Introduction
There are presently in excess of 200 million guns in the United States, according to
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Each year this number grows by 4 to 5
million. There are 60 to 65 million legal owners of one or more guns.1 There is a firearm
on the premises of more than half the households in America. Most of them keep guns for
protection. The others keep them for hunting, target shooting, collecting, and similar
pursuits.
In recent years nearly 35,000 people have been killed annually by guns in the
United States. These deaths include 15,000 murders, 18,000 suicides, and 1,500
accidents.2 It is because of these statistics that many would like to ban guns altogether.
But is that really in your best interest? Would it really benefit this country, or reduce the
number of murders in this country? Consider the evidence in this article and you will see
that guns should not be outlawed and that less gun control in necessary to preserve what
the founders of this country believed in.
Guns are Beneficial
Guns can help prevent crime. This is a view held by many opponents to gun
control. The criminals themselves agree. As part of a three - year study by the U. S.
Department of Justice, criminals in prisons across the nation were interviewed. Sixty
percent feared being shot by an armed citizen more than being shot by the police. fifty -
three percent did not commit a specific crime because they were afraid the victim was
armed. Fifty - seven percent of them were scared off by an armed victim who either
brandished a gun or actually fired it.3 This alone shows that crime would drop if more
citizens owned, carried and knew how to use guns.
One such case...
Very Helpful
This essay flows very smoothly and seems to cover most of the arguments on this issue. The stories included help keep the reader entertained, I only wish the facts were more up to date. Great writing!
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