In “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns”, Molly Ivins made good points on why guns should be banned in America. However, I strongly disagree with her. Our Founding Fathers, based on their experiences with the British, purposely made the Second Amendment so that we can protect ourselves if tyranny forms again. Guns not only protect us from possible tyranny, but also from murderers and burglars. We have the right to protect ourselves and our families, and that is what the Founding Fathers wanted. Molly Ivins said that guns only kill; however, it gives us security from dangerous people. Banning guns will lead to more violence in America. Our culture is so used to guns, that banning them will shift our country. The outcome will became the same as the when the 18th Amendment was ratified, which prohibited alcohol. The outcome included the forming of the black market and mafias, and riots. If our country bans guns, people will riot and they will find a way to smuggle in guns. When the people smuggle in guns, what will happen to the ones who do not have guns? Molly Ivins said that “any fool can pick up a gun and kill with it”, but we would all use it if our lives depended on it. The Founding Fathers made the Second Amendment for a reason, so that we have to right to protect ourselves. Banning guns interferes with it, and will shift our country and its democracy.
I strongly disagree with Jonothan on his assumption that the banning pf guns would first impede on our Second Amendment right, and second that people would be so arrogant as to keep bringing in guns from elsewhere. The Second Amendment was made for a well organized militia, a man inside his house with a M-4 Assualt Rifle is not a well organized militia. A 14 year old kid with an AK-47 shooting up a rival gang is not a well organized militia. The Founding Fathers did recognize the fact that the people needed to be protected, but they realized that we could not be trusted to do it on our own. A well organized militia is created and handled by the States and the Government and is trained as such. Though I have little faith in the goodness of humanity, I do believe that something as revolutionary as stopping the use of deadly firearms would force the American people to think and act upon it in a positive way. If we could all just realize the dangers of guns and their effect on us as people then we could get past all the controversy behind it. These are the simple, though painful, facts. The Constitution can be interpreted loosely, but there are some things that the Founding Fathers meant to be very clear about.
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