“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arm, shall not be infringed.” The United States constitution states it itself. It protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. To ban guns will be violating the constitution. If a citizen in a state feels unsafe in their environment they have a right to own a gun for safety reasoning. If a state government takes that away from the citizen, their safety becomes a hazard for self-protection and more crimes would be committed.…
Gun violence dates back many years, around the time gun powder was first being produced in the 13th century. The first handgun was created in 1364 and was named the “hand cannon” (Hallowell 1), the name was self-explanatory. Nowadays hand guns are being produced that are smaller than the average persons’ palm, which is named the Swiss mini guns, these guns are being banned due to their extreme concealment capabilities. Guns revolutionized the world and brought high praises, until citizens started seeing the bad side of the guns. The fact that something so small can be so deadly can be frightening to people. Of course, I can see why people would not want guns to be banned since the constitution even allows the citizens to own a weapon. Just…
Banning Guns Cannot Prevent School Shootings! Imagine yourself at the scene of the Virginia Tech shooting. You hide under the desk that you were sitting at peacefully just moments ago. Gun shots ring though the air as you sit curled up on the cold floor, wondering who the next victim of the evil rampage will be. Don’t you wish you could have had a gun in this moment? Don’t you wish you had a way to defend yourself against the murderer?…
Although guns are good in some uses and protection, I think that guns should not be allowed because More than 500 children die annually from accidental gunshots. Some shoot themselves, while others kill friends or siblings after discovering a gun. Here are more scary stats: Americans own 200 million firearms, and 35 percent of homes contain at least one gun. Last year, a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 1.7 million children live in homes with loaded and unlocked guns. A recent study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine found 39 percent of kids…
A controversial argument opposite to both viewpoints of gun control mentioned, is the negatives of guns and the need for gun control. In the article, “The Impact of Violence on Children,” Joy Osofsky elaborates that gun violence in communities are extremely detrimental in communities especially on children. Osofsky, a professor of public health in Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, uses masses of children psychology, scenarios and experiences to demonstrate the importance of gun control and to increase gun regulations. She focuses on children’s response to guns and violence, showing that the exposure of gun violence to children at their early ages not only increases their interest to use guns, but also the likelihood to use…
In recent years, there have been many school shootings. Students and faculty deserve the right to carry a firearm to protect themselves. There have been many occasions when the campus police were not able to protect students and faculty. The second amendment gives the right for Americans to bear arms. However, firearms should not be allowed on college campuses because people will feel unsafe, some individuals do not know how to use a gun, and officers will become confused.…
Gun Safety has been a big topic that people are speaking of all the time. The Second Amendment says that citizens have the right to bear arms. That amendment was created for militias as America had become free and they didn’t want any surprise attacks from Britain incase they tried to take America back, now America and Britain are close allies. Everyday on the news there’s always a shooting and maybe it’s because guns are easy to access. I do not think that civilians need guns. Now some might argue that the police are corrupt and that they don’t want to rely on the police to do something that they can handle but that is their job. If guns are banned than their needs to be higher protection against smuggling as criminals will obviously not…
Why ban guns from being carried? There are so many other things in this world that can be used to murder just as well as a gun. A statistic given in an article “7 FACTS You May Not Know About Gun Control” on the website Independent Journal Review in 2011, proved for every 1 person that was killed by a rifle, 1.5 was killed by a club or a hammer. The power of just carrying a gun on you over powers those people who want to commit crime to you. The person who is about to commit the crime may not be able to see the gun on you at first glance. However, as soon as you draw it out, they are going to have to rethink what they are doing. In the essay titled “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun,” Linda M. Hasselstrom emphasizes the need for…
We have freedom and rights that no one can mess with, unless the government bans guns. “The second Amendment to the constitution is limited to protecting the state militia’ right to bear arms” (Buckley1). If we ban our citizens guns then we are violating their right to the second amendment. We will being restricting a form of freedom for them. “The basic right of the american citizen is to bear arms, whether to kill game, or to wound and kill human beings bent on murder or rape” (Buckley1). The right to bear arms is important because of this reason. We can hunt and we can protect our people, without that right the criminals would have the advantage not, not the citizens. “Our founding fathers saw guns to be such an important line of defense…” (Chadduck1). This is why the Second Amendment was made. It is the right of an american citizen to keep a gun for safety reasons. Gun were made to harm the enemies targeting us, so do not take that away from the…
Many people in America today, see guns as evil; that they are only used for killing people, and think they should be banned all together. In fact, guns save more lives than they take, and prevent more injury than they inflict. Banning guns is not a good idea.…
Guns do a lot of bad, but do a lot more good for society. Banning guns will not stop the problem, but will just make it worse. Guns are apart of our society as Americans they have been around since colonial years, and are not leaving anytime soon. “The number of guns in America has increased by more than 50 percent since 1993, and in that same period the gun homicide rate in the United States has dropped by half. (Kristof, The Times).” Guns offer protection for individuals. One day you could be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a shooting breaks out, you will pray there is someone else there with a concealed firearm to help control the situation while waiting for police to arrive. They can’t do that if guns are banned. “We need to understand that we cannot stop crimes and murders. And banning guns would be a step, or two, backwards instead of moving forward in the right direction (The Times News).” The research conducted to produce this paper was drawn from a multitude of sources all with different…
Gun Control is a huge issue in the United States. It was declared in our constitution in the 2nd amendment that we have the right to bear arms. Every person is entitled through the second amendment to legally own and use fire arms. There are many issues that have come up with gun control: conceal and carry, semi-automatic weapons, and gang violence. Many people in this beautiful country we call the United States, feel like they need to take away the right to bear arms. To me I believe this is wrong. I believe you should be able to legally own and operate a weapon in a safe and secure manner. Anyone that is a law abiding citizen should be able to own a firearm.…
The first reason that guns should be banned for ordinary citizens is that guns are the sign of violence. Guns are made for killing and harming other human beings. In many states there are “Shoot First” laws that allow people to defend themselves in public using guns with no duty to retreat. The Shoot First law can be dangerous to other people who are present in the area and people can get injured and killed. Why should governments allow people to own and carry guns in the name of protection? When there are law and police in a country people do not…
Many countries have a controversy whether they should ban guns or whether not to. In the United States they have not banned handguns completely like other countries. Can you just imagine how much peaceful things would be if they would ban them in the united states as well? Lately as you can see in the news there have been massive gun shootings in schools from all ages. How is it possible for just any one to get hold of a gun that easily? Some benefits to banning handgun would be there won't be so much gun violence, not everyone can get hold of a gun so easily, and the population or estimates of kids dying do to gun issues would drop massively.…
The United States has been a gun culture country since the day the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. After many decades, gun ownership had rapidly increased, and many lives have been saved with a gun. An American citizen can legally purchase a handgun at age twenty-one and a rifle at the age of eighteen with a cleared background check by a licensed dealer. In recent months’ guns has become a very conversional topic because of all the incident happening around. For example, Orlando mass shooting, where 49 people died, and Dallas sniper shooting where 5 police officer died. Compared to early days USA have powerful police forces protecting its citizen. All the firearms should be banned because guns have already caused many deaths.…