Over the past few decades gun crimes have wreaked havoc on American society. Parents are teaching children as young as the age of 6 to shoot and hunt with high powered rifles and shotgun weaponry. No study has been proven to show that these types of behaviors lead to future school shootings or higher teen gun crime rates. Many gun owning adults feel that it is best to educate your children about guns and their importance, while many others see guns in a darker aspect. Nonetheless, gun use in the United States is still a major topic of discussion and a major political issue. The National Rifle Association (NRA), has been a leader in the fight to protect the gun rights of each legal owning American as it is guaranteed in the Constitution. While a gun in the hand of a criminal is a dangerous thing, a legally-owned gun in the hands of a trained individual has been proven to stop crime as it happens. The concealed carry of a firearm is rapidly growing amongst Americans as …show more content…
In the hands of criminals, guns have a disastrous amount of potential to do harm. Given that same situation in the hands of a law abiding citizen, guns could be used to thwart criminal offenders. While the Police are heavily used in the event of a crime emergency, they are not always able to arrive in time to stop every perpetrator. There have been several recorded cases that provide detail as to how a person’s life could have been saved had they carried their own handgun. Many lawsuits have been filed against the police for failure to protect or liable negligence because families feel like they did not respond in time to give protection to victims in dangerous situations. Guns, one of the most used tools for recreational purposes are nothing more than just a tool. This tool can easily be misused in attempts to deprive people of their earnings and personal belongings, and even to remove life from