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to regulate some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames and receivers.
2) Ethical Argument: Gun Control Limits People’s Right to Self-Defense
Gun control hinders individuals’ ability to protect themselves, their families, and their communities from threats. Limiting the rights of peaceable citizens, based on the actions of criminals, is unethical. Americans have a right and a need to defend themselves without government intervention and restrictions.
Understanding the Reality of Self-Defense: There is a need for self-defense in America.
- Only 850,000 law enforcement officers exist to protect over 336 million Americans. 5
- Law enforcement officers have no actual duty to protect American civilians (Warren v. D.C., Castle Rock v. Gonzales). 6
- The national average for police response time is 10 minutes and thirty seconds (which varies with department and locale). 12
- 363 out of every 100,000 Americans were victims of violent crime in 2023.
- 15,186 individuals were murdered in 2024. 14
3) Historical Argument: Disarmament Leads to Tyranny
Infringements upon the Second Amendment give the government more power over natural human rights, which has led to tyranny in the past. An armed and united population is better equipped to fight crime and resist tyranny.
Historical Context: Tyranny poses a greater threat to unarmed American civilians than criminals do to armed Americans.
- 262 million people were killed by their own governments during the 20th century.
- The Weimar Republic implemented strict gun control before Hitler rose to power and committed genocide.
- Mussolini’s fascist regime implemented gun control to seize power and ensure uprisings were unsuccessful.
- No armed and united population has ever fallen to tyranny.
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