With the recent events of Christina Grimmie and the Orlando club shooting, I am sick of guns. I have never been a fan of guns. I don't care what anyone says to me, guns are weapons, weapons kill people, no one should be allowed to have access to that kind of power without being a trained professional (like being in the FBI, CIA, or any other high up government job). Whenever I hear an arrogant person talk about how we are allowed guns, that it's our right, I honestly just want to tell them to shut up and punch them. I'm not the type of person to speak so vividly about controversial issues because I can't stand the drama that goes with it, but I'm speaking now. My blood boils whenever I hear someone come up with what they think is a valid argument as to why we have a right to having guns, nothing making me more angry. Below are three common arguments that I am so beyond sick and tired of people trying to make.
1. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people."
Oh, save it. This is the most bulls*** argument I have ever heard. Sure, a murderer can get away with killing one or two people with a knife, but to go out and perform a mass shooting with the intention of annihilation, you need a gun. No questions asked. I could care less about what those people have to say if they believe that guns don't kill people. If you want to kill a mass or large group of people, your easiest and best choice is to get a gun, and our wonderful country allows access to them. The fact that people are most concerned about a right given to them ages ago than the unnecessary deaths and damage that guns create is beyond me. GUNS KILL PEOPLE. END OF STORY.
2. "It's in our rights."
Let me say it again - save it. The Second Amendment was written by slaveholders before we even had electricity, internet, or any of the technology we have today. It was also written before a time the type of intense weaponry people have access to. But sure, it's your right. So, for those of you who feel so strongly about the Second Amendment, why don't you wear a white wig, use an 18th century musket, and again, go screw yourself.
3. "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is for a good guy to have access to a gun."
Are you kidding me? There are real people in this world who believe in this! This isn't even a fact, "good guys" with guns barely help at all. Not ONE mass shooting within the past 20-30 years has been stopped by a "good guy with a gun." So unless you can find me more than five examples of an armed civilian stopping a mass shooting before it's happened, sure, you'll prove me wrong. But until then, you're wrong. How on earth would a civilian who would most likely only have a pistol, if anything, stop a man or woman with an assault rifle whose goal is to kill whoever they want - most likely they'll just kill that person too! So... save it.
The extreme amount of damage a gun can do is scary, severe and great. That alone is enough reason to put a limit on those who can gain access to it. There have already been 130 shootings in 2016 alone, how many more until we finally put an end to easy access to guns? How many more people have to die? How many more children have to say a member of their family died from a mass shooting? If we don't put an end to this soon, it will only start to become more normal. We cannot get used to this. We should not have to still say, "Well this is how it is in the United States." Gun control needs to happen now, and it needs to happen fast.
