Fletcher Duckworth Professor Yelena English 1201 September 18, 201

!un owners ha"e a birth right to bear arms accor#ing to the $onstitution of %merica& 'here are man( people who feel that guns shoul# be outlawe# #ue to "iolence, crime, an# o"erall misuse& 'his picture signifies to me that people shoul# ha"e the right to bear arms accor#ing to the $onstitution of the )S& *owe"er, someone coul# look at the picture an# see that the right to bear arms being in the constitution is an issue an# shoul# be change#& +ur foun#ing fathers of this countr( wrote these amen#ments a long time ago an# because of some of the things like school shooting an# people being hel# up b( ba# gu(s is reason enough to sa( that we as a countr( nee# to up#ate the $onstitution an# change the rights to bear arms& , woul# like to #iscuss wh( , belie"e bearing arms is necessar(, the mistruths that people hol# about guns an# what can be #one to ensure that we continue to be able to bear arms&

%lthough this is a goo# representation to the big issue of the %mericans ha"ing the right to bare arms, the picture is incomplete& ,n the wa( of there are no people or

images, an# no "isuals of apposing persons an# the $onstitution pulling in the opposite #irection as in "iews of their own opinion on this great matter& , belie"e that bearing arms is necessar( because of m( concerns about the current state of the societ(& 'here are in#i"i#uals who show a lack of remorse for wrong #oings& , feel more secure being able to bear arms whether in m( own home or while in the communit(& 'he future is "er( unpre#ictable an# (ou ne"er know if crime is right aroun# the corner an# (ou ma( nee# to be rea#( to protect (ourself an# (our famil(& Some of the alternate i#eas that people hol# about bearing arms is that onl( criminals want to ha"e guns, people who ha"e guns kills people an# the( #o not reali-e guns #on.t kill people, people kill people& /an( ta0 pa(ing honest %merican citi-ens utili-e their right to bear arms to protect themsel"es& 'he( follow the rules han#e# b( the go"ernment an# ha"e a general respect for guns& 'hese people are not for the most part the people out there killing people& People who obtain guns illegall( are more likel( to use those guns in an inappropriate or illegal wa(& People ten# to forget that e"er(thing that happens with a gun #epen#s on the operator of the gun& ,f gun usage is abuse# ba# things are more likel( to happen& %s , saw in the picture the usage of guns through the $onstitution is being 1uestione#& ,n or#er to keep our rights we nee# to make sure that we follow all laws gi"en to us b( the go"ernment relate# to bearing arms& 2e nee# to ha"e classes teaching new gun owners about respect an# responsibilit( of owning a firearm& 2e must also teach our chil#ren about respecting firearms&

,t seems like the rights of the %mericans are not being taken in to consi#eration, we ha"e rights3 2e %mericans in fa"or of ci"ilian gun possession, because it states in the $onstitution that the( can because it is their right, nee# to stan# up for those rights& 'his is nothing more than go"ernment o"er regulation, a wa( to get the %merican people to 4ust la( #own their guns because the go"ernment #oesn.t like what some ba# apples ha"e #one with guns in the past& +ne thing to remember is in owning a gun an# knowing how to operate it safel( is in the han#s of the operator& ,t has nothing to #o with all of %merica& 2e shoul# not be punishe# for the acts of someone else who #oesn.t "alue life& 'rue that not all people shoul# own guns, there nee#s to be some kin# if me#ium when

someone purchases a firearm& %n# the( are #oing a goo# 4ob in making sure that an e0tensi"e back roun# check is #one on those people legall( purchasing firearms&

,t.s the illegal purchaser that we all nee# to worr( about #oing something ba#& 'hese are the people that get the powers that be in 2ashington ma# at the %merican people for #oing a crime with no respect life or the gun the( use# to #o the crime& People who go through the training show the( are serious about being a legall( arme# citi-en, not someone who 4ust wants to get a gun for fun, the( are someone who respects what ha"ing a gun is all about an# that is sa"ing their life or the li"es of others& ,n conclusion , belie"e that this picture "erifies that we ha"e the right to bear arms an# we nee# to utili-e that right an# stan# up for the right&

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