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Argumentative Essay: Guns Do NOT Kill People

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Many stories like the following occur, but are hardly every published: Three robbers entered a Commerce City, Colo., residence, one of them pulled a knife, according to officials. The two men and a woman apparently had planned to rob an acquaintance: but the homeowner resisted the threat, drawing his semiautomatic handgun and shooting the two men. After the three fled, they called for medical help from a cousin's house. The police followed shortly thereafter. "As soon as they get out of the hospital, we'll be there to meet and greet them," said Sgt. Craig Coleman of the Adams County Sheriff's Dept. (rifleman) These are two of many different stories that are produced monthly by the magazine American Rifleman. Every issue gives 4 to 7 stories on how handgun's save lives everyday. There are many people who believe that a handgun can save your life, but there also people who believe that they are just used for bad guys to kill. The Constitution states that we have the right to keep and bare arms, but there are some groups that have decided that is not right. They will do whatever it takes to change Amendment 2. This year there was a new gun law added to the long list of gun laws. In Colorado and Oregon the law was passed with a huge margin. The law states that you can not buy a gun at a gun show without a background check, and for it to be a gun show there only needs to be 3 or more people. So, in other words many of the police officers in the world will now be breaking the law when the switch guns with other officers. For instance, there are four officers standing around at the police station, and a couple of them decided to try out each others gun for a day or two. Under this new law, the officers have now broken the law. Many gun owners say there is no need for this new law. The NRA and many other pro-gun groups did everything they could try and make sense of it to people. Even after spending almost 2 million dollars, they still failed. (Kleck). Sarah Brady, Chair of Handgun Control, Inc, was quoted when she said, " These two overwhelming victories clearly demonstrate that all Americans, including gun owners, support responsible gun laws which keep criminals from buying guns.

In this essay, the author

  • Narrates how three robbers entered a commerce city, colo., residence, one of them pulled knife, and the homeowner resisted the threat, drawing his semiautomatic handgun and shooting the two men.
  • Explains that american rifleman's monthly magazine gives 4 to 7 stories on how handguns save lives everyday. the constitution states that we have the right to keep and bare arms, but there are groups that have decided that is not right.
  • Explains that the new gun law in colorado and oregon was passed with a huge margin. the nra and other pro-gun groups did everything they could to make sense of it.
  • Explains how a criminologist, gary kleck, researched data from the department of justice while at florida state university.
  • Analyzes how kleck's study showed that people were less likely to be injured when they defended themselves with a handgun than those who gave no resistance at all.
  • Opines that accidental gun shots are a major problem with guns. gary kleck, the criminologist, says they are very rare. anti-gun groups say to make the gun childproof.
  • Explains that the percentages of felons who have been scared off by an armed victim are larger than most think.
  • Analyzes how the los angeles times reports that there are over 34,000 gun deaths in the u.s. they forget to tell people that over half of those are actually suicides.
  • Opines that the gun war has been going on for years. every person has a different point on how guns should be dealt with.
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