Bruce Gold Analysis

In the wake of recent events in Las Vegas, the gun control debate has started back up. In one article by Bruce Gold, he gives 10 reasons why guns should be banned. Saying that 98% of civilian gun defenses, no gun is fired. Gold says “if you aren’t gonna fire a shot, clearly you don’t need a gun.” To contradict Gold is Dr. Marshall St John, which in his article he argues that we need guns for self defense. These two articles both give compelling evidence, and both men give great examples of their reasoning. I am going to side with Bruce Gold on the fact that we need to ban guns. Gold says that when people use a gun in self defense, it complicates police investigations. He stats later that civilians should leave crime prevention to police. Gold then gives the statistic that every 1000 crimes, 4 of them involves a gun. That is too high, and gun control would drop that number drastically. Gold then states that most gun crimes are committed by inner city gangs and drug dealers taking away their weapon would decrease murders and homicides. He goes on to talk about how gun owners are disrespectful of authority; Gold says that good citizens should let the authorities handle it. Not doing this sends a message to kids that they can't trust or rely on the police. In Gold's final statement he says

Marshall St John. In his article “ Fifteen reasons you should own a gun,” He says that the right to have a gun is in the constitution and the bill of rights. St John then says that bearing arms is the Christian thing to do giving ther verse Luke 22.36, which says, “If you don’t have a sword, trade in your cloak and buy one…” St John then states that people who don’t have guns are assaulted or killed by people who do. He says that gun control won’t take away criminals guns; it will take away the law abiding citizen’s. St John makes a good argument but his reasoning does not sway my opinion that Bruce Gold convinced me off, which is that guns should be