States have started legalizing guns but, is it worth it? The literal definition of gun is, “a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise”. The accurate definition of weapon is “A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage”. Do we really need something that inflicts bodily harm to each other? Though, guns have saved many people if you compare it to the amount of people using it an abominable ways the ratio to saving and to evil ways is massively on evil ways. Gun laws should be controlled to save innocent people from being shot and killed. Mass shootings the epitome of hurting innocent people.
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Parents who own guns might think there protecting their children, but in actuality kids are in more danger. There have been many case of accidental deaths of children being kilt by guns that their parents or even guns that their parents approve them to own. On average 62 children age 14 and younger died from accidental shootings. This was caused by careless parents leaving out guns out or telling a irresponsible child the code to the safe. Many cases of accidental shooting are a child shooting another child and the child shooting himself. Not just children make the mistake of accidental shots many adults make the mistake of shooting without thinking of the consequences and hit a bystander. If the parents are responsible and hide the guns so they can protect their children there is no problem. Well there is usually when you hide something is hard to get/ find well even if the criminal attacks 1. You might not be able to get the gun to protect your family, 2. The child will still have a chance of getting a hold of the gun, and 3. Only .79% of victims even use these guns in self-defense. The emotional stress of having a child or parent die is so great it might as well make the parent/ child go crazy and start using the gun in evil
Parents who own guns might think there protecting their children, but in actuality kids are in more danger. There have been many case of accidental deaths of children being kilt by guns that their parents or even guns that their parents approve them to own. On average 62 children age 14 and younger died from accidental shootings. This was caused by careless parents leaving out guns out or telling a irresponsible child the code to the safe. Many cases of accidental shooting are a child shooting another child and the child shooting himself. Not just children make the mistake of accidental shots many adults make the mistake of shooting without thinking of the consequences and hit a bystander. If the parents are responsible and hide the guns so they can protect their children there is no problem. Well there is usually when you hide something is hard to get/ find well even if the criminal attacks 1. You might not be able to get the gun to protect your family, 2. The child will still have a chance of getting a hold of the gun, and 3. Only .79% of victims even use these guns in self-defense. The emotional stress of having a child or parent die is so great it might as well make the parent/ child go crazy and start using the gun in evil