It also doesn’t make sense to blame an inanimate object rather than the individual behind it and the reasons why gun violence occurs. A gun is a tool, not unlike a car or knife. When a law-abiding citizen makes the decision to purchase a gun, it is usually for the purpose of self-defense. It evens the playing field between a victim and a potentially dangerous criminal. In the story “They Each Had a Gun,” Hannah LaMarca was robbed and assaulted with no way to defend herself.
Do Stricter Gun-Control Laws Help Prevent Gun-Related Injuries/Deaths? Gun control arguments are a hot topic in America and around the world; it is a topic not likely to go away anytime soon. Arguments for and against carry their own merit and can be lengthy and broad by nature, but our intent is to debate the effect of gun-control laws and the effect they have on gun-related injuries/deaths. The argument presented here will get to the crux of why laws should or should not be enacted to prevent social ills. Most agree that gun-related injury or death of innocent citizens should never be tolerated, but there are opinions on the course to take in an effort to discover a solution.
As such it brings with it an essence of emotional fervor. Those in favor of gun control advocate that reducing the occurrence of fire arm related crime may only be achieved through the passing of stricter gun laws. This belief has been proven to be counterproductive in that the results of stricter
They should not be able to take away our rights that were given to us long ago. The people of the United States of America do not like the government trying to pass this law. People use guns for self-defense and hunting. People are standing up for their rights and showing the government that they can’t walk on us. This gun control is making ammunition prices raise.
Will an armed society provide us all safety? Knowing what is going around the world today make me feel unsafe, and sometimes I even worry about what might happen if I decide to go out, but is it right for anyone to carry a gun? Many people believe that anyone has the right to walk in to a store and buy a gun, while others think that they should be investigated in depth. Some grate suggestions are, background checks and identification papers. With the news is filled with murders, assaults, rapes, accidents, and many other crimes, I feel that we as a country have the right to ask for more protection.
Boom Boom Pow The timeless debate over handgun ownership always sparks strong opinions and ideals. Author Molly Ivins who wrote “Get A Knife, Get A Dog, But Get Rid of Guns,” can be noted as a sarcastic, witty writer speaking against the usage of handguns. “Gun Crazy” by Dorothy Allison can be described as passage for the usage and the ownership of the handguns. In Molly Ivins’ passage “Get A Knife, Get A Dog, But Get Rid of Guns,” she uses mostly sarcasm to swat the reader against handgun ownership. By comparing the more usefulness a knife has than a gun, sarcasm irradiates when she writes “a general substitution of knives would promote physical fitness” (line 5).
The Gun Debate in America Today The gun control policies in the US need to be stronger. There are more than a few actions that can be taken instead of simply just confiscating all the guns. With politicians trying to take guns out of our hands they are mistakingly disarming plenty of well behaved citizens. There should be heavier efforts on the front line of enforcing the laws already put into place or perhaps putting more laws into place that would protect the general public. Law abiding citizens who are properly armed are a natural crime deterrent by themselves.
As citizens of America it is our right to own a gun as stated by the 2nd amendment in the bill of rights. Adding more laws to our pre-existing ones will only continue to make the task of obtaining a gun harder and harder until eventually people will give up because they won’t want to deal with all of the new restrictions. It would also make the task of getting a gun for someone who would use it in the right way, such as for protection, much more difficult. Lastly, the belief that more gun control laws would reduce the murder rate is not true as most who murder with guns have gotten them illegally from trade. Even if it did while it may reduce murder from gun crime criminals would still have the option of other deadly weapons.
As you can see people have some crazy arguments as to why we need gun control like gun control will lower crime rates, less people will die when involved in criminal attacks, and who needs a gun for protection when we have law enforcement for protection. But, these are all clearly pathetic arguments when it comes to swaying the majority. No matter what way they want to look at it, gun control will not work in any
Summary of “Ban The Things. Ban Them All.” In the essay, “Ban The Things. Ban Them All,” written by Molly Ivins, she expresses concern about society’s ownership of guns, and how they have grown to be used more of a weapon for show, than for protection. Ivins also argues that the argument of “guns don’t kill people,” doesn’t exist, because she believes that they do, and that that may be all they ever do. Ivins states that she supports the Second Amendment: “A well–regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to bear arms shall not be infringed,”(437) and that adolescents in our society are NOT part of a well-regulated militia: “[there are] teenage drug dealers…cruising the cites of this nation perforating their fellow citizens with assault rifles” (437).