Argumentative Essay: The Right To Bear Arms

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It is not very likely of being attacked when someone armed. Criminal's fear armed citizens. Victims who used guns for protection were less likely either to be attacked or injured than victims who responded in any other way (Long 112). According to the U.S. Justice Department victimization studies, a citizen that uses arms stands not only a greater chance of avoiding injury than his or her unarmed counter part, but also increases his or her odds of failing the criminal assault (Long 104). The police force went on strike in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During this time the crime rate decreased because frightened citizens armed themselves and protected their homes and businesses (Media Watch). Criminals did not want to face indignant citizens protecting their own property with the same force the criminals used to steal it.

Most of the criminals acquire guns from illegal sources. Gun control laws; therefore, are not able to restrict criminals. They only restrain law abiding citizens from possessing guns which increases the crime violence; therefore, society should be against gun control because people should be able to protect themselves, the crime rate would decrease, and people have the right to bear arms.

Despite the danger guns are in the hands of criminals, the safety they can provide is hard to measure, but diffidently there. Over nine-hundred eighty nine thousand incidences are reported every year where a firearm was used to prevent a crime, including robberies, rapes, and murders (Geneva, 2000). A study was also done on how likely a felon is to commit a crime with even the possibility that someone else might have a firearm. Around forty-percent of criminals admitted to not committing a crime because they believed that a potential victim might have a firearm. Thirty-four percent of criminals have been had an incident where they were shot at, scared off, wounded or even captured by a victim that was armed (Armed and Considered, 1994). These people were not protected by sign of encouragement or Security Theater. They were saved because they had the ability to protect themselves. There was no one else to protect them but they were allowed to be able to ensure their own

Since I was a little girl, I remember hunting season; Dad and Katlyn, my sister, would come home to say they killed a deer. Even though I did not enjoy hunting, I still see how much they love to go; hunting great bonding time for them. My dad taught my sister and me how important gun safety is. He has shown us how to carry a gun properly, never to aim it at anyone, never put our finger on the trigger until ready to shoot, and always leave the safety button on until ready to shoot as well. In my house guns are always hidden or locked up in a safe, only Dad knows the combination, so no intruder can get to them. Guns are a very serious item. I was raised to understand guns are not something to joke around about; if they are in the hands

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In a survey study, it is shown that 48% of people who owns a gun purchased them for their own security (Pew Research Center) and 57% of Americans said that owning firearms was beneficial for them from becoming victims of a crime (Williams). There are responsible owners of guns who used them to protect their loved ones such as Melinda Herman in Loganville, Georgia who protected her two children during a home invasion when she grabbed her handgun and used it protect her son and daughter after a burglar broken into the home (Brumback). Herman was alone with her children and her husband was away from the home and Herman utilized lessons she learned from a firing range session and wounded the burglar in her home with several bullet rounds and the police later arrived and arrested the man after he escaped elsewhere (Brumback). In addition, another case would be that of Ronald Dixon, a Navy veteran with 2 jobs and a father who protected his 2 children and girlfriend in Canarsie, Brooklyn after a man broke into their home during a home invasion (Haberman). Dixon shot and wounded the intruder, who is a thug with a very big record of burglaries and other crimes, and was later arrested at the scene of the crime (Haberman). Not only are guns necessary for home protection, but also in the general public as well. During a

Taking away guns from a country boy is like taking candy from a kid, it’s just not right! More often than not there are posts on social media about how “Obama is taking my guns.” Furthermore, Obama is not going to take your guns! President Obama talked about creating a stricter, safer environment. This topic often gets people fired up. Have you ever heard someone say that it is their right to own guns? They are referring to the Second Amendment and the Right to Bear Arms.

shootings, when guns are accessible in a home when a domestic dispute occurs, the aggressor is

Self-defense cannot merely be limited to when a person is inside his home, because most violent crimes are committed outside a person’s home. In cases where someone is a victim of violent crime, more than sixty percent of the time it occurs outside the home (O’Shea 611). If it is ruled by the Supreme Court that citizens have the right to bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, then naturally that right must be able to extend itself to outside the home.

Deciding what college to choose makes this year monumental in my life, but hopefully not as controversial as the March 1789 in our United States of America. The second amendment of The Bill of Rights is the “right to bear arms”, and was passed by Congress in March 1789. After recent tragic events in our country the controversy surrounding the Second Amendment is just as debatable as ever. It reminds me of a Rahm Emanuel quote I learned in Government class, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” But with popular conversations, I believe that we should consider the fact that our founding fathers put this in The Bill of Rights for a reason. They should consider that when creating The Bill of Rights they believed that this amendment was

According to The Second Amendment of the Constitution, the citizens of the United States have the right to own and bear arms, in order to form a well-regulated militia for the security of the states. This right has been discussed for decades as an important issue for the American society, and it has been one of the most controversial issues in the second half of the twentieth century until nowadays. This right germinated with the threat to freedom that the standing army of professional soldiers brought to the Americans. Some argued that the right to bear arms is mainly concerned with self-defense while others argued that this right was implemented to avoid militia disarmament and protect the Free State. This right was

Police are here to protect us from crimes, but what if they can’t reach us in time? Many people want guns to be taken away because they don’t know the proper handling, and one of the few things they know for certain is that guns hurt people. It is understandable that they should fear the danger of guns, but that doesn’t mean that we should render ourselves undefended from threats, because others don’t know proper safety etiquette. Although many believe guns cause problems, guns prevent many horrible crimes from happening.

“We gather here in memory of twenty beautiful children and six remarkable adults. They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school in a quiet town full of good and decent people that could be any town in America,” President Obama stated after the Newtown shooting. On December 14, 2012, twenty-six beautiful lives were lost because of one person’s easy access to a gun. This shooting and other mass shootings in recent years have brought a renewed attention for a call to change the nation’s gun laws. The Second Amendment allows individuals the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution must be repealed as it is misinterpreted when it states that the right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. This amendment has been misunderstood, and people have begun to use guns to commit vicious crimes that have lead to the deaths of many innocent people. The Second Amendment should be repealed because it lacks clarification, countries with stricter laws have fewer

Being raised in a family of hunters, I have spent my fair share of time around, and using guns. I truly believe that if proper safe handling is taught, and people learn to respect them, that there should not be the issues that we have today. I think that there does in fact need to be laws to protect people, as well as to allow people to own guns. If these laws are properly enforced there should be a decrease in deaths both accidental and on purpose. I do not want to lose my right to bear arms, I think that is a freedom we deserve to keep. But I would also like to see things safer, with less fear of guns being in the wrong hands.