Pros and Cons

PROS AND CONS
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7/17/2014

Firearms, are they good, or are they a safety hazard to everyone in this world? Are they

so dangerous that no one should be allowed to own them or are they so necessary that we

can’t live without them? Are we to strict on the laws involving firearms? This argument has

been going on for many years.

Controversial, of course. Beneficial lifesaver, definitely. Easy to control, no way. Guns

are useful. Every day, they are responsible for killing, decapitating the enemies across the

ocean that traumatized countless lives many years ago. This is what the people want to do.

Guns are helping us achieve justice. That may be true, but would that person still have killed if

not for the gun in their hand? Guns are used for hunting, target practice, protection, justice,

murders, and destruction. Guns are safe in the hands of the right person. They are also deadly

in the hands of a wrong one. Countless lives are carelessly lost every day. Where should the

line be drawn? I am not anti-gun. I am pro-Control. I believe that guns serve many useful

purposes. That in more cases they save lives, not take them. There are responsible, law abiding

citizen who should be free to own a gun no matter what the reason; that they will not use it to

harm another human being. I know that it can be a number of safeties; that if everyone could

responsibly manage a gun, fewer houses would be robbed and less cars would be stolen. But,

this is not the world we live in. Guns are used for power.

Not all guns are used by responsible adults; they are used by irresponsible teenagers,

tripped out drug abusers and, convicted felons with anger problems. Most should take a step

back and realize that there is more harm being done than good. In a study done on public

attitudes toward gun control, researchers found that gun owners are consistently and

significantly less supportive than non-gun owners of banning handguns, banning assault

weapons, and imposing a seven-day waiting period for the purchase of firearms. I understand

on many levels where they are coming from. We believe all man has the right to bear arms, but

we never really considered what if all mankind really bear arms.

Unfortunately, this is the philosophy that the United States has built the country as we

know it today. Guns have been around since the beginning of our nation’s time. Knowing this,

why would we ever think about banning the right to bear arms? In the past decade more and

more crimes are being committed involving firearms. As our world becomes more

technologically advanced, so does our weaponry. Our weapons today are the strongest and

deadliest we have ever seen. Does that mean that no one should own them? Many people

strongly believe that no one should be able to own a gun in the United States. Although the

majority of the anti-gun groups have the agreement that gun is a danger. The truth is they are

very dangerous if used incorrectly. One of their main sayings is “Guns kill people”. They’re

right, guns do kill people and if a gun is placed in the wrong hands it is almost certain that

someone will get hurt. Thirty-four Americans are murdered with guns every day, that’s 12,410

people murdered in a year with a gun. In some states in the South, homeowners have the right

to shoot anyone on site in their private property that includes a police officer, and their

arsenal are nothing short than what the Army or the Marines are carrying. We are talking M16,

M4’S, AK47, AR15 etc. These listed are not the type of weapon a homeowner would need in

order to protect their homes. They are the requirements of war. It is as easy to purchase

armored piercing rounds from the Internet the same way as it is to walk into Wal-Mart and

purchase a rifle. Wal-Mart is a family store so the question remains: what are we teaching our

kids these days? Everything they want is at the tip of their fingers so why not purchase the

violent video games and then graduate to the real thing since we can get a fire arm the same place we acquire the games.

Chicago has been among the top three cities with the most murders since 1985. After a

violent 4th of July weekend during which 11 people were killed and more than 60 others were

wounded in a shooting, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday that

the city's gun sentencing laws aren't strict enough to help police stem city violence. “It all

comes down to these guns: there's too many guns coming in and too little punishment going

out," McCarthy said in a Monday press conference. This year alone 3,300 illegal firearms so far

have been confiscated in the state of Chicago. It has become the city’s motto to live by the gun

and die by the gun. In their case, it is imperative the government, the mayor to reinforce the

rules and regulations of acquiring a fire arms in the state of Chicago, to include extended

background check of every individual.