The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

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Murders and home invasions are a huge factor in today's reality; many people can get seriously hurt, or even worse, dead. Owning a concealed handgun would help prevent many of these disasters from happening. Lives could even be saven; a lot of people do not own a firearm because it's illegal to own one without a permit. Anderson, Dave People should still have them to protect themselves from any of those causes that mentioned above, such as murders, robbery, and abduction. Owning a weapon would stop people from getting hurt. In the states where it is legal, the murder and robbery rate was dropped tremendously then when it was illegal. The reasons of all these disasters are because criminals will outnumber the civilians, the average civilian will not have a concealed firearm if they did criminals would not be a problem there are more civilians than criminals then we could abolish the efforts to cause harm to any civilian.Anderson, Dave …show more content…
It's the law it doesn't say anything about if someone should have a permit or not, it's just simply stating that American citizens have their legal right to own a concealed firearm.Also owning a weapon could prevent many everyday disasters like murder, and robbery. Adults should have the right to carry a concealed handgun without a permit because it prevents violence also it is our second amendment, and it's a proven study that fewer murders occur when someone has a firearm. Anderson,

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