Arguments Against Gun Ownership
Gun ownership is an integral aspect of the right to self defence
POINT
Law-abiding citizens deserve the right to protect their families in their own homes, especially if the police are judged incapable of dealing with the threat of attack. Would-be rapists and armed burglars will think twice before attempting to break into any house where the owners may keep firearms for self-defence. Gun ownership increases national security within democratic states
POINT
“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary top the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Any country is much more able to defend itself from aggression if many of its citizens are able to use guns, keeping them for leisure …show more content…
Effective gun control is not achievable in democratic states with a tradition of civilian gun ownership
POINT
Much like the failure of the prohibition era to stop alcohol consumption, trying to restrict the use of guns that are already widely owned and prevalent in a society is an impossible task.
The people who intend to use guns for illegitimate purposes are obviously unconcerned with the fact that it is illegal to acquire the guns in the first place in countries where this is already the case such as in the UK .
Sources:
Kates, Don B. ‘Why a Civil Libertarian Opposes Gun Control’. The Civil Liberties Review. June/July 1976http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Kates1.html
[2] The Independent. ‘Up to 4m guns in UK and police are losing the battle’. 4thSeptember 2005.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/up-to-4m-guns-in-uk-and-police-are-losing-the-battle-505487.html
[3] The Guardian. ‘Firearms: cheap, easy to get and on a street near you’ 30th August 2008.http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/30/ukcrime1
[4] Kwon et al. ‘The effectiveness of gun control laws: multivariate statistical analysis’, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. Jan
POINT
Law-abiding citizens deserve the right to protect their families in their own homes, especially if the police are judged incapable of dealing with the threat of attack. Would-be rapists and armed burglars will think twice before attempting to break into any house where the owners may keep firearms for self-defence. Gun ownership increases national security within democratic states
POINT
“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary top the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Any country is much more able to defend itself from aggression if many of its citizens are able to use guns, keeping them for leisure …show more content…
Effective gun control is not achievable in democratic states with a tradition of civilian gun ownership
POINT
Much like the failure of the prohibition era to stop alcohol consumption, trying to restrict the use of guns that are already widely owned and prevalent in a society is an impossible task.
The people who intend to use guns for illegitimate purposes are obviously unconcerned with the fact that it is illegal to acquire the guns in the first place in countries where this is already the case such as in the UK .
Sources:
Kates, Don B. ‘Why a Civil Libertarian Opposes Gun Control’. The Civil Liberties Review. June/July 1976http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Kates1.html
[2] The Independent. ‘Up to 4m guns in UK and police are losing the battle’. 4thSeptember 2005.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/up-to-4m-guns-in-uk-and-police-are-losing-the-battle-505487.html
[3] The Guardian. ‘Firearms: cheap, easy to get and on a street near you’ 30th August 2008.http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/30/ukcrime1
[4] Kwon et al. ‘The effectiveness of gun control laws: multivariate statistical analysis’, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. Jan