Guns Pros And Cons
A gun, like any other item, cannot work itself. It is therefore necessary to differentiate its key purpose from the finality imposed on it by its user. A firearm is scientifically speaking a bullet launcher and, like any weapon, since it is indeed a weapon, its primary and intrinsic purpose is to serve as a means of attacking or defending, or more clearly of hurt or kill. Rendering the Washington Post, more than 270 million firearms are in circulation in the United States. Per Latitude news, this represent the equivalent of 88 rifles per 100 Americans, making it the most armed people in the world. The ratio of firearms is two and a half times higher than in Canada and six times higher than in Australia. Laws are particularly flexible in the
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New York is perhaps the most severe city since it prohibits a normal citizen from having a weapon, even for his personal defense. Licensing is at the sole discretion of the New York Police Department and is very difficult to obtain. Florida became the first state in 1987 to issue permits authorizing the purchase and carrying of weapons under certain conditions. A "weapon" is defined more broadly in Florida than in Georgia: it includes the firearm, the knife and more.
One of the main arguments of the pro-guns is that it is because there is not enough weapons that there is violence. As one of the favorite slogans of the National Rifle Association, a powerful pro-gun lobby, summed up: "How do you stop a dirty guy armed with a gun? With a good guy armed with a gun ".
Per firearms supporters, if any individual was armed, there would be no killings. "Should we allow weapons to protect the offices?" A CNN reporter asked in the aftermath of the Charleston killing. Charles L. Cotton, a member of the board of directors of the very powerful NRA, even went so far as to question Pastor Clementa Pinckney, who died under the bullets of the killer, and his anti-arms
New York is perhaps the most severe city since it prohibits a normal citizen from having a weapon, even for his personal defense. Licensing is at the sole discretion of the New York Police Department and is very difficult to obtain. Florida became the first state in 1987 to issue permits authorizing the purchase and carrying of weapons under certain conditions. A "weapon" is defined more broadly in Florida than in Georgia: it includes the firearm, the knife and more.
One of the main arguments of the pro-guns is that it is because there is not enough weapons that there is violence. As one of the favorite slogans of the National Rifle Association, a powerful pro-gun lobby, summed up: "How do you stop a dirty guy armed with a gun? With a good guy armed with a gun ".
Per firearms supporters, if any individual was armed, there would be no killings. "Should we allow weapons to protect the offices?" A CNN reporter asked in the aftermath of the Charleston killing. Charles L. Cotton, a member of the board of directors of the very powerful NRA, even went so far as to question Pastor Clementa Pinckney, who died under the bullets of the killer, and his anti-arms