Is gun really the answer?

[phatgirl123]

no guns is not but to some people it is.Law makers made it easy for the wrong people to get guns back in the day now its like a diease its spread .Guns should be used to protect your self and your family but some people used them to hurt other people just cause they can.

[R-g-R]

I believe that guns are never the answer. Look at all the anguish and heartache that guns are causing in your country. I am Australian and guns have not been an issue for years. It is peaceful and safe by comparison. Don’t all people want that for their countries?

[Paul78]

Part of the biggest problems in this world is having many guns in wrong hands. In our part of the continent, one writer said that majority of those licensed firearm holders have the following traits: They have fat wallets, fat egos, and empty heads.
That tells you where my stand on gun possession lies.

[Zilelabelle]

I think that our society is heading in a direction where guns are commonplace enough that everyone needs them. We aren’t there yet though. I believe cooler heads and better diplomacy still have a chance to allow us to ratchet down a few notches so we can be like our other first-world cousins who have better gun control and less gun violence.

[n-dai che]

It's a matter of personal responsiblity. We misuse what we have most of the time. Once we have something, if we can be good stewards of it, then sure, keep it. Sadly, that is not the case in our society.

But banning guns is not the answer either. Just make it much more difficult to obtain one. It reduces the probability of it falling into the wrong hands.

You have the point, though. Owning a gun comes with a great responsibility. It has both positive and negative side. Hoping for guns will be in the right person.

[bootsie0126+]

I personally would not have a gun in the house. I do believe that everyone has a right to protect themselves but I am seeing more and more each day having a gun in the house for protection has caused the opposite reaction. Day-after-day I hear the stories of children shooting themselves or others because of the access to one inside the home. I know that there are many with the "kill or be killed" mentality but I don't know if I could shoot someone if put in that situation.

[Sharon2056]

Guns is really not the answer, however, if it's the only way out then you have to use it.

[n-dai che]

Guns is really not the answer, however, if it's the only way out then you have to use it.

You have a point. Hoping that all guns will be in the right hands. When somebody has a gun, it means that they are not afraid to kill .

[VictoriaMcMillen]

I find this question puzzling. On one hand, no, definitely not. A gun is the last line of defense that should ever be used. Considering the saturation of guns in American society and the fact that the foundation of America was built on guns killing people... and has continued to grow as a world power by using guns to kill people. I can see how so many could reach for a gun first. Many are conditioned to be this way. America has been glorifying guns since the beginning... and now we are seeing the damage they do.

[VictoriaMcMillen]

I personally would not have a gun in the house. I do believe that everyone has a right to protect themselves but I am seeing more and more each day having a gun in the house for protection has caused the opposite reaction. Day-after-day I hear the stories of children shooting themselves or others because of the access to one inside the home. I know that there are many with the "kill or be killed" mentality but I don't know if I could shoot someone if put in that situation.

I cannot imagine really having to kill someone either. I would not want a gun, solely for protection, laying around my house either. I teach my kids about guns and their use to get us food and furs, not for harming people. They understand they can't ever take a bullet back, or what that bullet does. Gun safety and respect are key.

[n-dai che]

I find this question puzzling. On one hand, no, definitely not. A gun is the last line of defense that should ever be used. Considering the saturation of guns in American society and the fact that the foundation of Am
erica was built on guns killing people... and has continued to grow as a world power by using guns to kill people. I can see how so many could reach for a gun first. Many are conditioned to be this way. America has been glorifying guns since the beginning... and now we are seeing the damage they do.

You're right! Your comment also gives clarification of the good side of guns. However, when guns used for negative intentions sound sad.

[VictoriaMcMillen]

no guns is not but to some people it is.Law makers made it easy for the wrong people to get guns back in the day now its like a diease its spread .Guns should be used to protect your self and your family but some people used them to hurt other people just cause they can.

A very true perspective. Guns, I believe, should be for getting food! The whole idea of killing each other needs to stop being an option! Wars need to stop and actual problem solving be taught to all. If our countries are going to keep using guns to kill each other, if our society's people are okay with that, we will always have these problems, instead of real peace.

[lesler]

Yes, a gun is the answer if it is your only option. Any other option should be used before this violent last resort, though.

[n-dai che]

Yes, a gun is the answer if it is your only option. Any other option should be used before this violent last resort, though.

Yeah, if it badly needed for self defense. Too sad for the dead.

[crediblereading2]

I believe that any kind of weapons of protection can be safe, if in the hands of the right persons. To determine who is the right person is the big question. Because not only guns but any other instrument can prove to be fatal in the hands of the wrong person.