Being Much Safer

Amjad Roboey
Dived Pearson
G/W 6
April 29, 2007

A week ago, the history of the U.S. changed when the dimwitted killer, as I like to call him, killed 32 people in Virginia. The killer got his gun as easy as getting a coke from a grocery store. This ease of carrying a gun causes a lot of trouble. Nowadays, people argue whether adults can carry guns or not as if they are brainless.

I strongly believe that people should not be allowed to bear arms. This right does nothing but increase the chance of violent accidents crimes. Many people think that guns are necessary because they can be used as protection at certain times. Everyone wants safety, but allowing more and more people to purchase guns will not help achieve this. Most of the people who commit violent crime, such as the man who killed students at Virginia Tech last week, had easy access to these guns. The person who sold the guns did not know the intentions of the shooter. There are so many people who buy guns that it is hard to separate the people with good intentions from those with bad intentions. However, if we could stop the selling of guns, then there would not be crimes and it would decrease the number of killings. Consequently, people will feel much safer so that they will not need to buy weapons.

Also, we have police to protect us in situations where we may be harmed. Having policemen everywhere for protection is a very helpful and a convenient resource. If the government wants legislating better safety systems in campuses, they should spread groups of policemen in all campuses. I certainly agree with Brendan Quirk who has interviewed by BBC. He stated, “you can’t control guns with more guns…” (Frei par 15). This is true. There really isn’t a point in having more guns. You will only increase violence. It is like the idiom, you cannot fight fire with fire.

There seems to be no solution right now to the issue of holding guns in Congress. It is not a simple to decide nether people can carry guns nor not. There are two strong sides for carrying guns and against it. According to the article Gun Laws Not Likely To Change, there are many political reasons in this issue. “Democrats have not said much on this issue because they might lose votes in areas that support guns” (Frei par 19). I think carrying guns is not a good idea. Therefore, this issue needs immediate attention. If nothing is done, we will see an increasing homicide rate. Government and societies need to do the best to avoid this problem and we.

Work Cited
Frei, Matt. “Gun Laws Not Likely To Chang.” Washington diary: Virginia shootings. Washington, BBC News. 26 Apr. 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6566763.stm

Best Wishes..
Amjad Roboey