Gun Control: Good Idea Or Bad Idea?

Gun Control, Good Idea or Bad Idea?

Have you ever been minding your own business at the bank and soon your life was changed forever? Greeting the bank teller when a hooded man pulls out a gun. “Bang! Bang!” Horrific screaming all around you. Has Doug, (your father) ever been bleeding all over the floor begging you for help. Have you ever felt helpless starring as the hooded man while he’s shooting your father and not being able to defend yourself? No? Me neither, but it happens. Without protection, we are helpless to those with harmful intentions. America would be better off if it started training its citizens and putting guns in their hands as the Bill of Rights intended instead of putting up “No firearms aloud” signs.

Blanket firearm banning of all guns from certain places or buildings can’t possibly be that great of an idea. Play out this same scenario only when the hooded man pulls a gun, so do two bank tellers and three other civilians. It’s been said, “The only thing that can stop a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun.” (Lapierre) Gun control in the form of blanket

The US Department of Justice reported 6,842,590 violent crime incidents in the year 2012 or 26.1 per 1,000 incidents. (Jennifer Truman) With such high rates of violence, we need some sort of protection. The police provide safety, yes, but on average, their response time is several minutes. If you’re not lucky enough to have a crime committed against you next to a police officer, you will need a more immediate solution. I propose a firearm. A survey of felons revealed the following: Seventy-four percent of felons agreed that, “one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime.” Also, fifty-seven percent of felons polled agreed, “criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police.” (James D.