It would appear that this is a neutral to partisan and public bias issue. “Merely regulating firearms, such as requiring permits to carry them, is seen by many as a violation of their rights. Therefore, moderate gun advocates are often drowned out by those who oppose any gun control. “There are nearly three hundred million privately owned firearms in the United States: one hundred and six million pistols, one hundred and five million rifles, and eighty-three million shotguns. This equates to approximately one gun for every American” (Lepore). But so few laws are enforced to control this mass accumulation of weapons. “A federal ban on the possession, transfer or manufacture of semiautomatic assault weapons, approved in 1994, expired in 2004” (Lepore). The majority of gun owners who own more than one are the loudest minority in the fight for the right to stay there