Should the mere fact that criminals committing crimes with the use of guns infringe the national right of the innocent to possess guns. This is a question that concern people everywhere and no matter which way it is viewed the controversy will always go on. "A gun is a mere tool that can be used for good or evil. Our country is based on the belief that man is good until he or she is proven to be otherwise."(Harris p.2) This means that only a few people are committing crimes with uses of guns. Why should we completely remove them from our society. We should protect the rights of people and prosecute and punish the criminals who abuse the rights of others. The problem with gun violence is associated with the child's atmosphere. We need to educate young children about responsibly handling guns and educate them to respect life and the life's of others. The movement of gun control exploits every celebrated act violence and offsetting the hundreds of thousands of cases in which gun!.
s are used as defensive weapons to save live and property of the innocent. Guns do more good than bad. This issue completely contradicts the Second Amendment which states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." .
Statistics show that there are, more people defending themselves with gun use than there are people committing crimes with the use of guns. Per 100,000 people only 10.22 of them have committed a crime where a gun was involved. (Lott 12) in the United States there are 80,000 to 82,000 defensive uses of guns during assaults, robberies and household burglaries. Out of the 1,000,000 times guns are used for defensive reasons in the world 400,000 of theses cases have saved lives or prevented lives from being taken. (Lott 2) The use of guns by law-abiding citizens may create a positive outlook for others. Therefore, when a person is going to commit an unlawful act on someone they might hesitate because they have no way of telling if the other person is carrying a weapon or not.