Dear Americans,
Every American’s right to bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment. It is well within the rights of every American to execute their constitutional rights. As Americans, there is not a uniform consensus on gun safety across the nation. On one side, some citizens may feel that guns are violent tools created at the hands of men that should be outlawed so that guns do not fall into the hands of innocent children or citizens with malicious intentions to rob and do harm to other citizens. While others feel that firearms are harmless until in the hands of citizens with malicious intent and that it is the work of a few people that ruin the freedoms for the populace at large. Both sides express indomitable truths. Unequivocally, there is not a uniform consensus regarding firearms and fire safety awareness. It could be safe to say that some of the population does not want anything to do with guns, while to others thoroughly enjoy all things related to firearms and educate themselves fully on their specifications and capabilities.
Who serves a greater danger? Is it the population that remains [willfully] ignorant to their knowledge of firearms or the side of the population actively engaging in their constitutional right as well as educating themselves and one another on guns and gun safety? How much of the mishandling and fear of guns derives from the lack of understanding of the very tools create by men themselves? Or can carelessness accompany overconfidence? Where do most the casualties lie? Is it with the ill-informed or the well-equipped?
So, the question stands at the center of controversy, should the public have access to firearms? I believe both sides offer strong points of support. I agree that without guns existing nationwide, would citizens have a true need for a firearm? The Second Amendment was made during a time when the average person more of a need for a firearm, (hunting and protection from dangerous animals, reckless militia). But has that need been translated as a need of modernity? What does your average citizen need a firearm for, aside from fending off the hypothetical robber? On the contrary, the existence of the Second Amendment directly supports the rights to pursue the “preservation of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” For some Americans, defense from the threats that exist, both foreign and domestic, as well as foraging and hunting for their seasonal meats are direct needs in accordance with the “preservation of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Who is another human being to quantify and define another being’s happiness? That one word has a different meaning for most every being on the face of the planet. The removal of this amendment would directly contradict with our constitutional liberty. I suggest that all of America educates its citizens on gun safety, stop the glorification of gun violence in popular culture and implement stricter regulations on how can receive a gun and how many a person is allowed to carry. Does the average, peaceful citizen need a small weapons cache for? Maybe the impending zombie apocalypse.
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