Should guns be regulated? This has been questioned by society for generations, and will be for many to come. Molly Ivins gives her opinion on the issue in her argument Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns. This well-stated argument gives many details about why the use of guns should be banned. .
The discussion begins with the writers opinion on guns, stating that she in fact, is not anti-gun, but more of an advocate of the use of knives. The writer points out that knifes could become more of a positive alternative to the use of guns. She suggests that knives can not ricochet as do guns, and the fact that people are less likely to be killed cleaning their knife as they would be cleaning a gun. The argument then takes a turn into the author's views to why guns should not be allowed and how they are destroying the security of our society. Using the Second Amendment in the constitution as a basis for her argument, the author points out that even though it is stated in the amendment that a well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, individuals such as fourteen-year old boys and members of a religious cult are not part of a well-regulated militia, but still have access to the use of a gun. .
The writer uses cars as a metaphor to guns signifying that cars are a deadly object as are guns, but cars are subject to only those who are licensed to them and a certain assembly of people are allowed to purchase them. She proposes that the same restrictions should be placed on those who want to purchase a gun. Ivins uses many valid and essential points in this argument to prove her opinion that guns should not be a part of our society. She points out the argument weather "guns don"t kill people" (404) and believes that this is a false statement in support of her side of the argument. She also discusses how family arguments usually end in a detrimental way due to the fact that there is a gun in presence.
Many of the people who own guns do so for hunting, self-defense or for their collecting pleasure. ... Opposition: Guns kill people. ... The problem with guns is fairly straightforward: they make it easy to kill or injure a person. ... Refutation: People Kill People. ... Conclusion: Wrong People with Guns Kill People. ...
No one can deny how easy it is to kill people with guns; even kids can do that. ... To solve this problem the government should have certain laws that control guns: One would control magazine size; another would require background checks on who is eligible for gun ownership; and there would be certain restrictions regarding what type of guns should be owned by people, and no machine guns or any kind of heavy artillery should be owned by individuals. ... The counterargument to a legal limit on magazine size would be that a limit on magazine size might be bad because in some geographical areas...
Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, juniors at Columbine High School, shot and killed as many as twenty-five of their classmates and faculty members, as well as themselves. ... During the 1990's, gunshots killed almost three times as many people as did acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and more than five times the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War (Cotton 3). ... These measures include prohibiting gun purchases by people convicted of certain crimes and increasing sentences for those convicted of using guns in crime. ... Some criminally insane people think it is quit norm...
Atticus Finch is a complicated character in "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... Atticus likes Maycomb, and knows the people well. ... Another oddity is that in a community where people like guns, he doesn't. ... "He doesn't believe in killing just to kill. ... To him, courage is doing the right thing, not holding a gun. ...
Guns Kill Gun control is one of the more complex issue facing our nation today. ... Gun control didn't make any of the 56 million (that's 56,000,000) people exterminated in the Twentieth Century safer. ... Every day, all day and all night, guns make it possible for people to perform risky but necessary work, and to remain alive and safe while so doing. ... The facts are that guns make it easy to kill or injure a person. ... Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, had plotted for a year to kill at least 500 and blow up their school. ...
She believes the rise is due to the fact that decent people believe they need guns for their protection. I support the idea that "Guns don't kill people, criminals do." ... It is held true that using handguns to kill a person is easier than using other small weapons, but determined criminals, with the help of other criminals, can catch people in closed or narrow areas where they can't run anywhere. ... Criminals can kill other people if they are motivated to do so. ... It is clear that the slogan "Guns don't kill people-criminals do," is true. ...
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.... Many had either been injured, killed or committed suicide by a firearm. ... It is probably one of the reasons that private people have acquired weapons against intruders on private property. ... People sell them to criminals and ultimately the guns end up with gangs, which only worsens the situation. ... It will scare many burglars and robbers if they see a gun or hear a gun shot. ...
According to a recent poll at John Hopkins University, they surveyed people, and in New England they aren't by any means conservative, they're mostly liberal and democratic, but "A sizable 89 percent of all respondents, and 75 percent of those identified as NRA members, support universal background checks for gun sales" (Murray, Po, "Dear Task Force Members.... But to actually kill someone, you have to have some sort of backstory, like your parents/ guardians being shot, or you could just be insane like Adam Lanza, the man who was responsible for the Sandy Hook massacr...
How many people are killed by guns every year? In the U.S., 20.000 were killed by hand guns alone. ... Children can kill or hurt somebody with guns. ... Some people say that people need guns to defend themselves, because they don't trust the police. ... Nobody should carry or buy easily, because so many people are killed by them each year. ...