“God made man, Sam Colt made men equal, but John Browning keeps men free”

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Guns are lethal objects and considered to be the starting point that led to the invention of massive destruction weapons. The negative aspects of guns are clearly illustrated in this report which shows that there was up to 37,200 deaths in 2016 by gunshots (worldwide). Therefore, do you think anyone should hold guns other than policemen? Do we need guns for different goals such as self-protection and home security? Is it worth it? Actually, from my point of view it’s not worth it at all, human lives are to be cherished, death can arrive in many faces, intentionally or un-intentionally, but the fact that guns reinforced crime and injustice is a fact that we can never neglect.

Common people owning guns are all over the world, but they don’t know how risky it is and how much harm it could cause. First of all it could lead to killing someone by mistake and there are a lot of these accidents happening lately, unintentional gun deaths are in continuous rise due to the fact that people are convinced totally that having a gun at home for safety is the right thing to do. According to a statistics that was done in 2016 there was over 161,374 deaths from unintentional gun shooting. So, having a gun to insure your safety can be the reason for your death imagine that!

Another proof of the harmful influence of guns is that they tend to encourage the devil inside the human and whispers with depressing thoughts and aggressive thoughts that could lead to murder or suicide. There are several surveys that showed how the percentage of suicide has rose in the past two decay, this is all due to the presence of guns in the houses .However, and most of suicides are committed by teenagers. According to john Hopkins Bloomberg School of public health there is More than 40 percent of fatal suicides by those age 17 and younger by guns.as this age has no maturity and very sensitive.

However, some people think that having guns is also important in some cases, as countries which are exposed to high theft crime rates for example Belgium in in which it was reported that 1,616 robberies occurred per 100,000 population in 2013.Also, countries with high murder and kidnapping rates. Moreover, people have to secure themselves in these countries and 2 only way that appears suitable for them to have security is to own a gun. But they have to follow certain producers as:

1-The gun must be dealt with as if it is loaded

2-A training course of how to use a gun must be taken before owning

However, the percentage of people owning gun at their homes in belgium is about 60% and still it has the highest rates of robbery,so apperatly guns at homes doesn’t  seem to secure them enough

In conclusion, from mt loint of view no one should ever own a gone except the police men  having a gun  has its benefits but its harm exceeds its benefits by million times. So, if you are feeling unsafe just call the police and they will take care of the situation. But don’t take the risk of having it at home for the sake of your children and the people you love. Guns are really so dangerous and are life threating tools and the trick is that you never know what could happen, Will it affect someone psychologically and lead him to suicide or homicide or will it lead someone to kill or will it end up in a child hand and shoot himself or someone by accident, Moreover, after all these risks and the consequences owning a gun may lead to, if you decided in the end to own one just make sure to follow all the precautions.