My Value for this debate will be security. Security is defined by Merriam Webster as the state of feeling safe, stable, and free from fear or anxiety. Security must be held highest in today’s debate because without Security, we cannot advance in society because there would not be human life to protect. This leads me to my criterion.
My Criterion for this debate will be Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs describes what humans need to survive. Security, which is a basis of needs along with food, protection from elements, the need for order and law, the need for stability and having freedom from fear is dire for human life preservation. Every person in a society posses this need for security and without it, other needs …show more content…
About 800,000 times a year, citizens turn to guns and blunt weapons for safety. However, almost 600,000 or 75% of Americans turn to the handgun. Handguns are smaller, mobile, and easier to obtain because of price and training. Handguns are the most effective tool for self defense because they have more range, more power and more protection. A taser, pepper spray, knife or blunt objects cannot be effective toward an intruder with a stronger weapon or a gun. In the United States of America, there are almost 900,000 police officers, but 320 Million Citizens. That comes out to about 356 citizens per police officer. Our law enforcement, as large as it is, is not able to protect every single citizen at every single waking moment. By banning the private ownership of handguns, the government will be denying thousands upon thousands of citizens the right to ,not only bear arms, but the right to self preservation. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs shows that security is needed before anything else can be achieved. Our society cannot progress without …show more content…
Firearm owners and enthusiasts have made several threats to the government regarding firearms being banned. In Wicomico County, Maryland, Sheriff Mike Lewis fights against the banning of any firearm.Sheriff Lewis stated “...As long as I am Sheriff of this county, i will not allow the federal government to come in here and strip my citizens of the right to bear arms. We do not strip law abiding citizens of their 2nd amendment right to bear arms. That, i get upset over. I really do.’’ Sheriff Lewis went on to say, “I can tell you this, if they attempt to do that, there will be an all-out civil war. No question about it!” This is only one account of many that state that problems will happen if their rights are taken away. In Powell County, Montana, Sheriff Scott F. Howard promised to refuse or enforce any ‘unconstitutional” federal gun regulations, joining at least four other Montana sheriffs in expressing such resistance. Over 60 Sheriffs in the United States and Large amounts of citizens have been verbalizing their resistance and strong negation to gun control. If the United States Government bans the private ownership of handguns, then they will lose the order of law that is needed for security and can be allowing a civil
My Criterion for this debate will be Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs describes what humans need to survive. Security, which is a basis of needs along with food, protection from elements, the need for order and law, the need for stability and having freedom from fear is dire for human life preservation. Every person in a society posses this need for security and without it, other needs …show more content…
About 800,000 times a year, citizens turn to guns and blunt weapons for safety. However, almost 600,000 or 75% of Americans turn to the handgun. Handguns are smaller, mobile, and easier to obtain because of price and training. Handguns are the most effective tool for self defense because they have more range, more power and more protection. A taser, pepper spray, knife or blunt objects cannot be effective toward an intruder with a stronger weapon or a gun. In the United States of America, there are almost 900,000 police officers, but 320 Million Citizens. That comes out to about 356 citizens per police officer. Our law enforcement, as large as it is, is not able to protect every single citizen at every single waking moment. By banning the private ownership of handguns, the government will be denying thousands upon thousands of citizens the right to ,not only bear arms, but the right to self preservation. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs shows that security is needed before anything else can be achieved. Our society cannot progress without …show more content…
Firearm owners and enthusiasts have made several threats to the government regarding firearms being banned. In Wicomico County, Maryland, Sheriff Mike Lewis fights against the banning of any firearm.Sheriff Lewis stated “...As long as I am Sheriff of this county, i will not allow the federal government to come in here and strip my citizens of the right to bear arms. We do not strip law abiding citizens of their 2nd amendment right to bear arms. That, i get upset over. I really do.’’ Sheriff Lewis went on to say, “I can tell you this, if they attempt to do that, there will be an all-out civil war. No question about it!” This is only one account of many that state that problems will happen if their rights are taken away. In Powell County, Montana, Sheriff Scott F. Howard promised to refuse or enforce any ‘unconstitutional” federal gun regulations, joining at least four other Montana sheriffs in expressing such resistance. Over 60 Sheriffs in the United States and Large amounts of citizens have been verbalizing their resistance and strong negation to gun control. If the United States Government bans the private ownership of handguns, then they will lose the order of law that is needed for security and can be allowing a civil