Agrumentative Essay Feeling Safe Revised Essay, Research Paper

You are in your home and an intruder breaks in. You hear the noises from downstairs. You want to go downstairs to defend yourself and your property, but you can?t. You have no weapon of your own to protect yourself from a criminal who is most likely to be armed and dangerous. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says, “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” In addition, there were six supreme court decisions supporting

the right to bear firearms : United States v. Cruikshank (1876) Presser v. Illinois (1886) Miller v. Texas (1894) United States v. Miller (1939) Lewis v. United States (1980) United States v. Verdugo-Urquirdez (1990). This is proof stating that the law is correct in its decision to allow private citizens to bear arms. No citizen should feel unsafe in his own home. Owning a firearm can ease this thought of feeling unsafe. Having the right to a firearm to protect oneself should not be taken away from any citizen.

There are reasons for gun to be done away with. In high schools today there is an immense amount of violence and numerous shootings. Teens are very vulnerable to gangs and often get themselves into problematic situations at school or in their own neighborhoods. Students should not be allowed to carry guns to school to defend themselves. The problem is that guns are easily

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accessible to students. Instead of getting rid of guns, try to make and enforce stricter laws in order for students not to get guns easily. A gun is not a weapon but merely for self-defense and security. In fact, an unwanted intruder into private homes has increased greatly in the past few years due to more valuable and costly equipment being kept in homes. Property owners have the legal right to defend themselves, their family and their private property. I remember watching the news stating that in Philadelphia, two robbers gained illicit entry into a private home through a window. Unknown to them the owner, a captain on the Philadelphia Police Force was sleeping upstairs. Hearing the noise he came to the steps with his service revolver and shot them. Injuring both of the robbers. People that posse guns for safety are far from being criminals. Citizens with clean legal records should be allowed to carry a gun for their own safety.

Firearms play a major role in the history of the United States and should continue to do so. Hunters in America should not be denied the right to hunt because of Gun Control laws. Hunters have the right to carry a gun referring back to the Second Constitutional Amendment. Fifty percent of all gun owners polled by Time Magazine said the main reason they own a gun is for hunting reasons. Americans keep guns for hunting, for target practice, for sport shooting, for work, for collecting, and for protection. Also, not all guns owners keep guns for violent reasons as much as for sport reasons. Hunters should have the right to posse guns for their hunting needs or for other personal reasons. Guns are a major part of the history of the United States and its right for independence. Back

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then every household needed firearms for hunting and protection. America?s history and the history of guns in America follow a similar path: wars, settling the west, army, inventions, and economy. The first American settlers carried muskets…from the Old World to their New World homes. Untied States citizens always in the past had the right to bear arms and that right should not be taken away from them.

Gun control in the United States will never be enacted as long as the United States residents are free and independent. No rightful law abiding citizen shall have his or her Second Amendment rights violated. While drugs are becoming a tremendous problem with its accompanying violence, innocent bystanders need to have the ability to protect themselves against the criminals. The Second Amendment guarantees a precious right, the right to walk down the street without fear. Properly trained and educated gun owners are no threat to society. Until police can protect citizens adequately, we must protect ourselves, property and family. Guns don?t kill, people do.