Ethics of Gun Control
Ethics on Gun Control
Crime is not a new issue for America nor is the connection it has to guns. What is equally not new for Americans is the debate over gun control and the rights that are possibly going to be stripped away form them. Guns have been considered the cause of many deaths even though a human with decision-making ability was ultimately the one who made the decision to kill. With the deaths of recent victims involving a variety of guns, this argument has been revived and is continuing to fuel the debate. This essay is meant to shed light on some of the ethical choices and worldviews of both sides of the argument and explore some right vs. right scenarios as well as some right vs. wrong and some of the beliefs and reasoning’s and look at some of the values that might be at stake.
Americans have two ways of viewing this issue, which is that owning a gun is our second amendment right and to control it threatens what it means to be an American. The other side believes that guns are holding back the American way of feeling safe secure and that guns need to be controlled because more guns in more hands means more violence. The advocates for gun control are right to want to try and protect themselves and the lives of future victims by cutting down on the amount of people that can carry guns and the type of guns they are allowed to buy, with the hope of preventing or reducing future violence (Spoerri, 2012). The values that are at steak for those who are on this side of the argument are the values of life, family and the desire to be safe and to feel safe. But is it right to want this change to try and force the change upon law abiding citizens who respect guns and own them responsibly and follow the laws accordingly? I do not believe so and believe this to be a greater good mentality where as long as the bad people are taken out it does not matter who else has to suffer. I truly believe this to be a right vs. wrong scenario and see people acting
Crime is not a new issue for America nor is the connection it has to guns. What is equally not new for Americans is the debate over gun control and the rights that are possibly going to be stripped away form them. Guns have been considered the cause of many deaths even though a human with decision-making ability was ultimately the one who made the decision to kill. With the deaths of recent victims involving a variety of guns, this argument has been revived and is continuing to fuel the debate. This essay is meant to shed light on some of the ethical choices and worldviews of both sides of the argument and explore some right vs. right scenarios as well as some right vs. wrong and some of the beliefs and reasoning’s and look at some of the values that might be at stake.
Americans have two ways of viewing this issue, which is that owning a gun is our second amendment right and to control it threatens what it means to be an American. The other side believes that guns are holding back the American way of feeling safe secure and that guns need to be controlled because more guns in more hands means more violence. The advocates for gun control are right to want to try and protect themselves and the lives of future victims by cutting down on the amount of people that can carry guns and the type of guns they are allowed to buy, with the hope of preventing or reducing future violence (Spoerri, 2012). The values that are at steak for those who are on this side of the argument are the values of life, family and the desire to be safe and to feel safe. But is it right to want this change to try and force the change upon law abiding citizens who respect guns and own them responsibly and follow the laws accordingly? I do not believe so and believe this to be a greater good mentality where as long as the bad people are taken out it does not matter who else has to suffer. I truly believe this to be a right vs. wrong scenario and see people acting