cons of gun control
Date Submitted: 02/06/2004 05:36:53
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (891 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (891 words)
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Gun control isn't about guns, it's about control. Our third president of the United States,
Thomas Jefferson, once quoted, "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who
are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the
assaulted and better for the assailants, they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides,
for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." …
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…guns.
If guns were eliminated from our society we would be at a serious loss. Our freedoms
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would be in jeopardy, our individual safety would be questionable, and a significant industry in
our country would be at a deficit. The quote, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," is
even more pertinent today. It is time that each individual takes responsibilities for their actions
and not blame a simple, helpless object for a wrongdoing.
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