By: Charles Gerard
Guns, firearms, and any type of handheld weapon should be legal in the U.S. However, I do recognize and admit that there is a huge problem with the misuse of personal weapons within the country. Every so often, there is a major news break that involves a tragedy, such as a person who opens fire on a crowd, or a school shooter, which influences some Americans more and more to push for gun bans. I can understand that wanting to ban all weapons can stop violence within the country, but I feel that outright banning guns is not the way to go. Many seem to think that criminals get guns legally, by just purchasing them from a shop. Buying firearms illegally is not only more efficient, but more cheap. There’s no need to register any weapon, no need to qualify to obtain one, and it’s much easier to get one illegally, so criminals will gladly take the illegal route. Banning guns for all will not change anything, especially because there are more than 200 million guns in circulation. When you are under attack, the best weapon to defend yourself with is a gun. If someone breaks into your house, the police would take a few minutes to show up and by then, the perpetrator would have probably escaped and left you injured or even dead. If criminals have weapons, then as an American citizens, everyone has the right to defend themselves. For the ones who think that every gun should be banned, how do you presume it happens? Should SWAT teams break into every household in America? What about imported goods from other countries? Should circulation be stopped? What about unregistered guns? There are too many variables, and will probably end up being like the War on Drugs, where circulation wasn’t able to be stopped and drugs kept on coming in, or like the ban on alcohol where the same thing happened. This is why it’s logical to keep firearms legal in America.
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