As a sportsman myself, I do believe in the right to bear
arms. I believe that as a part of the constitution under the 2nd
Amendment, we the people have the right to keep and bear arms. As many other
Americans around the country would also support this right, many others do not.
But when we take a closer look at the subject presented, are guns really that
violent? What makes them violent? What is the difference between a sports rifle
and an assault rifle? Do we as a country really need a ban on all weapons or
just assault rifles? Is this act really violating our rights as an American citizen?
When it
comes to weapons and preforming our right to keep and bear them, there are some
disputes to whether or not we as a country should ban guns or just simply put a
restriction on them. Yes, guns do kill things, but when it comes down to it,
are they really that violent? A majority of guns used in the United States are
used for hunting or sportsman purposes. Related to that, a vast majority of
those hunters using guns are very, very experienced with handling
firearms. Almost every hunter or
marksman knows how to be responsible with a gun granted that they must take a
hunters safety class in order to handle or purchase a firearm. Along with a majority of citizens that know
how to be responsible with a firearm, there are also people that choose to not
follow and almost completely ignore basic firearm responsibility habits. These are
the kind of people that do not use their firearms for hunting or sportsman
purposes but instead cause harm to other citizens. These are the kind of citizens
that make guns violent. Not only to themselves, but to many other people around
them.
As a
common sportsman myself, I have much experience with firearms and personally
know how to handle them responsibly, along with the vast majority of hunters
and sportsman spread out across the country. The people that CHOOSE to ignore
these responsibility skills are the people that make guns violent. Guns
themselves are not violent; it’s the people that choose to make them violent.
