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Gun control laws of today violate the constitution. These laws infringe upon the individual rights Americans have which are protected by the Second Amendment. Should the mere fact that criminals commit crimes with the use of guns infringe on the personal right of the innocent to posses guns? People use handguns and semiautomatic weapons for protection and sport, they also use rifles for hunting and competition. “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the individual to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (www.backwoodshome.com). This amendment is one of the biggest foundations for which this country was established. Americans right to bear arms is one of the things that separates us from other countries. If you take Iraq for example their right to bear arms was taken from them and so was their right to free speech which could not be protected because their weapons were taken from them.