Revision-Should Civilians Possess Guns Legally? Definitely Not

The issue of whether civilians can possess firearms legally has been controversial for a long time. This agenda undergoes severe arguments in the gun-friendly countries, especially in the U.S. Civilians of countries with unsteady public security claim that they strongly need the firearms to protect themselves. Otherwise, they may be killed and die hopelessly. On the other hand, some people consider possessing firearms dangerous for every individual and the whole society, except for the police or militia because it will make killing easier. With the outburst of the incident of Virginia Tech, the U.S. government starts to think whether it is a good idea for civilians to own a gun. In my opinion, I disagree that civilians could own a gun legally because of the increasing gunshot victims, gunshot accident, and suicide problem.

Gun involved crimes often result in lethal death. According to the Jeffrey A. Roth’s Firearms and Violence Report, NIJ Research, almost sixty percent of murder victims, which are about twelve thousand people, are killed by deadly firearms. With the increase of crime rate, the number of the victims killed by gunshot rises year by year. For those who are seriously injured by firearm attacks, though not dead, some of them suffer from life-long illness or permanent disability. Beside the increasing victims, free access to guns makes the situation even worse. In Arizona, U.S., it is legal for civilians to won a gun for self-protection. However, last year, a student of University of Arizona shot three professors and killed himself only because he failed the test. Together with the incident of Virginia Tech, it gives us an alert that maybe we should deny civilians’ rights of possessing dangerous firearms.

Although the original purpose of possessing a gun is self-defense, more and more people die in accidental shooting. The firing mechanism of most of the guns nowadays is not well-designed. The trigger is very easy to pull, so even a five-year-old kid will be able to shoot. As the result, some people would get hurt by accidental shootings. Moreover, the NIJ Research informs us that a gun kept in the house is forty-three times more likely to kill a member of the household or a friend by accident. Besides accidental shootings, the phenomenon of using firearms to commit suicide within a gun present household is five times more than those without guns. Ironically, guns, whose original purpose is to protect human life, become the tool of suicide. Once guns are used, it would definitely lead to user’s lethal death. I can’t understand why we should have such a dangerous weapon in our house. The U.S. government should take immediate action to prevent the situation from happening.

No matter how severe anti-gunner criticizes the possession of guns, a lot of people still insist on owing firearms for the purpose of self-defense. Self-defense is commonly cited as the reason to possess firearms and about forty percent of the gun owners purchase guns for this reason. Indeed, the NIJ Research shows us that murder victims who defend themselves with guns are less likely to report being injured than those defend themselves with other means or take no protection measure at all. With guns, victims can protect themselves but not wait to die hopelessly. Also, sometimes it is too late when the police and investigator come to rescue them. Moreover, no matter how strict the gun possession legislation may be, the villains will always get a gun. One gun dealer in New York claims that more than half of the legally purchased guns make their way into the illegal market. Seeing that strict law can’t avoid felon and criminal from obtaining guns, pro-gunners declare the need of possessing a gun for civilians is necessary.

Whether civilians could own a gun is still under severe argument in the U.S. Though I disagree to have citizens possess gun legally, if the law eventually passes and civilians could own a gun legally, I think it should be legalized under certain circumstances. The national system for registering gun and ammunition would be a good example. In the U.S., different states have different laws. Even though people are unable to get firearms in one state, they can still get them “legally” in another. Besides the system, stiffer sentence for gun crime, instant background checks of purchasers, and gun education are preconditions to allow civilians to possess firearms legally.

Book review

Recently, I read the book named “To Kill the Mocking Bird.” Though I read it because our final exam of introduction to novel requires it, I get a lot of reflection after reading.

It talks about the life of Jem, Scout, and Atticus Finch and the people in their neighborhood. The most important issue is discusses is the coexistence of good and evil and the problem between the black and white. Jem and Scout often regard a person good if he or she doesn’t show any evil to them and consider somebody bad if there is somebody speaks ill of them. Kids often see the things from the surface but don’t explore its inner value. Therefore, they would have the misconception before they really know somebody. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, teaches them that you have to put yourself into other’s shoe, then, you will be able to see thing much clear than ever.

Though the law tells us that everybody is born equal, there is still the existence of social inequality. In the novel, Atticus defends for an innocent Negro against a sinful white people, everybody in town knows his notorious fame. However, at the end, the Negro is still convicted guilty by the jury. What if he is a white, and then the situation would be totally different. This kind of phememnon also exists within our modern society. The rich gets greater power. The politician gets greater influence. We have no way but to accept it since this situation has been hereditary from time to time. We people just have to behave well and do what we should do. Then, we need not to afraid of any threat

My leisure time

My close friend would know me as the hand-crafts mania. If I get some leisure time, I would spend the time to do something I like especially hand-craft. Recently, the teacher of my art and life class asks us to present something of our own creation. After some times of consideration, I decide to make rose out of paper and give it to my brother since he graduates this June. However, once I start to find the procedure of making a rose, I can’t help but click somebody’s blog because the teddy bear she makes is so attracting. Therefore, besides the rose for my brother, I make a teddy bear for myself. Besides hand-crafts, I would like to have time thinking about how to arrange my room in the more organized way. I find it hard to store small things such as scissor and my hand-craft stuff such as beans and paper for decoration. Therefore, I surf the internet for a way out. I spend about a hour surfing the internet and another hour to put those things in the right place. Eventually, I find out that most of my leisure time is spending on the internet searching for information and shopping online. Instead of regarding myself as the hand-crafts mania, I would say that I just have an addiction to internet and can’t help leaving it. It’s really important to control you time and do not waste it on meaningless thing. If I can do that, my leisure time would allow me to do more things that are beneficial to me.