looking for help with english comp1 paper

[SteelCityBoy]

I did a college paper on this exact topic and it too was a persuasive essay. I am pro-gun ownership and am in agreement with Mike (Remo) on this topic. Law abiding citizens should continue to be allowed to own firearms without penalties against them.

The major argument always comes down to taking away guns would make the world a safer place. This isn't true if you just look at the data where they have already done this. The United Kingdom gun ban has been in effect now for more than a decade and statistics show that it is not actually a safer place to live. During the gun ban in the UK, while global crime was actually statistically decreasing, crime in the UK actually increased!

I don't know if anti-gun activists actually realize that taking away gun rights will only make matters worse. Criminals are always going to find ways to obtain guns on the black market or some other way no matter what. So then what essentially tends to happen is you find criminals being able to much easier prey on the innocent public people that would have less means to be able to protect themselves.

The paper I wrote has all the facts to back this information up. What people also don't tend to realize is that gun related deaths and gun related accidents rank very low on the lists of death or harmful related injuries. People are much more likely to die in car accidents or of a heart attack than by firearms.

If you then want to get really technical banning guns would require the banning of other things that can be used as weapons to kill too...why not ban crossbows, knives, baseball bats, etc...

The fact of the matter is that people will find a way to kill to matter what if they want to and more often than not it is the criminals that do it, not law abiding citizens. Taking guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens would only make this country more dangerous, not safer.

Enough already...I have already gotten too political so that's enough from me...

Just my

[Bill86]

Gun control is being able to hit your target

I think that's very important.

Originally Posted by SteelCityBoy

If you then want to get really technical banning guns would require the banning of other things that can be used as weapons to kill too...why not ban crossbows, knives, baseball bats, etc...

The fact of the matter is that people will find a way to kill to matter what if they want to and more often than not it is the criminals that do it, not law abiding citizens. Taking guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens would only make this country more dangerous, not safer.

These are good points. IIRC I've written a paper on this topic before. You can also look at the number of people and how they die every year. Drowning, stabbing, straggling...to help prove that their are plenty of other viable and frequently used options besides shooting. Maybe there is something higher up on the list or very close.

There are plenty of gun carry forums with stories of law abiding citizens stopping criminals in the process of hurting someone else. Surely there is more factual and reliable sources of this as well.

But lives are saved make no mistake about that.

You can also look for statistics on how many criminals are using legally obtained guns and have permits. Most of them get their guns illegally so banning them wouldn't hinder criminals from acquiring them.