Thesis Statement: A right to bear arms must be determined by balancing the risks a person can suffer by being disarmed against risk to others from that person being armed.

I. A right to bear arms derives from…

II. The second amendment states that "the right of the people is to keep and bear arms".

1. Is gun ownership a right?
2. How safe is society from tyranny?
3. Reasonable Gun Laws: Their must still be some efficient way for citizens to protect themselves.
4. Gun restriction is an unreasonable restriction.

III. Bans were put into effect in Britain and Australia banning most types of firearms.

1. Post banning period: An increase of crime?
2. The banning of guns leaves law-abiding citizens vulnerable.

IV. Only one percent of firearms are believed to be in the possession of criminals.

1. Keeping the guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorist is nearly impossible.

V. The misguided effects of gun control and its misinterpretations.

A. Leaving a society without some form of self-defense with the possibility of a rogue or tyrannical faction or government can be risky.

VI. Keeping criminals off of the streets is a more effective way to keep more gun violence off of the streets.

VII. The Bill of Rights guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms without balancing risks, therefore disregarding the questioning of gun owning even being a right.