Persuasive Essay On A Concealed Weapon

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People Like to be prepared for anything however nobody wakes up in the morning and says,”I am going to be a victim today”. If you are one of the groups of people who just do not care about the ability to carry a concealed weapon because it does not affect you, it does. People fear what they expect but don’t fear the unexpected, people run for help or call the cops if someone is breaking in their house, people are ignorant and are willing to do anything if they are in dire need. We do not wish for evil but evil still comes. the only way for us to stop it is if we fight it. The fear we have for our lives is unbearable, we fear that something might happen when we are in an eerie setting, but the fear you have then should be the same fear when out in public. When and where you least expect it evil will strike, and with the ability to carry a concealed weapon you will be able to fight it. To be cautious is to be safe, we must be able to defend ourselves if we are stuck in a bad situation such as the "2012 Aurora shooting”. We fear and expect things to happen when we know nothing will happen but in areas we do not expect something to happen, something does happen as seen on the “2012 …show more content…
However if you have a firearm on hand you will have a chance to save you and/or your family. Even though you are at home and you do not need to have a concealed weapon license it is still good to be armed, same situation when you are outside in public. People have already used concealed weapons (with licenses) for good things. They have stopped thieves in their tracks and ended their crime sprees. Recently there was a news article on television where a man had injured two bank robbers because they tried holding up the store he was working in. He saved four people inside the store, his co workers and shoppers. People have given guns bad raps but do not be one of those

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