In the article "Battleground America" written by Jill Lepore, lepore primarily focuses on the effects gun have on a society as a whole stating guns can either be used to "prevent or commit" crimes. 49 states have their own gun laws permitting people to conceal their own gun, granting them the right to protects themselves making himself  or her self their own " policeman." Since 1968 there has been a growing idea that the right to hold guns is one

our "freedoms" as  Americans and an "act of citizenship." 

Jill Lepore begins her article with a series of tragic events in which guns were used to commit crimes and kill innocents people unaware of what was coming. The United States citizens one more guns than that of any other nations. The argument over the right to conceal a gun has aleays been a roaring debate  and one of the orimary arguments to defend it is the Second Ammendment .The Second  Amendment gives people the right to bear arm for their own protection. However, Lepores states that  when the Second Amendment was written guns could only be shot once before they had to be reloaded. Now they are much more powerful and can be used to place more people in more serious danger. This article is essential due to the fact that it presents examples for both sides of the arguments and provides more examples in which guns are used for crime.

"One Nation, Under the Gun." The New Yorker. Jill Lepore, 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 07 Feb. 2016.