Gun rights

Gun Rights include the right to keep and bear arms, to use firearms in self-defense, and to produce and sell firearms and ammunition.

In many jurisdictions, felons automatically lose certain rights, including gun rights. Those rights may be restored automatically or by petition.

Arguments made in favour of gun rights include:

Adam Winkler and Robert Spitzer say that gun rights are compatible with gun control.

Gun rights advocates seek to protect and enhance the right to keep and bear arms. They oppose gun control legislation that places limits on private ownership or use of firearms.

Proponents in the United States support the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Prominent advocates of gun rights in the US include the National Rifle Association (NRA). Gun rights advocacy groups spent $6,129,911 on lobbying in 2012 in the US, the largest expenditures coming from the NRA, the Gun Owners of America, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and the Safari Club International. Some U.S. gun rights groups disagree with one another on the best approach to furthering their goals. For example, the Gun Owners of America, the National Association for Gun Rights, and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership have criticized the NRA.