There are
many different questions asked when talking about gun shootings and murders and
what causes them. Questions like; how do gun rights (the 2nd
amendment of the Constitution) and media play into our “gun-toting society? Do
guns kill people or do people kill people? What, if anything can be done to
make society (especially schools) safer and what does the future hold for
America? And what does the future hold for gun laws?
After hearing the questions I, with
the help of some research, will answer these questions by telling you my
opinions. Starting with the first question, how do gun rights and media play
into our “gun-toting society? I personally like having my guns, and a lot of
other people do too, and the 2nd amendment protects the right for us
to have those abilities and own them. Without the 2nd amendment we
probably wouldn’t have the guns we have today especially with all of the people
trying to get rid of them. And the media isn’t helping at all. All you see on
TV and the news is that someone got hurt from messing with a gun or someone
killed someone. It puts fear into the lives of the people watching it. They
want to get rid of the guns because they think that the guns kill people. Which
leads to my next topic, do guns kill people or do people kill people?
The guns are built to not go off
unless used by a person. Even though it may not be on purpose all the time,
because accidents happen, people kill people. It’s the hate in the person’s heart
that aims the gun at people and it’s the stupidity and mistake of the people to
leave the safety off, leave ammunition in the gun, or to point the gun in the
direction it shouldn’t be pointed. Even though I like having guns, I don’t
think all types of guns need to be in the procession of the people. What, if
anything can be done to make society (especially schools) safer and what does
the future hold for America?
It seems to be a lot to expect the
people to give up the guns that the people grew up with and used to put food on
the table for their families. But the guns we don’t use for hunting like M-16s
and Uzis and other guns you don’t use for sporting events (hunting) could be
taken off the streets and out of people’s houses. Those guns are for military
purposes and the people have no reason to have them. Some may say they have
them to shoot for fun but why can’t they just shoot the guns we hunt with like
shotguns and rifles. That way we can still have guns for hunting and shooting
but it takes away the high fire power from the people. This is also how I’m
going to answer the last question. What does the future hold for gun laws?
This year Obama already made more
laws dealing with background checks of citizens. I get why they want a
background check when people want to buy guns, but I don’t think that the
government needs to put misdemeanors on our files. Because that doesn’t need to
be a part of the information needed to get a gun.
I think that the guns not needed for hunting purposes will be
taken out of the homes of citizens but the rest can stay, because whether we
take away all the guns or not people are still going to find a way to get done
what they want done. Like people making homemade bombs on their own. Another
example is even though its illegal people still make their own marijuana and
other drugs and people still deal meth and cocaine even though it isn’t
allowed. And if guns are taken away and the government does end up getting all
of them people can still use other objects like the homemade bombs and knives.
But it might bring down the numbers of killings in America per year. I
personally hope we don’t have to get to that point and find out.
