The banning of firearms in America is an illegal act, and degrades the values this country was founded on. They not only play a vital role in many people’s lives, but are useful tools, fun to use, and can protect people from harm. Our founding fathers wanted us to have them to protect ourselves from the government, and would be disgusted at our government’s current abuse, and overall disregard of the constitution of the United States. A lot of people argue that guns kill people; this is untrue. Guns in the hands of a negligent person have potential to kill people, just as anything else.
The statement ‘The Right to Keep and Bear Arms’ from the U.S constitution seems like a pretty solid sentence. There is really no way to misinterpret it. Our country gained its freedom with guns, kept its freedom with guns, and guns will play a vital roll in keeping our freedom. So how is it that cities like Chicago can completely ban the right to protect ourselves? Legally they can’t. The beauty of the constitution is that it can be changed. The founding fathers knew they couldn’t predict the future, thus made the constitution a flexible document. An easy solution is to amend the constitution to fit modern times. However, modern times still seem to be very compatible with firearms.
Guns have numerous uses besides killing your fellow man. Hunting is a big reason to own a weapon. Across the country, people hunt game; small and big. Some people might see this as a cruel act, but in most states the White Tailed Dear is amazingly overpopulated. Not many complain when you kill a cow to eat a hamburger, so it shouldn’t be an issue to go hunting. People also enjoy shooting guns at targets. You can do long range sniping with rifles, shoot clay pigeons in the air with shot guns, or shoot targets with a hand gun. Each hobby is completely harmless, and enjoyable. Along with the recreational activities that firearms make possible, there is self defense. Let’s face it - if you’re in your home at night with an intruder in the house, who will act faster, 911 or a firearm in the hands of a trained user? The answer is obvious. In an emergency situation, a firearm is almost an essential. One might argue that the odds of you being held up in your own house are slim; well so are the odds of a gun related death. If a gun user is properly trained, a gun can and would protect people in case of an emergency.
In America, the outright banning of things that out of touch congressmen feel is harmful is all too common. For instance, if you take the year where the absolute MOST gun deaths occurred in America it would be 2003, and the number would be around 30,000. There were 85,000 alcohol related deaths. 435,000 tobacco related deaths. There were even more suicides in the U.S, than gun related deaths. Should we ban all the things mentioned above? Of course not, that’s not what you do in a free society. That car you drive in has the potential to kill people as well. Should we ban cars, since they had more deaths related to their name, than guns do? Again the answer is an obvious no. So why guns? Honestly when you look at all the ways people die in American gun control is so minimal. People die in sex related acts, almost as much as ALL of gun related deaths. That’s ridiculous. In most circumstances, education is the key, rather than the outright banning.
Clearly guns are a valuable part of the American tradition. We’re legally entitled to own them, as they are useful, can be used for protection, cause minimal deaths, and can be used in leisure time. Taking them away is the equivalent to breaking the law. If you want to save lives, make it a law to exercise; that is of course because heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Banning guns only hurts people who obey the law; it will never stop the criminals who have a rampant disregard any law put in place.
