Guns in America “Places and Forms of Power”

« Synthèse 1 As part of the notion “Places and Forms of Power”, I would like to talk about the right to carry a gun in the USA.

With 85 guns for 100 hundred people, the United States of America are the western country with the highest rate of firearms in circulation.

I think this topic fits perfectly with the notion “Places and Forms of Power”.

First of all, because America is the most powerful country in the world but also because carry a gun gives you an almost unlimited power. Today I will try to answer to the question: has the right to bear a gun in America become a way of life? We will see that this right is considered as inalienable by most of the American citizens, however there are more and more demonstrations against gun power. I.

YES a. The right to bear a gun is written in the American Constitution since 1971.

The 2nd Amendment stipulate that the “right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”.

It is the result of the chaotic history of the Pilgrims, the first Europeans in the New World.

I discovered this history thanks to the short film “Bowling for Columbine” from Michael Moore.

After their arrival they massacred the native Americans, then the “Witch Hunt” happened and then the British tried to come to colonize the territory and so on. Because of the violent climate the right to bear a gun was, at the time, a real need.

In his movie Michael Moor claims that this right was thereafter wrongly used.

For instance, The Ku Klux Klan used it to commit racial actions, like murder. With this short remaining of the American history I wanted to explain how deep the right to carry a gun is rooted in the history of the US. b. Recently the rights concerning gun were expended.

A couple years ago you couldn’t bring a gun in bars, restaurants, any public places where you could drink alcohol.

States like Georgia, Arizona or Virginia now accept concealed guns in those places.

The only rule is to be sober.

The main point of the lawmakers is that you need to be able to protect yourself at all time, even in restaurants or bars.

A young woman was interviewed, she uttered that her husband was shot in a bar and that this new law is a relief for her. In addition President Donald Trump has been in opposition to gun-free zones.... »