“If guns kill people, then pencils misspell words, cars make people drunk drive, and spoons make you fat,” says Will Ferrell. You might believe that a Will Ferrell quote is not appropriate to start off a professional essay with, but essentially it is true. Guns can’t kill people. What people do with guns can, but not guns in and of themselves. I already have that in the next sentence. But I like that sentence. But I want you to help. Every American has the right to bear arms, and many people have tried to unlawfully take that right away from us.
Every American citizen has rights, and one of them is to possess a firearm. Several people have attempted to take away the right to bear arms. One of the most recent was President Barack Obama, attempting to take guns away from the people who are elderly, have disabilities, or rely on Social Security. He claims that these people are dangerous, but I don’t see how someone who grew up with a gun, hunting can be more dangerous than anyone on the street who has never actually held a gun before. I personally believe that he just wants to believe that everyone who is mentally unbalanced must be on Social Security, which is untrue, and why would that affect the elderly? (Nick Leghorn) …show more content…
If that were the case, why would the constitution specifically mention the right to bear arms? He claims that if someone has a knife and another person if feeling threatened then they have the right to defend themselves, not necessarily with guns, but with any weapon. That is true, but what about the second amendment, which says, “...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” specifically mentions bearing arms, which are most commonly referred to as guns. (Godfather
Every American citizen has rights, and one of them is to possess a firearm. Several people have attempted to take away the right to bear arms. One of the most recent was President Barack Obama, attempting to take guns away from the people who are elderly, have disabilities, or rely on Social Security. He claims that these people are dangerous, but I don’t see how someone who grew up with a gun, hunting can be more dangerous than anyone on the street who has never actually held a gun before. I personally believe that he just wants to believe that everyone who is mentally unbalanced must be on Social Security, which is untrue, and why would that affect the elderly? (Nick Leghorn) …show more content…
If that were the case, why would the constitution specifically mention the right to bear arms? He claims that if someone has a knife and another person if feeling threatened then they have the right to defend themselves, not necessarily with guns, but with any weapon. That is true, but what about the second amendment, which says, “...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” specifically mentions bearing arms, which are most commonly referred to as guns. (Godfather