should ordinary citizens be allowed to own hand guns or not?

Question

i want to write an essay with strong evidences of course.So i started to search .

Answer 1

all citizens, unless there is a good reason why not, should be allowed to own handguns

Answer 2

On this question you must consult the work of economist John Lott who claims that there is a positive link between handgun ownership and civil peace. I think the answer depends on how many people actually will own guns. If the answer is few then such a law may encourage the rule of the strong over the weak. If a liberal law such as you suggest encouragest many to pack heat then society will be safe in the same way Russia and America were safe in the bad old days of mutual assured destruction.

Answer 3

Interesting facts about this subject can be found on many websites from ones both sides and the governments statistics. To make it short and sweet, not one state that has a law allowing people to carry concealed has had a rise in their crime rates. Almost all have had a decline. The places and states with the toughest gun control laws have the highest. Example New York, Washington D.C. Strictest gun laws in the world! If you were of a mind to rob, rape, murder, or sell large quantities of illegal drugs, how much would the weapon being illegal make you stop? You might also be surprised to find and the stats on the Governments web if you search (not doing it for you) That for every crime committed with a gun, two are stopped by the use (not necessarily firing it) of one

Answer 4

Go to the various websites for pro and anti positions. Read the evidence. See who does the most honest research. Hint:

"...Consequently, when medical journal authors report that there is little evidence on a given topic, it may often really mean only that they made no serious effort to find any or chose not to report what they found. For example, in an article published in 1996 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Douglas Weil (research director of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, affiliated with Handgun Control) and a colleague claimed that "there is little published research on the effectiveness of gun laws" (Weil and Knox 1996:60). In fact, there were, at the time this article was published, at least forty-five empirical studies of the impact of gun laws on violent crime, suicide, and gun accidents (Tables 8.4 and 11.1). Weil then proceeded to inaccurately claim that "with little dissent, these studies are generally supportive of the thesis that well-tailored gun laws can have a beneficial impact" (ibid.:60), when in fact the studies have generally indicated that gun laws, whether "well-tailored" or not, have no measurable impact on violence rates (Chapter 11; PB;Chapter 10)...." Page 42, Gary Kleck, Targeting Guns, (Aldine de Gruyter, NY, 1997)

Answer 5

Since we have a right to own guns under the Bill of Rights (II Amendment), I would say yes. To take them out of the hands of citizens, is to give criminals an unfair advantage, since they would obvioulsy not abide by the law. There is also a reason why this country has not been invaded. I have yet to see a reason why citizens shouldn't be able to own guns....well, responsible people....but I'd rather have the law stand as it is, then change it into something where we can't defend ourselves...

Answer 6

Yes, when Thomas Jefferson authored the Bill of Rights, he was quoted as saying the right for the people to bear arms is so that they may protect themselves from their governments. This has proven true in history, look at Communism and Facism, thats the first theing they did was seize the weapons!

Answer 7

In Nazi Germany they confiscated the firearms from the citizenry, made it easier for the government to take the rule from the people. Of course there are a lot of people with one oar out of the water just wandering around looking for someone to do. I think people should be free to own hand guns, but we need try to make sure they are capable of doing so. Unfortunately this is a lot like trying to catch the wind.

Answer 8

"baddadsixgun"...... I'm one of those Floridians who carry and damn glad this State had the intestinal fortitude to pass such a law. It is amazing how all those anti gun groups got on the band wagon about all the bad stuff that they KNEW would happen......

So why don't we hear about it, cause it didn't and won't happen.
Yet has anyone heard them apologize or retract their baseless statements. NO!

I do believe Michigan just recently passed the same type of law. Need more State to do it.

Answer 9

Well, I think ordinary people should own handguns...after all, the criminals and abnormal people do.

How else are they going to protect themselves? Rely on the police?? What if they live out in a rural area?? Or far away from the doughnut shoppe? Police have difficulty responding to their emergency in time to help.

Answer 10

Yes they should.
If criminals can have guns, why shouldn't those of us who only want to protect ourselves and our property be able to have one?
It's hard to protect yourself if you have to bring a knife to a gun fight, and utterly ridiculous to do so.
It could also act a deterrent to criminals if they had to worry about a home owner having a weapon in the house that could be used to prevent the crime.
I don't have a gun in the house, it'd take months of back ground checks and safety courses for me to get one legally, (something I'm sure the criminal has to go through also), but I do have a baseball bat and I know how to use it. No permits, no back ground checks, no safety courses required. It only takes one good swing and hit to the knees or belly to get my point across. (Luckily, I've never had to do that, but it's nice to know that it's always within reach should I need it).
And I don't know about anyone else, but should some one break into my home, the one thought I'm NOT having is 'non-lethal weapon'. What? I want to tickle the criminal with a feather? No! I want to bash his head or shoot him to protect myself. I'd have to assume he's there for ill reasons and not to have coffee and cake with me, since he's there uninvited.

Answer 11

Start revamping the constitution and it's about time!
I think that non- lethal weapons for protection could solve most gun issues but there is still the little problem of the !st ammendmment ?