Gun Control Argumentative Analysis

Over the past couple of years, there have been multiple views over gun control. There are pros and cons for each side, but the side that I’m for is pro-gun. One of the main reasons I’m pro-guns is because, I feel a sense of security when I know someone could eliminate a threat with a gun. Just recently I came across an article on Facebook where a preteen girl had a shotgun to defend herself from a robber. The robber immediately fled the house when he saw the girl with the gun, without knowledge if she could operate it or not. The point is, the presence of a gun is more positive than no gunNumerous people that are for gun control usually have this opinion, “To gun control opponents, advocates are naive in their faith in the power of regulation

to solve social problems, bent on disarming the American citizen for ideological or social reasons, and moved by irrational hostility toward firearms and gun enthusiasts.” (Congressional Digest). So in other words, people that are for gun control think that pro-gun advocates are ignorant and take everything to the extreme. Some of which is true, but the majority is reasonable about some of the procedures for safe gun owning and operating. Such as background checks along with gun operating classes. Another good idea for gun control would to have some sort of class for storing guns and keeping them away from children. Yes, it may be expensive for all of these classes and regulations but, it is worth the safety of our society?
As I was referring to my pervious paragraphs, a majority of the adults, including gun owners, that support common sense of gun control such as bans on assault weapons, bans on high-capacity magazines, and background checks.

According to the research Pew survey in March 2013, 83 percent of all adults surveyed, and 79 percent of gun-owners; 86 percent of people living with a gun-owner; and 74 percent of NRA households, approved of background checks for private and gun-show sales. As much as 40 percent of all gun sales are undocumented private party gun sales that do not require a background check, otherwise known as the "gun show loophole". 56 percent of all people surveyed approve of assault weapon bans and 53 percent of all the people surveyed approve of high-capacity magazine bans. 90 percent of the people with a gun in their home approved of laws to prevent the purchase of guns by the mentally ill, and 60 percent approved of a federal database to track gun sales. Don Macalady, member of Hunters against Gun Violence, stated, "As a hunter and someone who has owned guns since I was a young boy, I believe that commonsense gun legislation makes us all safer. Background checks prevent criminals and other dangerous people from getting guns." Coming from someone who has been around guns his whole life, having so much experiment in the gun field, he is very wise with his words and I fully agree with

Macalady.
Being pro-guns doesn’t mean that I’m completely against any type of gun control, but I am entirely against the banishment of guns for the everyday citizen. I think to own a gun their has to be some of regulations, some of which including: Can’t Have mental disabilities, no criminal record, and attend at least a six hour gun safety class after purchasing the gun. “Gun polls taken in the wake of Sandy Hook understandably and predictably report that public support for stricter gun control has generally risen since the incident, but support for more specific types of policies is less clear, and that there is little support for outright bans of any specific type of weapon such as handguns or “assault weapons”.”(La Valle). There has been many conspiracy about the government setting up sandy hook just to show Americans how dangerous the use of guns are, but also how dangerous the use of guns are to people with mental problems can be.
Pro gun control is mainly for the Democratic party, while the pro gun side is the Republicans. Democrats have been pushing for a change in reviving the gun control policy, with the midterm election campaign, using gun control as their main focus. “When you don’t pass background checks, it’s just more likely that someone will get their hands on an illegal gun and use it to kill their neighbors, or their class mates.” (Murphy). This is also very true. People who are not authorized should not be around armed weapons, but then again that’s what most people go after. But if we put guns to an end, people will just want it more because it’s illegal. It’s the fact that they want what they can’t have, makes the people want it even more than before.
All together both sides have good points, but you can’t take the constitutional rights from the everyday citizen. I agree that there has to be regulations and limitations on owning a gun. I agree that back ground checks should be a huge factor in buying a gun, but when it comes to protection, it seems like its coming to the point where anyone and everyone feels the need to have a gun for their own safety. Referring back to my first paragraph, just knowing the little girl had a gun, the intruder felt inferior to the teen. Not knowing if she truly knew how to operate the gun. Our society condemns guns automatically because the mentally unstable has a chance to get their hands on a gun a do the unthinkable. As the old saying goes, “fight fire with fire”, same goes with guns. You have to be able to fight back and be able to protect yourself when the situation rises.