Wednesday, October 15, 2008
"It's Time to Ban Handguns" Morrow
I strongly agree with Morrow and his essay. His essay showed me alot of things that I have never thought about regarding gun control. The rate of deaths by guns has gone up very much recently. Guns are made so easily to get, anyone can get a gun. In his essay he talks about how since 1963 guns have "finished off" more Americans than WWII did. This is a insane number, guns are killing more people than a actually war is. He also describes how guns have killed many important people this really made a impact of how important this gun problem really is. In Britain and Japan they have a much lower crime rate that America. The essay says how these countries are amazed how our guns are over the counter, which is the reason for all the crime. Guns are the most easiest way to kill someone. "Gins do not require much work. You do not have to get your hands bloody, as you would with a knife." (pg 402) This statement is so true, there is really nothing you have to do to shoot someone with a gun. You can stand far away and not do anything but pull the trigger. Bigger guns such as shot guns and riffles are really not as big as a problem because of their size. It is alot harder to carry around a a huge shot gun than it is to carry around a hang gun. Hand guns are very easy to get ahold of and to carry around making it easier for people to kill other people. I thought this essay was very interesting and opened my eyes to this world of crime.
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I’m going to have to disagree with your view. I know that data of how many people gun killed, I would really like to see it in percent or rather compare to the population we have. That number might be big as a number but if you put it to the amount of people that have been on this earth since 1963. The problem with a lot of data and research can blindly favor one side by leaving out a small facture or something like that.
I find that handguns are used for a defense, I mean we can carry a shot gun around in the middle of the night when most creeps come out. That’s the point of a handgun. Is to have if something bad happens. His statistics and arguments are not really supported and I personal think that it’s our own personal right to protect ourselves at all times. Handguns allows that defense.
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