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The Issue Of Gun Control

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Sitting at dinner with my very outspoken Grandpa, my strong opinionated father, and my presumptuous mother, is often a time of stress for my sisters and I. When you put too many hardheaded people together there is bound to be a quarrel. “I don’t know why you think I don’t have the right to protect myself,” My Grandpa would ramble to no one in particular after hearing something in the background on the TV. Eying my sister, who clearly wanted to say respond but was kicked under the table by my mother, my mind began to wonder about the debate of gun control in our country. Being around my family who believe that there is no question to it, everyone should have the right to bear arm, I had never let my mind think of the opposing side of this until recently. I was able to come up with a few reasons why I personally believe that US citizens should maybe not have the right to bear arm, including the fear correlated with the gun itself, the state of mind of those carrying the weapon and how easy it is for a gun to fall into the wrong hands. Sure, the Second Amendment does protect individual gun ownership, but this amendment was also ratified in 1791. We are in a very different day and age, where strict gun control laws will not necessarily work or are not yet in order. There is the aspect of fear that is correlated with a gun that seemed to catch my interest. When I walk into a public place and see a police officer with a gun strapped on his belt, I instantly feel safe. When I

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