In my opinion, guns should be illegal, and there is literally no reason to have them in the modern world. All guns do, is kill people, that is literally the only purpose for them. I don't care what people say, they still kill people. It's a 50/50 thing really, the person, and the gun both kill someone else.
There are about 250,000 gun deaths a year, and America, takes about half of that.
There's really no point in anyone having a gun, we're supposed to be a civilized & Technological society by now. Guns should be a thing of the past. According to the link above, about 9% of gun deaths, are accidental. (That's bigger than it should be)
There are one too many kids, grabbing guns accidentally/intentionally, and killing themselves, or someone else. Under NO circumstances, should a kid be around a gun ever! I would hope everyone can agree on that!
Here's a clip from the Golden Girls, which is a good example about what could happen by accident.
The fact of the matter is, if guns did not exist AT ALL there wouldn't be as much gun death in America, or any other country. In Japan, Australia and England, guns are illegal. Unfortunately, in England, the gun crime rate is up by 30%. Japan on the other-hand, has little to no gun crime rate at all, and has very strict precautions on owning a gun. Australia, also has a similar story as well.
People just wouldn't really bother if they had to kill someone with a knife or some other item. In fact, in Australia a man robbed a bank with a Boomerang! Of course without guns, people will come up with other ideas for violence and thieving, but as it already has been demonstrated by other countries, most people wouldn't bother if they couldn't use guns to do illegal acts.
Honestly, I wouldn't have a problem with guns if they didn't get in the wrong hands. If every person that had a gun was safe, and not a serial killer, crazy person or a thief, then I would have no problem with that. But the fact of the matter is, the world is filled with lunatics that should not be around people at all! Unfortunately, as much as I hate guns, and they should be banned. It's not going to work like that, the only way, is to find a solution, of getting rid of guns that are in the wrong hands. Once that happens, then there could be an easier way to, at least control them.
On a side note, the irony here. Is the people most likely to shoot up a place, are probably mentally ill and aren't getting the treatment that they should be receiving. But when someone is having mental issues, and talks about it to others, they are usually shunned for it. So, in a way, Americans may have done this to themselves for being so ignorant and not resolving the problem properly.
I think this video, explains it in the best way.
What really annoys me, is this constant gun violence in America. It's ridiculous, you can't go anywhere these days, without worrying that the place you're in will get shot at. There are bars, schools, concerts, movie theaters, that are constantly having mass gun shootings. Kids are now learning to fear for their lives just for being in school, and having gun drills. Non Americans, look at America, and they see how violent, and bigoted America is. People in other countries are just scratching their heads, trying to understand why America is like this. (Quite frankly, I don't have an answer).
We're beginning a time in the world where we're attached to our electronic devices, we can talk to anyone around the world over anything, we should be past all of this violence. We're supposed to be a civilized world, but with all of this violence, and gun violence, it just doesn't make sense. Humans should be past this by now, and honestly, it's a disgrace to the human race to have such barbaric ways of doing things. The problem with this world is that there is not enough love, and too much hate, and violence.
A little contradictory, but I for one, would rather prefer, if we just brought back Bows & Arrows!
I think the best thing to do for America, and other countries, is to follow Japan, and their gun laws. they have a very strict protocol. An interesting fact, is that they don't allow hand guns, and use shot guns and air rifles. Which is rather odd, in my opinion.
I'm very curious about people who are gung-ho about guns, and what they think should be done with all the mass shootings. Also, for the love of everything holy, there is no reason in this world, that anyone would need something crazy like an AK-47, it's amazing to me that some people think it's okay to own something like that. A handgun is one thing, but a massive weapon, that is made for mass murder, is not something someone should have!
Might I add that the Second Amendment was made when guns took 45 MINUTES TO RELOAD and only had one bullet? It was a different time than it is now!!
If you really need something for self defense, I suggest that we should be allowed Cattle Prods. It doesn't kill the person and definitely gets the point across!
