I bet most people
don’t know that more than ninety percent of guns in households are used for
murderous attempts, murders, suicidal attempts, or suicides. I bet most people don’t know that New Orleans
has ten times the deaths per one
hundred thousand people than the United States average. I bet most people don’t know at all about
most of the damage guns have caused. Peter
Menge, a resident of New Orleans, tells me these facts. Menge also says that America is number one in
gun ownership: “…88.8 guns per 100 people. Compare this to Germany which ranks
#15 at 30.3 guns per 100 people and you begin to see just how many guns there
are in the USA.”
I know everyone
here just thinks of guns as part of American society. But have you ever thought of a society without guns? I mean really think about it, hard. Would life be that different? I don’t really think so except for maybe the
fact that on the news there would be about half the crimes done with guns than
there are now. Now think about it some
more- doesn’t it sound so good? Maybe
that would be real life if guns get banned.
Sure, you wouldn’t be able to go hunting. So what?
You can still have meat from local humane farms that are certified by
the government. And besides, you can
still go fishing. They’re not going to
ban fishing poles!
It is absolutely
fine if you don’t believe in banning guns.
That is your opinion. You think
that guns are part of your childhood, your life, everything! Don’t worry that they might get banned
because that probably won’t happen tomorrow.
Just maybe you shouldn’t keep them in your house because they could
cause a lot of damage. It would be fine
if you kept them in a place where you couldn’t easily reach them, out of your
house.
So think about it,
if you are out there reading this. Maybe
it sounds horribly wrong to you. Maybe
it sounds like a better tomorrow. I
don’t know. Just think about it, will
you? Because it actually could be better
in, say, twenty years.
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