Guns have been around for a long time and are apart of American culture. Western movies is a great example of how guns are apart of American culture. ‘’America’s pervasive gun culture stems in part from its colonial history, revolutionary roots, frontier expansion, and the second amendment’’ (‘’Should More Gun Control’’1). In the western days, people would carry guns on them all of the time. There was no law, where you had to get a background check, or get your gun registered. National Firearms Act taxes certain rifles and requires gun registration. This makes it harder for criminals to get …show more content…
Americans own a gun for self protection now, more than they do for hunting (‘’Pew Research Center’’ 1). If you are at home and someone tries to break into your house with a gun, you will need a gun to protect yourself. You could be in a bad neighborhood where someone tries to rob you and someone will need to protect yourself. A gun can be use to prevent a crime. If you have a gun, and someone does not, that needs your help you could save their life. A gun can be used to help prevent a school shooting. There are school now that have their own resource officer. This resource officer will protect the school if there were a shooting. A gun can be used for hunting, to put food on the table. People have gotten use to more modern guns, and these guns are more accurate than older guns. A gun being more accurate makes it more easy to kill an animal, to put food on the