Essay On Gun Free Zone

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There’s a difference between safety and ignorance. True safety is doing everything in your power to protect the people of your country. Ignorance is thinking you have done something good for your country, even though after lots of recent events, there is evidence against that claim. After hundreds of killings, you would of thought that the government would have done something to protect the innocent people inside gun-free zones. But they haven’t. Don’t you think after multiple repetitions of the same event, that SOMEONE would have wanted to change something to try and stop mass shooters that target gun-free zones? Well, you are wrong. The government is OK with shooters walking with their guns into gun-free zones and killing innocent, unarmed …show more content…

This issue affects everyone because at least every person has been inside a gun-free zone in their life. They were law-abiding and didn’t have a gun on them, and were susceptible to an attack from a criminal who snuck in a gun. It is important because gun-free zones strip us of our right to bear arms (2nd Amendment, Bill Of Rights, U.S. Constitution). Inside of The Second Amendment, it states “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”, which means that all people should have the right to carry a gun with them at all times, and that the government can’t restrict that right even though they already are. Every United States citizen has rights given to them by The Bill Of Rights, one of which is our individual right to keep guns. Our Founding Fathers wrote this into the Bill Of Rights so that everyone can defend themselves, and if the government were to become too powerful, the citizens could overthrow or change the government by force, with their guns. All of the citizens in the United States have the individual right to own guns, to have enough power to overthrow the government. I believe that the government thinks they are helping the common good, when in reality, they aren’t. Would it be better to be in a place where you can carry a gun to defend

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