.jpg)
Gun Control and a viable solution
We know that handguns will not be banned because it is written in the Constitution of the United States of America
Handguns are simply “necessary evils”. One needs it to protect life.
The mishandling of handguns is another story, or per say, many stories. Lawmakers can just do so much. We have laws already created about who can and cannot purchase handguns. As a matter of fact, we have laws of all sorts directing people from properly handling guns, to prosecution for those who mishandle it.
This subject will not be resolved, and a viable solution is to put it in a shelf. Let’s not waste time and money discussing a subject matter that has been in courts for as long as it was written. No agreement will ever be reached when dealing with matters of life and death, and a handgun provokes to the owner this type of power.
Each individual has to see this matter as a personal matter, and act accordingly.
I am the type of person who is afraid of handguns because I have never been exposed to one personally, and to this date, fired a handgun of any sort. I have no interest what-so-ever in anything related to guns. Maybe because I am pro life in all senses, I do not see the need to have a gun to protect my property. I live less than five minutes away from the police station, who is equipped with everything necessary to protect me. I just need to dial 911 and let things take place from there. Even if I hang up the phone, they trace that call, and immediately send someone over to check. I have given my rights of carrying a gun to the police a long time ago. But it is not, necessarily the case of others. Some people carry the “gene of a gun”, and no one can take it away from them. They see it as a hobby or they can not sleep if they do not feel protected by a handgun in their room.
Yes, we need to improve the “check up” and reinforce laws already in existence about who is allowed to purchase it. But let’s not forget that they come from all over the world. They are not even registered. Gun business is a big business that will survive with or without laws because many people are interested in it. It is impossible to control everything that arrives in the country, when customs has conflicting interests. It is impossible to make everyone happy discussing a subject as broad as gun control.
The means of communication should not exaggerate. The attention should be normal, if not, minimal, considering that no solution is coming soon enough. Tragedies will occur in any sense in life. People lose control; people snap; people get infuriated with others; people want attention, and people want money.
Certain subject matters should not be so exaggerated by the media. The media is always reporting about something with no solution that has as many people in favor as it has against it. The media should rest its case. It means that it can not be resolved at this place and time, and as communicators the media should simply treat this case as another case we can not agree upon right now.
One day in the future we will be well equipped, maybe living in a cashless society, where transactions will be done differently, and a proper way of identification will emerge, and no one will carry a gun for protection of being robbed. Maybe we create handguns that do not kill for the first 12 hours and allow citizens to purchase for individual protection, with the responsibility of reporting usage of the gun as soon as it went off.
We need more ideas of how to live in this society with all types of people. We need more ideas of how to protect ourselves, our neighborhood, and ultimately, we should have a handgun that would not kill, but paralyze for a period of time without death. This viable solution maybe, could satisfy the Greeks and the Trojans.
The information below was taken partially from http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp
Handgun A weapon designed to fire a small projectile from one or more barrels when held in one hand with a short stock designed to be gripped by one hand.
Revolver A handgun that contains its ammunition in a revolving cylinder that typically holds five to nine cartridges, each within a separate chamber. Before a revolver fires, the cylinder rotates, and the next chamber is aligned with the barrel.
Pistol Any handgun that does not contain its ammunition in a revolving cylinder. Pistols can be manually operated or semiautomatic. A semiautomatic pistol generally contains cartridges in a magazine located in the grip of the gun. When the semiautomatic pistol is fired, the spent cartridge that contained the bullet and propellant is ejected, the firing mechanism is cocked, and a new cartridge is chambered.
Derringer A small single- or multiple-shot handgun other than a revolver or semiautomatic pistol.
Rifle A weapon intended to be fired from the shoulder that uses the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.
Shotgun A weapon intended to be fired from the shoulder that uses the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger.
Aggravated assault
(1) Intentionally and without legal justification causing serious bodily injury, with or without a deadly weapon or (2) using a deadly or dangerous weapon to threaten, attempt, or cause bodily injury, regardless of the degree of injury, if any. It includes attempted murder, aggravated battery, felonious assault, and assault with a deadly weapon.
Robbery Completed or attempted theft, directly from a person, of property or cash by force or threat of force, with or without a weapon, and with or without injury.
Simple assault Attack without a weapon resulting either in no injury, minor injury (for example, bruises, black eyes, cuts, scratches or swelling) or in undetermined injury requiring less than 2 days of hospitalization. Also includes attempted assault without a weapon.
To obtain information of facts visit http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp
