Firearms in America

             Firearms in America: An Invitation to Murder
             Every 2 years since 1988, more Americans are slayed due to gunshot on their own soil
             than the entire number of American casualties during the Vietnam War. The time has come that
             we realize the fact that firearms are unnecessary to civilians and should be forbidden. While many
             pro-gun activists allege that firearm issues need not be dealt with at this time, that everything is
             fine, they are gravely mistaken. With an estimated two hundred fifty million firearms currently
             circulating in America, attributed to over thirty-six million deaths per year, it is our obligation as
             citizens of humanity to put an end to the needless deaths, while we have the chance. These
             pro-gun activists, such as the NRA (National Rifle Association), are convinced the right to bear
             arms is inalienable and an important part of the American culture, and should not change. They will
             also argue that having many guns in a country acts as a deterrent to crime; having iron bars on a
             window and car alarms can be likened to guns, all being means of protection. In a last attempt to
             win their argument, one may plead that the simple fact is not that the firearm is bad, but rather the
             media, which glorifies and ennobilizes the use of firearms against each other. Controversely, any
             human being possessing a faith in the mental stability of our race would take time out to think and
             realize that these activists make sense only to the ill-minded. The Amendments to the United
             States Constitution were written in 1791, and the lifestyles of Americans have made day to night
             changes in the past two hundred years. In this day and age, when nearly all people live in
             urbanized areas, the chance of attack by an animal is nearly non-existent. Furthermore, prior to the
             day when guns became an everyday item, bank robberies did not exist. The minute guns were
             invented, murder became all the more easy, gi...

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