l others have failed. You are legally required and obligated to even leave your house by fleeing out a back door for instance, rather than shoot someone who is intruding. Again, FBI reports have confirmed that out of 21,597 people murdered in 1995, 12,066 were done with handguns, and only 179 of those were justified. This is just another alarming and unfortunate statistic we must confront. (gunfree.org) Should we blame guns or people for deaths and killing? Do guns kill people, or do people kill people? There really is no either/or scenario. Both people and their guns are to blame. Without people, guns wouldn’t be fired, but with guns the efficiency of killing is profoundly increased. “The most prevalent form of handgun death in America isn’t murder but suicide.” Other means of suicide such as knives, razor blades, gas or pills are not going to be such an efficient and absolute killing tool. The truth is that “handguns however, [in comparison] lend themselves well to spontaneity.” How can human prosperity and health be promoted with the existence of such a *censored*ed up weapon? Take this seriously. “Everyday fifteen children in the U.S. are killed by guns”. Or what do you think about the fact that “every year, more than 24,000 Americans are killed – whether by homicide, suicide, or accident – with handguns (Rosen 178-179).” There is no denying that guns are a paramount contributor of human destruction. In attempting to control guns or eliminate their use and existence, we would find that “most gun owners have more than one gun, and 70 percent have at least three (America 3).” There are also “more than two million weapons churned out by gun manufacturers every year. Add that to the estimated two-hundred million firearms already in private hands” and it could be a difficult task to achieve either short-term or long-term goals I have stated. T...
