Should all handguns be legalized?

Should handguns be legalized?

As we all know, guns as a whole have been a controversial issue for people from all walks of life. One side feels that guns should be legalized and the other side that feels guns should be completely illegal. When someone is in a dangerous situation, he or she should have the right to defend his or herself. However, if one is against guns, how is that person going to be able to defend him or herself? Because of this, I am a huge proponent of guns when it comes down to being in a dangerous situation. What some people fail to realize are the reasons why people need a gun in the first place. Some argue that guns kill people and the misuse of guns is growing at an alarming rate. The way I see it, people kill people and guns are not the only weapon of choice. I feel that guns should be legalized because it’s our country’s second amendment, individuals who live in bad neighborhoods need them, people who are put in dangerous situations also need them, guns also provide a sense of security and more guns decreases the crime rate.

It is clear that our Second Amendment guarantees our right to bear arms. The author of “Guns as Smut Darrell Miller” states that the U.S. Supreme Court held that our Second Amendment guarantees an personal individual the right to keep and bear arms (1278). Miller also reports that our Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to keep and bear arms for personal protection (1280). Author Edwin Vieira Jr. states that it is undoubtedly true that all citizens are capable of bearing arms (23). Vieira also states that during the entire 19th century and most of the 20th century, America suffered from no pervasive gun control of the modern variety (23). Since our Second Amendment...

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...ecrease murder rates”). The city only started allowing citizens to own handguns for self-defense again in late 2008 (“Guns decrease murder rates”). Many people that are against guns feel that more guns mean more crime but at the same time, the evidence clearly proves that if handguns where legal in all fifty states, violent crimes would drastically decrease. An intruder would not approach someone that owned a gun knowing that the consequences of getting wounded will increase.

With our country’s second Amendment, living in urban areas with high crime rate, people being put in bad situations, guns providing a sense of security, and guns decreasing crime rates, it is evident that I have legitimate reasons why handguns should be legalized. Although Americans have the right to defend themselves but furthermore, the use of guns should come with responsibility.