You Shot Me, Not The Gun

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In this world, there are two types of people, those that own a gun, and those that don’t. The question is; “Under which category do you fall?” Many people have different opinions when it comes to the right to bear arms. Some believe that guns are the main source of homicides and others, including myself, believe just the opposite, that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
According to Drs. J. H. Sloan, A.L. Kellermann, D. T. Reay, J. A. Ferris, T. Koepsell, F. P. Rivara, C. Rice, L. Gray, and J. LoGerfo, in “Handgun Regulations, Crime, Assaults, and Homicide: A Tale of Two Cities,” [Approximately 20,000 persons are murdered in the United States each year. Making homicide the 11th leading cause of death and the 6th leading cause of the loss of potential years of life before age 65.] This argument makes many wonder; why don’t people try to stop the number one cause of homicide death, or the number one cause of loss of potential years of life before age 65? If this were looked at by a gun owner, it would not mean merely as much if looked at by a non-gun owner. People that own a gun may see this as an impuissant argument in trying to rid people of their right to bear arms.
Although numerous homicides involve firearms each year, many civilians fear being victimized by random violence, therefore feeling safer armed than they do unarmed. In an essay written in the Sunday newspaper magazine entitled, Parade, a women residing in Phoenix experienced a life-threatening incident that changed the way she looked at guns. While driving home one night, another car nearly hit her head-on, frustrated, she cursed as the driver passed by causing the driver to u-turn and give chase. Unprotected and being chased by three crazed lunatics, she rushed home where she hoped her husband would be. As she arrived, she realized that no one was there and that the only protection was from her two dogs. The dogs being as large as they were, was ...