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The Second Amendment shouldn’t be an unlimited right to own guns

In the United States there are 120.5 guns per 100 people, which is the highest per capita in the world (ProGun.org), Due to gun violence, 306 people in America die every day. The gun control as we know is in an Amendment of the Constitution, and it states that guns are: “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.” However, it is used as an unlimited right to own guns and even though the government has implemented some restrictions and regulations on who owns a gun in the United States (individuals under eighteen years of age, convicted criminals, the mentally disabled, dishonorably discharged military personnel, and others can’t purchase firearms). But considering the issues that happened recently due to the lack of gun control, more laws should be implemented. One of the main issues that have occurred in the last few years is the mass shooting and the use of magazines that cause mass