Guns Are a Danger to Society

As citizens claim, the police cannot save and protect everyone, thus they should be allowed to use a weapon to protect themselves, such as, a gun. A gun will protect people when in danger, according to many; therefore, these citizens oppose gun controls because strict gun regulations “make it more difficult for people to protect their homes and families,” claimed by 56% of women surveyed by Pew Research. However, what citizens do not know is guns are rarely used in self-defense. Out of 26,618,300 brutal felonies committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims used a firearm to protect themselves. Results from a well timed study conducted by the Violence Policy Center (VPC) concluded guns are rarely used for defensive purposes.

In today’s society, there is plenty to talk about. Whether it be about the President, the weather change, there is always something to talk about. One of the major issues that has been talked about for an extended period of time is gun control and the issues that follow it. There are two specific articles that were chosen today; one of which from the Chicago Sun Times website, and the other from the New York Times.

The second amendment has protected and shown that it is being used in cases of self-defense. In Measuring Civilian Defensive Firearm Use revealed that United States civilians used guns in self-defense from crime at least 980,000 times per year. This survey shows how many citizens are using guns to defend themselves which would otherwise have been seriously harmed if the individuals did not have the firearm to defend themselves. A gun was used in 980,000 cases for self-protection. In Armed Resistance to Crime, a 1993 a nationwide survey conducted in about 5,000 homes found that over five years, at least 3.5% of households had members who had used a gun “for self-protection or the protection of property at home, work, or elsewhere.” This amounted to around 1,000,000 incidents per year. This excludes all “military service, police work, or work as a security guard." Citizens who had possession of a gun were able to defend themselves in such cases. This brings up the point that many people are exercising their second amendment right accordingly and using it in cases of self-defense. It has also been shown that criminals have avoided or retreated from civilians believed to have a

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

The issue of gun control has been a very important topic following the Sandy Hook Elementary School and Aurora, Colorado movie theater shootings just last year. We all feel compassionate for the families of these Americans whose lives were taken in the most horrifying way. We are all too familiar with the saying “guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” my goal is to find some validity to this statement. The most prevalent question is whether the problem is the access to the gun or the person with access to the trigger. The answer to this I will soon come to but as of now let’s focus on the issue at hand. Crimes resulting in death would be reduced if the purchase of guns could only be made

In the United States today, gun control has become a very big issue in the lives of its citizens. People arguing with each other over whether it is our constitutional right to be able to obtain and bear any kind of arms that we choose or that it only belongs to the militia. Many arguments come up over whether or not just average people can show up at a gun show and sell a gun to any person without giving them a background check first. Not only do they want back ground checks they want restrictions, and bans. Should there be bans on certain kinds of weapons? If so what kind of weapons? Should any person be able to buy a gun anytime or any place? Are people getting the right picture on what guns do for the

Those that support the tightening of gun regulations use the increasing number of gun ownerships and gun-related incidents to argue their side. Recent studies show that approximately half of the homes in the United States possess a total of 223 million firearms (Bitto). Because of the high percentages of firearm ownerships, those that encourage tighter gun restrictions agree that the likeliness of such a weapon being used for crime is dramatically increased. 68% of fatal attacks from 2006 were completed with the usage of a gun (“Perhaps the 2nd…”),

The use of guns in self-defence by private citizens is extremely rare. The gun lobby seeks to expand the carrying of concealed, loaded handguns into an ever-increasing public spaces, while at the same time blocking any restrictions on the availability of military-style semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. A 1982 survey of male felons in all state prisons found: 34% had been “scared off, shot at, wounded, or captured by an armed victim, 40% had decided not to commit a crime because of an armed pedestrian. Intended victims of property

Somewhere around the world somebody just got shot. Somewhere else somebody just got stabbed to death. Some people would have been affected more by the death by gun because a decent amount around the world dump a lot of hatred towards guns and gun owners. It seems that guns have always received the most attention and concern from citizens, for years. They have been either hated or loved by the citizens of the United States since before the colonial days. They are not a bad mechanism for people to use; they are just, occasionally, misused or put into the wrong hands, that is how it is with every weapon. Many Americans, actually, honor this tool and have for centuries because guns are quite a big part of American history. It was a big enough part of history for the Founding Fathers of America to include it in one of the original ten Bill of Rights. Unfortunately, a part of the nation misuse the right given to citizens from the Second Amendment for things like murder. This has caused a good amount of people to believe gun use is the cause of the majority of deaths and the basis of crime, but these beliefs have been proven not true from various collections of studies and data. Guns are not as bad as they seem, and they should not be taken away or restricted harshly because they were trusted by the Founding Fathers of the United States and protected by the Second Amendment, are not one of the leading causes of all deaths and crimes in America, and taking them away will just stir

Due to the Second amendment, these tragedies are hard to prevent leaving the citizens defenseless to criminals. A widely-known study conducted by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz in the 1990s found that there were somewhere between 830,000 and 2.45 million defensive gun used in the US annually (Bell). Gun control proponents often argue that having possession of a gun puts people in risk because the suspect could easily take the gun and use it against them, yet studies have shown the situation is reversed. The Cato data contains only 11 out of 4,699 stories where a criminal took a gun away from a defender, but 277 where the intended victim disarmed the bad guy (Bell). Generally speaking, with more guns there will not necessarily be less crime. In other words, let concealed guns be in the hand of more people, and assaults go up. These explanations are about as credible for the contrasting theory: Put more guns into the picture, and more bad things are bound to happen.

Have you ever been walking late at night and worried because you know that your city allows guns? Guns have many downsides that create problems in different areas. The reasons for many murders come from guns. Guns are bad in most situations than good. We are in the twenty-first century where most people don’t need a gun. In this country the law has a big impact on what people buy and what they use. Guns need to be abolished from society because they are a danger to citizens, they increase stress for people walking around knowing that there are guns around them, and they decrease safety in areas that allow guns.

A study was done in 1993 by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz. A self-survey of civilian defensive gun use was conducted. “In 1993, Kleck began publicizing the estimate that civilians use guns in self-defense against offenders up to 2.5 million times each year.” Hemenway showed there were several flaws in the surveying Kleck did. Kleck conducted

Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. The Columbine and Virginia Tech Massacres were horrible, senseless tragedies that killed more than 40 people and wounding 50. Incidents like these demand attention, but the focus has been on the wrong problem. Gun control is an important issue, one that has caused much controversy over the decades. America’s first impulse in any crisis is inevitably to call for immediate, remedial legislation. School shootings and media emphasis have people demanding the government place harsher controls on guns. These demands are projected further when children are injured or killed in accidents involving guns, but many households that possess guns do not have accidents like these. Also, much of the current gun legislation remains unenforced. The second amendment grants the right to bear arms, which cannot be infringed upon. Harsher laws will not completely stop the ability to obtain a gun. What is needed are easier, more organized registration methods and better reporting procedures. Concentration should be on the values and morals of our citizens, the role the media plays in glorifying violence, and the lack of respect for law. Also, it is imperative that an emphasis is placed on gun education. Knowledge not laws, are the key to gun safety.

Countless Americans believe guns are unsafe in today’s world. However, is it because guns are actually considered unsafe or is it because of the people who are in possession of them? Unfortunately, it is because of the society they live in today. People are constantly hearing stories about children who have either accidentally shot themselves or even another child. Lately there have been stories about people shooting others out of hatred. There are numerous amounts of irresponsible and careless people in their society who are not taking the right actions into making the United States a safer place, because people tend to do whatever they want. While there are others who tend to disagree, they believe it punishes the people who are

Next, citizens say guns are rarely used in self-defense, “Of the 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims (235,700) protected themselves with a threat of use or use of a firearm,” . Although guns are used for self-defense 2.5 million times a year. The police cannot protect everyone all of the time. NRA Stated “61% of men and 56% of women surveyed by Pew Research said that stricter gun laws would make it more difficult for people to protect their homes and families.”