A634.8.3.RB - Gun Control: What is the Answer?


A634.8.3.RB - Gun Control: What is the Answer?

Gun control is a hot topic that does not have a right or wrong answer because each person has his or her own view about guns. I am not bothered by owning a gun because I have a military background, which my job required me to carry one every night I was on duty, in addition; my husband is a police officer. This leaves little room for fear of owning one and I take all proper steps to learn, understand, and educate myself how to use one. However, not everyone shares this same thought process as I do and the extreme response is usually the outcome. First, there is the no one should own a gun they are dangerous attitude. Then, there is the group who just does not understand the need for owning a gun. What about the rational view of owning a gun?
LaFollette (2007) explained that if gun ownership were not a derivative right, it might still be bad policy to substantially restrict or abolish guns. In addition, there is a cost for enforcing the law of banning guns, which runs down a slippery slope because extreme measures would have to be taken in order to confiscate the guns from owners, then excessive efforts to force compliance would take place. As a result, LaFollette (2007) explained that such methods would never succeed and they would undermine the confidence of the public and support for all law.
Does this mean that I believe everyone should have the right to own a gun and citizens should be toting a gun all the time? No! Nevertheless, I do believe citizens should be educated, trained, and informed to make an effective decision if they should or should not own a gun. Salerno (2017) noted that in North Carolina, it is illegal to have a gun on school property, however; there is House Bill 612 that proposes a comprehensive firearms education course in which students learn the history, mathematics, and science related to firearms and safety. Opponents to the bill will argue that children are too young for this type of training but by federal law at 18, they can buy shotguns and rifles (Salerno, 2017). In such an instance as noted above, the training and education would help individuals from a young age to learn about guns to know if owning one would be in their best interest.
Education is the key to raising awareness about guns, the safety of using them, and proper training about a gun. Guns are not the problem; people are because a gun cannot pull the trigger on its own. Therefore, the irrational response for fear of guns lies in the person not the gun itself.

LaFollette, H. (2007). The Practice of Ethics. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Salerno, A. (2017). FIREARM EDUCATION AS A HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVE. Retrieved July 19, 2017, from The Equinox website: http://kscequinox.com/2017/04/firearm-education-as-a-high-school-elective/

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