NRA...Guns Are Good!

The NRA (National Rifle Association) has been saying for years that guns are a good thing. I believe that guns are a good thing, they can protect people. Without guns we would be unprotected from harmful people. Sure, guns can kill people and when in the wrong hands they can cause a lot of damage, but when in the right hands they can be used for good. If you think about guns and our right to have them, that goes back to 1607 when Settlers came to Jamestown, VA. They needed guns to protect themselves from attacks and to get food. In the 1770s people in Willimasburg, VA needed guns to fight for Independence. in the 1860s guns were used to keep our Country together. After that they were used to keep people safe. Without guns in the house people could be killed or raped and killed when someone came into their home. People in the 1700s and 1800s didn't really have a problem with people running around shooting large groups of people, maybe because of the style of guns they had. Muskets and Springfield rifles were commonly used and they could do a lot of damage, but you had to reload them after you shot. Guns today are automatic which means you can fire many shots by using one cartridge. It's not the fact that we have guns that people are dying from them, it's the mass amouts of rounds you can fire to kill many people. If our army had the automatic rifles and people had Muskets or Springfield rifles than there maybe less deaths. Not to mention a lot of people would be happy to wear a tri-cornered hat or a Civil War cap (that wouldn't actually happen). People want to be able to protect themselves and their family and having guns is a method of protection. I'm not saying go out and stand watch in your front yard, but if someone breaks into your house you need a way to protect yourself. A lot of people down south have guns in their house and no one thinks anything of it except that they are used for hunting or protection. The people I have met wouldn't go out and bring their guns with them (call me a backwoods hick, but its true). People (normal ones at least) don't want to kill other people. Most people wouldn't think to kill anything, but some say they have a gun for protection and nothing more. I would never personally use a gun to kill, I wouldn't think "Oh if I shoot this intruder I'll kill him", if someone comes into my home and wants to harm me I'm going to think of my families lives and my own life, not the bad guy's. I think the only person that doesn't need a gun is Batman and his family. He's strong and can fight them off, but normal people wouldn't be able to fight off someone who is trying to harm you. Let's face it, none of us are Batman (at least I don't think anyone is...) we aren't going to think of fighting a bad guy, who could have a gun, with our bare hands. Guns are used for safty and they should be kept in homes. Our 2nd amendment says, "right to bare arms." we have a right to own guns and we need to use that right. Maybe they just need to edit it to say, "right to bare arms on one's own property." that way people won't go out and shoot a lot of people. That's what scared people about guns, the fact that people are going around and killing many people with one or two guns. If everyone had one rifle at home we wouldn't have such a big problem, it's hand guns that kill people. I think that people need to reconsider the topic of owning guns. We've had them for such a long time, we don't need to have them taken away, just don't let people buy hand guns anymore and I think we won't have such a HUGE problem with death by guns in this country. People are stupid and bring guns out in public with them and that is where the problem starts, leave it at home and we won't have as many gun deaths!

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