Gun Control

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to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” He definitely realized, as did the other writers of the constitution, the importance of letting a free people have the right to Bear Arms. It has been said that guns just cause violence and are never a benefit to society, nothing could be so far from the truth. Statistics have shown time and time again that guns are used hundreds of thousands of times a year in the defense of one’s self, property, and family. In fact, according to Dr. Kleck, a
criminologist at Florida State University, 75% of all uses of guns in crime related incidents are defensive uses by would be crime victims. That is a huge percentage. That turns out to be more than 2 million times a year that citizens use lawfully owned firearms to defend themselves and their families. Studies have even been done by anti-gun groups that prove the same fact. One anti-gun survey said that handguns were used in defending more than 645,000 crimes per year. All of this and more disproves the notion that guns are one of society’s evils and need to be rid of completely. Without citizen gun ownership there would be more violent felons on the street. The FBI has collected data that shows that armed citizens lawfully kill more violent felons per year than do the police. When one says they want more gun control they do not fully realize what they are saying. Gun control will not be a benefit to society but rather a downfall. Past and present citizens with guns have always had a
positive affect in society. In fact, going back a hundred years
to the Wild West if one would look into it, contrary to what
books and movies of the old west portray, violence was far less
prevalent than it is today....