Friday, April 12, 2013

REDO: Does gun ownership cause crime or deter it? Can you imagine a town where gun ownership is mandatory by law?

    What's so wrong with having possession of guns in the community? Polices and other law enforcements have it, so why can't we, citizens, have it in hand just in case the law enforcers that we rely on do not make it in time before the danger occurs. Guns have been known to the society for being unsafe, powerful, and somewhat scary. Many places not only around our area, but around the world has ban the fact that only authorities such as the police are able to have these weapons with them. Despite a majority has decide that it should not be amongst the people who live in the society. Some places such as Kennesaw, Georgia has placed a law where the society is able to wield a gun there. They believe that guns help the environment to be safe, but in my opinion I disagree and think that it causes crimes instead of preventing them from occurring.
     First of all, it can lead to tragic homicides. Examples may include children accidentally playing with the weapon and pulling the trigger or shooting the wrong person at times of danger. Despite the shooting may have been an accident, the person who owns the gun is at fault for having it in the first place. If the gun was never in the possession of a person in the first place, nothing would have happened.
     Gun ownership may show ferocity to other people like it did in Kennesaw, Georgia, where the safety of the area was ranked high in the United States, but I believe it may lead to more dangers. I also believe that it depends on the environment. In Kennesaw, Georgia, there are about 33,000 people living there. It is not a big community so there would not be more crimes being occurred. Think about New York City, where so many people live. I do not think it would be a good idea, if gun ownership passed as a law. Since there are more people, there has to be more bad guys in New York City. I believe that this will bring chaos to countries despite the law being accepted in only some parts of the country.
     Another problem that can occur from this is unfairness. The Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms protect us and make us equal amongst each other in the community. If one place was able to own guns and another place was not able to, it may bring discord of being unable to have the same equality rights. I believe that people will try to obtain these weapons which is breaking the law and may lead to unwanted crimes to occur.
     There was an article about having guns in schools to be kept for the safety of children. I strongly believe that it is necessary and will lead to accidents. It may develop curious feelings and wonder among the students which may drive the students to trying to obtain the weapon and to play with it.
     I cannot imagine a town where gun ownership is mandatory by law, but I have read news articles stating that there are some towns that have this law. Personally, I think it is in a positive affect because of the environment of the law being enforced. Kennesaw, Georgia relatively has 33,000 people living in the area that already has the law in place and there is a town with 140 people living in western Maine considering the law to be in place. Due to the small population of the community, crimes happen less compared to big cities since there are a lot of people. (http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/are-big-cities-more-dangerous-small-ones) It is interesting that a law like this is forced in some areas, but I am not for it.

2 comments:

  1. Although this is a well written paragraph, I feel as if you could do much better. Especially since this is currently being debated, it is not hard to justify your paragraph with more solid evidence other than what you have already provided. One main argument that I would have emphasized on is the fact that guns will not be necessary for the public for "protection" if the laws in a society is well enforced. One of the first step in reaching that enforcement is to ban private gun ownership. All in all, this is an insightful paragraph but be careful with grammatical errors.

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    1. Thanks for the comment Dustin. I'll keep that in mind the next time I post a blog.

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