Gun Control

“I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period.” This rather bold statement was made by the award winning actor Charlton Heston and current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association. The NRA is a special interest group known by many. Its members are stereotyped to be a group of truck-driving, pompous, huntsmen. Indeed this is partially true, as 97% of …

…of a weapon. I believe that common sense should be used more in these issues, instead of statistics. Guns were invented hundreds of years ago. The purposes of weapons are to allow a small man to be as powerful as a big man. They were built to protect the weak from the strong. Guns restriction merely allows the stronger to conquer the weak, as was done in the day of the sword and spear (Peterson 10).