Argumentative Essay: It's Not A Gun Control Problem

“It’s not a gun control problem, it’s a cultural control problem.” -Bob Barr

Many people think that guns should be banned/under control. This is wrong, would you ever blame a spelling mistake on your pencil? No, you would blame it on yourself because you are the one who did it. The same goes with guns, killing someone is more extreme than a spelling mistake, but it is the same kind of context. People kill other people using guns, guns don’t control themselves, it’s the person who pulls the trigger that is doing the controlling.

The guns aren’t the ones doing the killing, it’s the people. Society likes to blame things on the gun by making gun control laws. Think of it this way, in court murderers are put on trial, not the gun, because that

gun is just an accessory to the murderer. Also, when someone talks about a murder, they say who killed the person, not that the gun killed the person.
I’m not saying that there should be no gun control laws at all I’m just saying that too many can lead to even more crime. “Once guns are outlawed, only outlaws have guns.” -Anon
If guns ever were to be banned, only the bad people would have the guns and more killings would happen because people don’t have anything to protect themselves.

People should have guns only for protection because when you call the police they won’t be there in just a matter of seconds.

Criminals love gun control because it makes their job safer. If people don’t have guns to protect themselves against these criminals then criminals can get away with everything. But before one gets a gun they should do research on guns and educate themselves on how to be safe handling a gun and how to properly use a gun and how to store a gun in the proper way and place. Being a safe gun owner is a big responsibility. Possessing a gun should not be a transgression, it should be a privilege.

This all matters because society should think more about people’s safety for the future and not just for the moment. Murders happen because lack of safety and the safety a person needs could be a gun. On the topic of wanting to be safe and being a gun owner comes hand-in-hand because becoming a gun owner means you have to have knowledge on how to own a gun, like you have to learn how to own a dog. Being safe with guns, around guns, and with owning guns are all very important and are something everyone should learn more about. To put this essay in short, guns don’t kill people, people

do.