REFLECTION JOURNAL 4 -- A SAFER COUNRTY WITH GUNS

At first sight, taking the measures to expand gun control or making the gun use illegal may be seen as a logical decision. The people whose children were killed in an attack may strictly want to abolish the right to have guns because they may express their thoughts based on their emotions. However, the opponents of the gun control in the Senate of America rejected the measures to expand the gun control. Although some proponents for the gun control are angry or sad about the decision, it is more logical for some reasons in my opinion.

First of all, restrictions for guns may make the use of the guns attractive. According to the research, when Americans learned that the government may take some measures to expand the gun control, the rate of gun sales reached at the record level. Unlike the popular belief, this obviously shows us that only the possibility of restrictions for guns made the sales of the guns increase. As for background checks, there are already some checks in America, but the criminals or insane people do not obey them. When the background checks are stricter than now, there will be no change for them at all. The strict checks will just lead to have guns harder for the victims. Any restrictions for gun just make victims vulnerable.

Secondly, people need to protect themselves, and they can do this thanks to guns like handguns and the possibility of carrying guns. When the criminals have a gun, the victims cannot protect themselves through anything else except for guns. If the victims have handguns, they can be in a better position. It is almost impossible to take all the guns from all the criminals back or prevent them from taking guns, so the best solution may be to help victims to take and carry guns. The possibility or suspect of carrying guns may also protect victims. If a criminal does not know whether the victim has a gun or not, then the criminal has to think twice before he attacks to the victim. For example, a woman who is outside at night for any reason may be comfortable thanks to her gun and the criminal who intends to attack or assault to her dare not to do this just because he is not sure about whether she can defend herself or not. Not only guns but also the possibility of carrying them may protect victims especially women better than anything else even laws.

All in all, instead of the expanding gun control, the government should encourage the citizens to have and carry concealed guns. Restrictions for guns do not decrease the crime rate. On the contrary, they just increase crimes and give advantages to criminals. The guns and the possibility of carrying guns are a better protector than laws in my opinion. Therefore, in order to protect ourselves, we need to carry guns regardless of the claims of the proponents of the gun control.