Debate Over Guns

Gun laws have been the same way for over a hundred and fifty years here in America. It is stated in the Second Amendment that any American can bear arms and own a firearm. But after there has been a spike in shootings in schools and other recreational areas around the country politicians and other organizations have tried to get strict gun control laws to try to cut down on these shootings. But is this a good idea and are the guns even the real problem in this entire issue?

              I am going to say this one time and one time only, guns do not kill people but people kill people. I do not get how some people can say that guns are the issue. Who pulls the trigger? Who loads the gun in the first place? You guessed it! A human being does all of those things. A gun cannot pull the trigger for itself or load itself. There wouldn’t even be guns if humans would not have invented it in the first place. Saying that guns kill people is like saying spoons make people fat (it’s cliché but true). It is the person’s decision to pull the trigger and that how it has always been and it will never change.

              Some people might say that they could at least have stricter background checks on people who are trying to buy guns. Even though this might seem like a good idea it could just lead to more laws restricting the use of firearms. It is a domino effect. If one law is passed even if it is minor it will lead to more laws that restrict our freedoms as an American citizen. That is why the National Rifle Association is against any laws on gun control. With one law there could be a thousand possibilities and could just lead to more restrictions.

             There is only one solution that will lead to safer usage of guns. All we have to do as a nation is teach people how to use guns correctly. If we can do this there should at least be a decrease in incidents involving firearms. Another thing that could reduce the violence of guns is get people who are mentally ill help. If we can help them they should not have to turn to violence and maybe go on a rampage. With this we should be able to keep our friends and family safe no matter what the case may be.

              As American citizens we have to right to own and bear arms. Our Founding Fathers put it like that and it should stay like that forever. If we can just teach people to use guns safely none of this should be a problem. And we all need to remember that it is never the guns fault for shooting somebody it is the person behind the guns fault and that will never change.