Trevor Ryals
24 November 2012
‘‘You can’t take
our guns”
Hardison
You could say
there is too much violence in the streets today. You could say there are too
many criminals in the streets today. You could even say that there are too many
guns in the hands of criminals today.
But when you say that the gun is the reason for all this violence I have to
disagree.
Guns do not kill
and hurt people, people hurt people. Taking guns away from people violent or
not, is not going to fix the issues with murders and other gun related crimes.
I shouldn’t have to remind you that criminals are where they are today because
they broke the law. If you take guns away from all people, really you are just
taking guns away from innocent people. Just because it is written on paper to
not have a gun is not going to stop a rapper, robber, real gangster, or a thug
from getting their hands on a gun. In MLK’s writing on page 270 he says “T.S.
Elliot says there is no greater treason than to do the right thing for the
wrong reason.” This is doing something with a good idea but it just will not
work.
I believe owning a
gun is the most American thing we can hold on to today. It is our protection
from opposing nations, our defense when times get rough. It is our symbol of
strength and independence. It gives off intimidation to the bad, while giving
strength to the weakest link of our nation. It is what won our freedom from
European nations, what kept our freedom from in the world wars, and tomorrow
just down the road it is what is going to keep us the best nation in the world.
It gives American
teenagers an alternative from bad hobbies, and gets them outdoors. I know from
my personal experience I wouldn’t be the
same today without the tradition my dad has passed down to me. He took
me deer hunting when I could not even hold my gun up on my own. He would tell
me the history behind each worn out gun, tell me every person that looked down that cold worn out barrel while I
pressed it against my cheek. He would
tell me how each of the guns was a tradition in its own way, and when I held it
I was part of its legend. To me, when you try to take my guns you are taking
away my past. When you snatch them up you are breaking a tradition that is
older than the United States itself.
The 2nd
amendment written 1791 in the US
constitutions states that the US will protect the rights of the individual to
keep and bear firearms. We as a nation made this amendment part of our
foundation. Taking away one of the rights we have today as a free nation is the
most wrong and un-American things the leaders of this country could do. You are
not messing with sissy princesses drinking coffee and strolling through the
park when you go against America. Like King said in a letter from Birmingham
City Jail “I hope this letter finds you strong in the faith.” Because, here we stand up for what we believe, God, family, and our
guns!
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