The arguments of gun control advocates

Gun control advocates include a number of NGOs and political organizations that believe it is the responsibility of the government to prevent crime and deaths and not that of citizens. Some of the main gun control advocates are: the Democratic Party, American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, Every Town for Gun Safety, Stop Handgun Violence, Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, Brady Campaign, and others.

The main argument of gun control advocates is that the Second Amendment does not guarantee unlimited rights regarding gun ownership. To argue for this, they give examples of various historical regulations even before the Second Amendment which were used to limit the access to guns for certain categories of people. They also cite part of the sentence in the Columbia v. Helle...