Arguments Against CCW
Everyday, we wake up in our rooms peacefully, get up, and tend to our daily duties. Imagine you are shopping and have just gotten into line when a man with a gun walks in and points it at the cashier. He yells,” Give me all of the money or I with shoot you.” Unfortunately for the criminal, the man in front of you has pulled a gun from under his shirt and fired at him. But what if that man wasn’t allowed to carry a gun? Would an innocent life have been taken? Or would a criminal have gotten what he wanted, again? Everyday scenarios like this one actually come to pass. But still, there is an ongoing debate on whether we should or shouldn't have concealed carry of weapons(CCW) . While many people believe CCW shouldn’t be legal there are many reasons
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The second amendment says, ”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” notice it says militia. The definition of militia is,”A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.” if our guns and rights to carry them were taken away, our government would be ignoring the thing that made us a country. Our founding fathers couldn’t have created America, without first creating a militia to fend off England. Another piece of information is that every single one of the 50 states, of the United States of America, has passed either a shall-issue or may-issue law both allowing a citizen of america to gain possession of a gun and have it concealed on their body. This pretty much already makes it a lot of work to get rid of CCW, and that isn’t including other laws. The final piece of evidence for this reason come from a quote from one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, saying,”When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” That doesn’t really need much explaining. If the government were to take our weapons, our society would be ruled by tyrants. While some may argue that concealed weapons should not be legal because criminals can get their hands on them, it is much more true that if law-abiding citizen have weapons, they can protect themselves and those around them. Again, the survey referenced above shows that over 500,000 people used a weapon to scare off a criminal trying to injure them. These numbers would go up in a good way, because more people would have guns to scare people away, if they already have one at the ready for concealed
The second amendment says, ”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” notice it says militia. The definition of militia is,”A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.” if our guns and rights to carry them were taken away, our government would be ignoring the thing that made us a country. Our founding fathers couldn’t have created America, without first creating a militia to fend off England. Another piece of information is that every single one of the 50 states, of the United States of America, has passed either a shall-issue or may-issue law both allowing a citizen of america to gain possession of a gun and have it concealed on their body. This pretty much already makes it a lot of work to get rid of CCW, and that isn’t including other laws. The final piece of evidence for this reason come from a quote from one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, saying,”When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” That doesn’t really need much explaining. If the government were to take our weapons, our society would be ruled by tyrants. While some may argue that concealed weapons should not be legal because criminals can get their hands on them, it is much more true that if law-abiding citizen have weapons, they can protect themselves and those around them. Again, the survey referenced above shows that over 500,000 people used a weapon to scare off a criminal trying to injure them. These numbers would go up in a good way, because more people would have guns to scare people away, if they already have one at the ready for concealed