The Pros And Cons Of Having A Gun

By owning a gun are you able to protect your family or really hurt them? A story about a young boy who having known his mother hid a gun under her bed, retrieved the gun. The boy did this to show it to his neighbor, and ended up shooting the neighbor in the neck. This shows you that kids do not understand the power a gun has and the harm it can do to people. Why would you want to risk that happening to your child or to have him do it to another? On the other hand, you also never know when someone might break into your home. That’s why you should always be prepared and able to protect your selves against intruders. So by having a gun at home are you protecting your family or harming them. There are two organizations that are either …show more content…
If you had a gun you would not been scared of all the little noises you hear at night, because you would know that you were protected. By having a gun, you don’t have to worry about what might happen to you or your family you would know you could protect them. A study by safewise.com showed that, “In the U.S. 4 burglaries happen every minute, that’s one every 15 seconds”. Most homes that are usually broken into the owners are not there, but the times that the owners are there that did not have something to protect themselves with are either beaten or killed. A website called safeguardtheworld.com said that, “2.5 million homes are broken into a year” that means on average 208333 homes are broken into a month. Considering that, 208333 homes are being broken into every month, is enough motivation to many people to buy a guns. You may have those home protection systems installed but that won’t stop a burglars from breaking in, because most home systems can be hacked into and turned off so you never really know if you are safe. Because you will have the upper hand against any burglar they would never expect to find their face at the end of a