Many people want to repeal the second amendment because they believe that guns are bad. I disagree, I believe that guns save more people rather then harm them. Of 5,000 incidents reported between 2003-2011 over 1,227 burglaries, 25 rape attempts, and 201 attacks were stopped by …show more content…
Having the ability and the capability to protect yourself, your family and other people in the public from armed attackers should be seen as a personal responsibility and the government has no right to deny responsible adults the ability to do so legally. The criminal elements of our society carry concealed weapons despite laws designed to prevent that. If our laws do not deter illegal use of firearms in the commission of a crime, they certainly should not prevent or deter the lawful use of firearms to prevent such crimes. Laws that forbid the carrying of arm disarm mostly those who are not determined to commit crime. Repealing the 2nd amendment makes things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage, than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed