Regulation of guns is a necessary action that needs to be taken in order
to save lives. A good definition of gun control is needed to understand the
sides and issues. Gun control is an effort to stop the rise in violent crime
by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms. Persons in the group
against gun control believe that gun control is wrong, and that it is a
violation of constitutional rights. Those in favor of gun control believe
that gun control is good, that the Second Amendment does not apply to regular
citizens, and that guns should be taken out of the hands of criminals. There
are several major anti-gun control groups. These groups include the National
Rifle Association (NRA), and the Gun Owners of America (GOA) . The NRA is a
national group dedicated to the upholding of the Second amendment of the
Constitution. In their magazines, American Hunter and American Rifleman, they
say "The NRA, . . . believes that every law-abiding citizen is......
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