Topic: What is human freedom?
Many people, both pro-gun and pro-gun control talk about freedom all
the time but nobody has actually taught about it critically and apply it in the
debate of gun control policies in our society. Pro-gun people believe that the
implementation of gun-control policies is an infringement on human
freedom. Human freedom? 'Very interesting'. We leave in a democratic
society and when we think of democracy, what comes in mind is
government of the people. Therefore decisions are made based on a majority
vote or opinion. Some issues need not be debated or contested in my
opinion. Strict gun-control policies are one of those. We should look around
us and see what 250 millions guns in American streets has done to us, then
take action. Any society that does not implement gun-control policies has
opened a wide door for societal violence and random murders. When the
citizens of nation no longer feel very free to move around at certain time of
the day because of the fear of being gunned down by some lunatic with a
gun, that is what I call infringement of human freedom.
What are the benefits of allowing people to own guns? And what are the
costs? Some people argue self-defense: an individual, becomes defenseless
if attacked by an armed person, and I say, we would not have a lot of armed
people if gun-control policies were in place. A persuasive pro-gun had
argued one time with the story " A woman is alone in the house, she hears an
intruder downstairs plotting to rape and kill her, without a gun, she is dead."
This is probably true but it lacks the big picture analysis. How often does
this scenario happen? We can not compare it to the certainty of another
13,000 corpses and 100,000 injuries a year. They also argued that guns
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