Let Us Keep Our Bullets

Let Us Keep Our Bullets
Payton O

Is it our right to bear arms in the United States? Is our Second Amendment guaranteed to be in place for all lawful citizens that choose to own a gun? I believe in the right to bear arms for the following reasons. States that have implemented gun control have seen huge rises in violent crimes. Gun control violates our Constitutional Rights. Banning guns would take away a person means to feed and protect their family. I understand the reason for concern about violent crimes, but lawful gun owners are not the problem.

          To start with, States with gun control have seen huge rises in violent crime. In Washington D.C., a district with zero tolerance for guns, had a murder rate of 3.1 people per 10,000, this is 5.6% higher than the U.S average (NRA.com). In England, country that has banned guns has also seen the opposite effect. “Over the course of a few days in the summer of 2001, gun-toting men burst into a court and freed two defendants; a shooting outside a London nightclub left five women and two men wounded; and two men were machine-gunned to death in a residential neighborhood” (Malcolm, 1).  On the other hand, Florida, a state with concealed carry permits, has had only five know instances of gun violence out of the 315,000 permits that have been issued (Los Angeles Times B-5).  With these facts to look at, nonproliferation seems to take guns away from good people, and put the guns in the hands of criminals. Would you want to live in a society like that?

              Next, there is the issue of our Constitutional Rights. Our forefathers, who fought for years for the freedoms that we have today, believed in the Right to Bear Arms. This is the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. If gun control were passed in any part of the U.S., this would be a violation of our rights. We as a whole cannot give up our rights. Once the government is able to stick its nose into taking rights away, it opens up the possibilities of losing any of our rights. Can you imagine no more guns, no more freedom of speech, and no more rights to choose religion? Where does this travesty stop?!

               Then, what do we do for the wildlife, sporting, and protection of our homes guns give us? Should we stop shooting the many animals that society hunts? Without guns wildlife population would spread into cities everywhere. We would not be able to gather with the family at the local gun club for a little trap. People do use their guns for target practice and educate their families in firearms. Any law-abiding citizens have the right to protect their own property against unruly thugs. We still have these rights, do not give them up.

                In conclusion, we need to be aware of what is going on with gun control. This is a right that may not seem important to you, however hopefully after reading this it will be on your mind a little more. We as a Country have to stand up for our rights. Places that have tried gun control have shown it does not work; yet places that allow guns find that crime is lower. That’s interesting put a gun on a person, that rapist might think twice, funny how that works. Also let hunters who want to shoot some game for dinner, have at it. Let us use education to control gun laws not give total control to Big Brother (government).