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The mediation part of this assignment will consist of an attempt at bring the two sides on gun control to a compromise. There has been controversy concerning this topic since before the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were even written. The thesis of this mediation blog is, “The argument over the 2nd Amendment should not have a resolution consisting entirely of gun-rights proposals or entirely of gun-control proposals but rather should be a resolution intertwined by compromises made by both sides of the controversy. This sort of resolution would still give individuals the right to keep and bear arms, but there would be limits and regulations that would have to be followed.” To introduce the paper, I will use the 2nd Amendment and its interpretations. The 2nd Amendment states, “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.” This will allow me to introduce the topic at hand and its arguments. With this introduction, I will include several court cases and laws that have developed the gun-control and gun-rights movement. In regards to court cases, I will include Supreme Court cases U.S. v. Cruikshank and Miller v. Texas as well as Court of Appeals case U.S. v. Emerson. As for the laws, I will mention the Gun Control Act of 1968, Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986, The Brady Bill, and the Assault Weapons Ban. After this introduction, I will present the ideas of both sides of the argument. I will start with the gun-rights side and present ideas such as guns can be used for self-defense and for recreational purposes. On the other hand, the gun-control side, I will present the idea that guns are the antagonist of many violent crimes, including homicides and suicides. Through the next part of the paper, I will introduce the ideas that will mediate the two sides. First of all, I will introduce the proposed ideas of mediation. These include specific rules and regulations. First of which is that stricter background check be imposed including criminal record, history of violence or depression, and previous involvement in a gang, cult, clan, or any group that has violence associated with it. Secondly, there needs to be a ban on weapons that are not really necessary for anything besides hurting people. This is specifically meant for the continuation of the ban on assault weapons. Next, the topic of self-defense will be discussed. The gun-rights side of the 2nd Amendment claims that being allowed to carry a weapon provides an effective mode of self-defense. To compromise on this reason, we propose that a class that can be taken by the public on gun safety. This can be a prerequisite that is required to carry a concealed hand gun or any other type of firearm. Lastly, using guns for recreation will be discussed. This will help show that the use of firearms does not always result in a negative outcome. Guns are instilled in the American culture, and instead of showing how bad guns supposedly are, we will focus on using guns as a means of recreation. Pushing guns into our culture for recreation will promote things such as enjoying the outdoors, exercising, and family values. To finish the paper, the political stances of the presidential candidates will be discussed. This will provide a means to see where our country is heading in the future with respect to the control of guns. So, although the controversy seems pretty impossible to resolve without upsetting someone in some group, these are the means by which we plan to compromise until a solution can be reached.