Step-by-step explanation:
Balancing public safety and the right to bear arms: The debate over gun control and gun ownership is a topic of much controversy in the United States today. Some argue that the government should do more to protect public safety and prevent gun violence by passing legislation limiting access to certain weapons and issuing mandatory wait periods. Others argue that the government should not be allowed to infringe on a person’s right to own a gun.
Although state and local governments have sought to increase gun control legislation in order to protect public safety, the Supreme Court has recently ruled in support of the Second Amendment protection of an individual’s right to own guns, striking down gun control legislation in D.C. v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago (2010)