Gun Rights, an American Freedom “Guns don’t kill people, people do. When guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns.” (Schwartz) Imagine living in a place where you have no freedoms, no way to protect your self and you feel unsafe? This is what it would be like in the United States i strict gun control laws were enforced today. Even though some people believe that taking gun rights away would decrease crime in the world, it is not effective because it only stops “good guys” from getting them “bad guys” will still be able to find them and hurt people.
The Second Amendment was created to ensure that everyone has the right to have guns in their homes. It reads “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, …show more content…
If an enemy from a foreign country were to emerge many people would be prepared. Much like they would if a criminal were to be at your home. (Goodman)
48% of the population surveyed by the Pew Research Center survey said that they owned a gun for the purpose of protection. 32% have them for hunting while the other percentages were for hobbies or collecting purposes. Personally, I sleep with a loaded gun under my just in case I need to use it. It makes me feel safer this way. “79% of male owners and 80% of female gun wonders said owning a gun made them feel safer and 64% of people living in a home in which someone else owns a gun felt safer” (Goo)
There are lots of people who are against guns because they think that they are dangerous. “Research suggests that guns in the home are far more likely to kill a friend or a household member than an intruder.”(Goodman) This can be true but there are plenty of courses that could be take to learn how to use them correctly. If everyone who was going to be around a gun knew the precautions it would eliminate the danger in the home. If a friend or someone who wasn 't aware of the safety were to come over the guns should be locked away in a safe place. As long as they are in a safe or some other secure location they can’t inflict harm on any member in the
The Second Amendment was created to ensure that everyone has the right to have guns in their homes. It reads “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, …show more content…
If an enemy from a foreign country were to emerge many people would be prepared. Much like they would if a criminal were to be at your home. (Goodman)
48% of the population surveyed by the Pew Research Center survey said that they owned a gun for the purpose of protection. 32% have them for hunting while the other percentages were for hobbies or collecting purposes. Personally, I sleep with a loaded gun under my just in case I need to use it. It makes me feel safer this way. “79% of male owners and 80% of female gun wonders said owning a gun made them feel safer and 64% of people living in a home in which someone else owns a gun felt safer” (Goo)
There are lots of people who are against guns because they think that they are dangerous. “Research suggests that guns in the home are far more likely to kill a friend or a household member than an intruder.”(Goodman) This can be true but there are plenty of courses that could be take to learn how to use them correctly. If everyone who was going to be around a gun knew the precautions it would eliminate the danger in the home. If a friend or someone who wasn 't aware of the safety were to come over the guns should be locked away in a safe place. As long as they are in a safe or some other secure location they can’t inflict harm on any member in the