A Citizen Should Have the Right to Have a Gun

            That a citizen should have the right to have a gun.
             Pistol - a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
             Gun - any portable firearm, as a rifle, revolver, etc.( a weapon comprising a metallic tube, with its stock or carriage and attachments, from which heavy missiles are thrown by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.).
             Citizen - a member, native or naturalised, of a state or nation.
             Fire arms or weapons exist in all countries in this world. Some countries have strict laws on who is allowed to own a firearm.
             Most countries have crime involving guns, rifles or firearms - they are committed by criminals and not law abiding citizens. However, if less firearms are available then .
             Crimes committed with guns.
             People dies from gun related incidences:.
             Yes, citizens should have the right to bear / have / own a firearm No, we should not have the right to own, bear/ have a firearm.
              discourages people to break into someone's home as they might be armed and fight back.
              gives a person the security that they can defend themselves against intruders  Many people don't know how to store their weapons - also inadequate training and fooling around with weapons can cause accidents.
              It is not just the deliberate misuse of weapons which has caused deaths but during cleaning or playing around with them.
              allows you to interfere with a crime in progress.
              It is not always death but trauma related to people who have been threatened by a handgun.
             It is hard to relate the way of research to actual crime figures.
             There could be a number of reasons for the fall or decline in criminal activitiy - eg- more computer crimes are being done, other weapons are used (eg knives, ).
             This is a transcript of The World Today broadcast at 1200 AEST on local radio.
             ELEANOR HALL: Now to some good news on crime in our community. The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new study, which shows the rate of gun-related murders and robberies has fallen sharply since 1996, and it appears to be due to the Government's massive buy-back of weapons.