The second amendment indicates that “a well regulated Militia, being necessary of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” In other words, this amendment empowers people the right to bear arms. This amendment was ratified in 1791, which people have been granted this right for a long time. However, a recent tragedy brings people to think: do we need to repeal the second amendment?
Bret Stephens in The New York Times indicates “more guns means more murder,” and which, “more guns means less safety.” He provided a few data in his article to support his opinion as to repeal the second amendment, and I totally agree with him. There exist people who say that they bear arms to ensure their own safety; nevertheless, I do not see it as a valid argument. Imagine people live in a country where no one is allowed to carry arms with the exception of military and police force. Murder cases may still happen in that society, yet there will not be one like the massacre in Las Vegas. Guns are the most powerful and destructive weapon one can carry around; thus, if nobody is permitted to bear arms, there is no necessity for one to concern his or her safety related to gun shooting.Knowing everyone else has the same right to bear arms certainly raises the anxiety: one may feel panic and worry when going to public events, and one in such country that ban gun usage will not.
Take China as an example. One question on Quora was posed, “do people feel safe in China?” Generally speaking, no country is always safe; however, the majority of the response under that question was a “yes.” Though there are numerous factors, many of those respondents mention how the ban of gun usage promotes their sense of security. Chuli Deng stated several instances, and “the first is everybody in China can not hold a gun privately, and we never feel we need it to protect ourselves.” As a Chinese citizen myself, I partially agree with this answer; we still need to have the self-protection awareness. But indeed, people in China often worry less about their own security issues when they go out. Their relieved feeling mainly comes from that no one concerns that he or she may got random shot based on the strict gun control system.
Gun shooting accidents have become a serious problem. In the website Aftermath® it stated, “according to the Centers for Disease Control, there were 130,557 deaths in 2013 from unintentional injuries, the 4th ranking cause of death in 2013 overall.” The New York Times author Stephens calls it as “self-destruction,“ which the intentional and unintentional occurrences of shooting accidents have become a leading factor of deaths. Government can grant people the right to bear arm, yet not everyone can be trusted with arms. A lax policy on such destructive weapon will lead to more nightmares, maybe even worse than the Las Vegas case. There is no need for citizens to own any arm, for no one needs to concern about shooting if no other people except military and police has the right to keep weapons. Therefore, repealing the second amendment cannot do more harm but only benefits the citizens physically and mentally to have a sense of security.
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I like your insight Judy how you brought gun safety control of two different the countries and compared them together.
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