Hi all,
This week's online discussion will be on the following topic:
Should individual citizens be granted the right to bear arms?
This week's online discussion will be on the following topic:
Should individual citizens be granted the right to bear arms?
Everyone should write an original opinion and respond to the idea of at least one other student. Think also of the different perspectives of the people that might be affected by this decision.
All opinions should be included as comments to this post and should be completed by the Thursday.
So, who will lead this week's discussion to be summarized in class on Friday?
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Jennifer
From the point of view of the government, individual citizens should not be granted the right to bear arms. In order to control the quantity of crimes, they think that it is necessary to establish a law to limit citizens’ right to bear arms.
ReplyDeleteFrom the individual citizens’ perspective, they should be granted the right to bear arms. Although it is true that weapons pose the greatest to life, the use of arms for peaceful purposed should be uphold. As we known, in most of major cities, a wide range of crimes might be hard to get controlled by local authority. From a certain point of view, bearing arms should be useful for these people who are under the dangerous situation to protect their individual safety.
In my opinion, the most worry aspect of weapons is its use for military purposes. Moreover, the government should focus their efforts on crime control instead of on gun control. In fact, regardless of how strict their laws are, criminals have always been able to illegally acquire weapons.
I'm partly agree with Mamie. From my point of view individual citizens should not be granted the right to bear arms because in this case it will be more difficult to identify criminals. I also think that a number of crimes will significantly increase.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm not agree with Mamie about individual citizens' perspective. Because normal people do not need weapon... only those who have some problems with the law! For example, if in Russia will be legal to have guns...it will be no queue in the shops to buy arms... because people do not want to hurt somebody! One more thing... people know that it is very dangerous to bear weapons because their children could find them and hurt themselves. There are many different ways to protect your self. For example, learn karate )) or do not walk along at night, do not speak with strange people... etc..
I don’t think it is a good decision to grant individual citizens the right to bear arms, because it will cause more harm than good. If everyone had the right to bear arms, which means everyone would have the right to hurt someone by gun and would also be possible been hurt. That would be very dangerous. People bear gun want to protect him or herself, however, if everyone has the right to bear gun, it would be worsen than everyone has no right to have gun. This is why there are so many school massacres in the U.S while most of other countries don’t have. It is too hard to control everyone how to use gun legally.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alina’s view “There are many different ways to protect yourself….” People should not depend on gun to solve any problems, because gun will only cause more problems.
Just like Alina said, ‘Normal people do not need weapon…’ You can use chair or pencil case instead of arms. Although that every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself, but it’s extremely danger to the people that who out of senses. Moreover everyone has opportunity to hurt someone by guns. Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed. A well security system of a city was protected by police and government not these weapons. Also people’s self-knowledge is important to keep city safe.
ReplyDeleteI guess that most of our class would disagree with the guns’ privatization for the public. But Amy and I will present “for” and “against” opinions of this topic. Based on above consideration, I decided to agree with it and present about “for” opinions. Personally, if people have a correct awareness of using guns, owning guns would not be a serious problem for the society.
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ReplyDeleteMamie, you can't use the guns correctly!!! GUN is not the right thing at all! If you use the gun it's not correct. As I said earlier, there are many different ways to protect your self!
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, whether individual citizens be granted the right to bear arms is not important point, and what really counts is people live in which country.
ReplyDeleteAs mamei said,"it is necessary to establish a law to limit citizens’ right to bear arms."
i dont agree with her. for example, there are a lot of poorest people in china, they dont have enough money to survive. if they have weapons, they can get guns from other illegal ways, perhaps they will choose crime to collect the money. theremore, in developing countries such as china, individual citizens should be not granted the right to bear arms. the government should stage the velevant laws to forbid the people abusing the weapons.
If people who live in developed countries, i think people should be granted the right to bear arms. because people can get more better welfare from governments, such as US. On other hand, in US people have the right to own the guns and have the right to use their hands overthrow the government which they think the government cant bring more benefits to their life.
So, people can own the guns depend on the countries. but i hope we can use the guns in the right way in china in future.
Gun is one of the tools for crime like knife and hammer. Although the government regulates not to bear arms, other cruel crimes can happen, for example murdering cases by knife. For this reason, I don't think that the right to bear guns is so harmful not to be debatable. And if your country has the developed gun industry, it wll not be easy to insist that using guns are totally bad things because gun industry can be good for national economy.
ReplyDelete(I also think that most of classmates will be against the gun bearing, so I just on the side of 'for'.)
I agree with Alina, normal people do not need weapon. And they do not know how to keep it or use it safely.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also agree with Amy, it is not a good decision to grant individual citizens the right to bear arms because it cause more harms than goods. And it is not safe no matter for children or adult.
In my opinion, I don’t think individual citizens should bear guns. We can protect ourselves by closed windows and doors when nobody is at home. If people can buy guns easily, may be the crimes will increase and society become more dangerous.
I think the individual citizen is necessary to be granted the right to bear arms.
ReplyDeleteThe goal of bearing arms is not to kill people. It protects their own life liberty or property that it can’t be offended by illegal ways. Then they have the ability to against the unreasonable and illegal behavior.although the negative impact of bearing arms can not be neglected. It is obviously that is not caused by guns. If someone wants to attack people, there has some other ways. And firearms only provide these people some ways only.
Elaine, how it is protect their life ???? By killing people, by making someone heart? I don't know another goal of the arms! Also, the question not only about guns! about arms in total.
ReplyDeleteAlina, arms are not the most important factor leads to crimes. The key factor is a wrong awareness of legal behaviors. There are two functions of arm - kill or protection. It depends on people who use.
ReplyDeletePS: comment for my first comment
Pose the greatest to life --- pose the greatest threat to life
For peaceful purposed should be uphold –-- for peaceful purpose should be upheld
I don't think the individual citizen is necessary to be granted the right to bear arms,although there is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen. But like the mamie said arms are not the most important factor leads to crimes. The key factor is a wrong awareness of legal behaviors. And I think today's society is a harmonious society,normal people do not need weapon
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mamie’s opinion that "it is necessary to establish a law to limit citizens’ right to bear arms." Moreover I totally agree with Wei’s opinion. I think I will combine these two opinions that people need to learn more knowledge about arms and also learn how to use arms in correct and illegal way. Establish a specific law of citizen to bear arms. The citizens who have right to bear arms should have special senses of the arms 、highly self-esteem and trained by profession of using arms.
ReplyDeleteIn my point of view I don’t think individual citizens should be granted the right to bear arms. Because it’s very dangerous allow young people to bear arms. For the campus shooting case, it’s the evidence that there still have more education to citizen of own arms.