Persuasive Essay Against Gun Control

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“Violence is out of control. Guns are a major cause. They all should be banned. The sooner, the better.” That is what many Americans have come to believe. There is a nationwide argument that implies that guns should definitely be banned in the United States. There are tons of reasons why guns should be banned such as safety which is definitely the top one. In the event that gun possession is banned in America, will it be ethical to sell it in a country where such possession is allowed? If I have been legally selling guns to citizens of the United States for a number of years, which has helped me secure a great living, has put food on my plate and is the reason why my family has a roof on top of their heads, should I stop selling it once it …show more content…

It is basically asking us to be honest with ourselves no matter what the circumstances are. If I have to lie for something I don’t really believe in because I feel sorry for others, I am not being moral. For a number of years, there has been two sides to this controversial topic and both sides claim to make a valid point. For those that protect gun control, they state that “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” That statement is protecting the use of these weapons because they claim that it was the person behind the trigger that is making the crime, not the actual gun. It leads to the thought about moral values of whether allowing the usage of these weapons is unintentionally giving “criminals” the opportunity to intentionally hurt people. On the flip side of that, some people see it as a way of their protection being taken away when gun owners have the wrong …show more content…

No matter what the situation is, there will always be people that ignore morals and values and continue to do what they want, even if it is wrong. The understanding and ethical position of deontology brings in a totally new perspective into the case. It brings in the idea of the Universalizability principle, which states that an act is only good when everybody is doing the same without any exceptions. This specific principle does not seem to be valid because of everybody disagreeing on what is the law and what they think is right. If America was to really ban guns, not everybody was going to agree with it. I’m sure we can all agree that it is wrong to kill people. If killing people happened to be a universal law, everybody would be dead, including yourself. There are killers out there that want to kill all the people in the world before they kill themselves. Their perspective of how the world should be is different from society’s point of view. It is difficult to have a universal law that everybody can all be satisfied to. Every action taken is going to hurt somebody. You try to fix somebody’s problem but you create a problem for somebody else. If I was to stop selling guns, I might stop society’s problem but I create a new problem for myself financially, even though it might be the right thing to

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