The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

Freedom is a claim that many Governments and Societies are founded on, including America. Freedom of speech, religion, and right to bear arms are among some of the most prevalent, fundamental freedoms. The Second Amendment “right to bear arms” has been called into question upon the many recent incidents involving semi-automatic violence. Some would argue that it is in the best interest of the people that the government restrict freedoms, such as carrying a gun. Although this may seem as though it is the answer to many problems, the government should not be allowed to restrict our freedoms. The theme of restricting freedoms, including the right to carry and own an arm, were addressed in “More Guns, Less Crime” by Todd Blodgett, “The Pedestrian”

“Every year, thousands of law-abiding, armed U.S. citizens successfully fight back against criminal violence, saving lives, reducing crime and permanently retiring useless vermin who increasingly infest our society” (Blodgett 2). Blodgett expresses that citizens having guns may assist in protection, and keeping the crime rate to a minimal. Blodgett goes on to explain that the media only reports on incidents involving a gun used to cause harm; if the media were to report on more encouraging stories, like the one of Lulu Campbell, the benefit of guns would be more easily accepted. The Government restricting the freedom to bear arms may hinder some people from protecting themselves in dangerous situations. “Liberals who favor civil rights usually favor gun control, which innately violates the civil right accorded by the Second Amendment” (Blodgett 2). This statement shows what the Government would be violating if they were restrict our freedom of carrying a

This walk is for the pleasure of the walk and experience of walking when you are the only one awake and moving around in the entire city. One night the man was on his usually walk, when a police car stopped him and harassed him about walking on the streets alone at night. The man explained the innocent purpose of his walk but was rewarded with being put in the back of the car and taken away.“During the day it was a thunderous surge of cars, the gas stations open, a great insect rustling and a ceaseless jockeying for position as the scarab beetles, a faint incense puttering from their exhausts, skimmed homeward to the far directions. But now these highways, too, were like streams in a dry season, all stone and bed and moon radiance” (Bradbury 1). In the day the city was alive, busy, and rushed. Being the only citizen in the street, the man was accused of being troublesome. The Society that this man lives in would go so far as to restrict the freedom to go for a leisurely walk to maintain the crime