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Gun Safety Argumentative Essay

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I won’t even dignify your hunting as a sport argument because hunting (which I am not against, by the way, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it) is not a sport. A sport involves physical exertion and competition. What kind of physical exertion does a fat, flannel-clad guy in a tree holding a rifle with a scope and shooting at an unsuspecting deer hundreds of yards away put forth? I’m thinking opening up the pop-top on those beer cans isn’t really that exhausting. But back to the guns. Yes, my “rant” was “emotional,” as you said, and thank God for that. I’d hate to think that I was cold enough to not get emotional over the unnecessary loss of life brought about by people who abuse firearms. Yes, Dan, I did say these deaths were brought …show more content…

Teach children “gun safety“? Have you ever met a child? Well, I have, and they happen to be my six-year-old and four-year-old sons, and believe me, “gun safety” lessons would be a fast-track to a double funeral. There’s no such thing as teaching “gun safety” to small children. I’m sure you’re not aware of this little bit of child safety information, seeing as how you have no children, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of five don’t get swimming lessons because it gives you and the child a false sense of security. See, what happens is, the child thinks he knows how to swim, the parent thinks the child knows how to swim, defenses go down, and splash, gurgle, gasp…drowned child. It’s the same thing with a gun. If a child were taught “gun safety,” he’d think he knew how to handle a gun, and that child would either be dead or an accidental murderer. But thanks for …show more content…

I’m an adult, I’ve never had a gun or been educated about a gun, but I’m well aware that it’s more powerful than I am, that it can cause death, that a gun should always be treated as if it’s loaded, and that it should never be pointed at anybody unless it’s a life or death situation. I also know that a gun should be put safely out of reach of children, out of sight from visitors just in case they turn out to be one of those gun-stealing criminals I mentioned earlier, and the safety should always be engaged. What more is there to know? Any adult with any shred of common sense has “gun education.” The people who really need educatin’ about guns are the people in the government and the NRA who think it’s our basic right to have guns. People who allow the sale of firearms without background checks. People who think it’s reasonable to allow private citizens to own military-grade weapons. Isn’t a .22 just as good of an “equalizer” as a

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