There are presently in excess of 200 million guns in the United States, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Each year this number grows in America. Most of them keep guns for protection. The others keep them for hunting by 4 to 5 million. There are 60 to 65 million legal owners of one or more guns.
There is a firearm on the premises of more than half the households, target shooting, collecting, and similar pursuits. In recent years, nearly 35,000 people have been killed annually by guns in the United States. These deaths include 15,000 murders, 18,000 suicides, and 1,500 accidents.
It is because of these statistics that many would like to ban guns altogether. But is that really in your best interest? Would it really benefit …show more content…
Similar programs in Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan, and Montgomery, Alabama saw impressive reductions in crimes against women, including both rape and robbery. One woman victim decided on her own that she had enough. A fifty - one year old woman of Los Angeles, California, twice raped by the same man, purchased a handgun and took lesions to learn how to use it. When the man return a third time she shot and killed him. These are just a handful of examples of why handguns help prevent crime. There are literally thousands of these stories. The bottom line though is criminals will have guns and other weapons whether the government takes them away from law - abiding citizens or not. The plain and simple fact is guns give people an effective way to arm yourself and protect yourself when the police aren 't around. Whether or not proponents of gun control want to admit it or not this is a proven fact. Is Banning Guns a Good Idea? The answer is clear, NO. Why not you may ask? Ask yourself this, if the government were to ban the sale and use and ownership of guns would criminals comply with this law? The problem with most gun control measures is that gun violence relates not to the number of guns but to who owns them. A person who is willing to commit a crime is not likely to abide by gun registration laws or even bans. James D. Wright a professor of sociology at the university of Massachusetts asks, why should we expect …show more content…
In 1989, 70 percent of the city 's twenty - two hundred homicides were caused by gunfire. The BATF says that 96 percent of all handguns used for criminal purposes come from outside the city. This means that criminals still obtain handguns for illicit purposes despite New York 's tough laws. But should the government have the right and the power to take guns away from citizens? This will be discussed in the next section. The Second Amendment The second amendment is a very simple idea that many people will try to complicate. Why? Because they try to twist its concept to support their own ideas. But the second amendment to the constitution is a very straight forward, simple statement. The second amendment simply says " A well - regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." Gun control proponent argue that this only applies to a state militia and not the right of an individual to own and carry a gun. Let us examine the constitution to see if this is indeed the case. Let us begin by examining the first amendment. It states " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a
There is a firearm on the premises of more than half the households, target shooting, collecting, and similar pursuits. In recent years, nearly 35,000 people have been killed annually by guns in the United States. These deaths include 15,000 murders, 18,000 suicides, and 1,500 accidents.
It is because of these statistics that many would like to ban guns altogether. But is that really in your best interest? Would it really benefit …show more content…
Similar programs in Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan, and Montgomery, Alabama saw impressive reductions in crimes against women, including both rape and robbery. One woman victim decided on her own that she had enough. A fifty - one year old woman of Los Angeles, California, twice raped by the same man, purchased a handgun and took lesions to learn how to use it. When the man return a third time she shot and killed him. These are just a handful of examples of why handguns help prevent crime. There are literally thousands of these stories. The bottom line though is criminals will have guns and other weapons whether the government takes them away from law - abiding citizens or not. The plain and simple fact is guns give people an effective way to arm yourself and protect yourself when the police aren 't around. Whether or not proponents of gun control want to admit it or not this is a proven fact. Is Banning Guns a Good Idea? The answer is clear, NO. Why not you may ask? Ask yourself this, if the government were to ban the sale and use and ownership of guns would criminals comply with this law? The problem with most gun control measures is that gun violence relates not to the number of guns but to who owns them. A person who is willing to commit a crime is not likely to abide by gun registration laws or even bans. James D. Wright a professor of sociology at the university of Massachusetts asks, why should we expect …show more content…
In 1989, 70 percent of the city 's twenty - two hundred homicides were caused by gunfire. The BATF says that 96 percent of all handguns used for criminal purposes come from outside the city. This means that criminals still obtain handguns for illicit purposes despite New York 's tough laws. But should the government have the right and the power to take guns away from citizens? This will be discussed in the next section. The Second Amendment The second amendment is a very simple idea that many people will try to complicate. Why? Because they try to twist its concept to support their own ideas. But the second amendment to the constitution is a very straight forward, simple statement. The second amendment simply says " A well - regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." Gun control proponent argue that this only applies to a state militia and not the right of an individual to own and carry a gun. Let us examine the constitution to see if this is indeed the case. Let us begin by examining the first amendment. It states " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a