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Should Citizen be allowed to Own Guns?

   

Added on  2022-12-03

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Should Citizen be allowed to Own Guns?
Introduction
According to official data released by Canadian authorities gives us an idea that more than 29
percent of house owners in Canada have more than nine million firearms. Plenty of them is
semi-automatic guns that have the capacity to open strong burst fires and kill dozens of
people in a single stroke. The Canadian authorities also claim that issuance of the license of a
gun is a tedious process and they make sure those only rightful and sensible citizens are
getting a license for the same. In the year 2019, a Nonprofit organization Anguis Red
conducted a survey about the gun ownership and its connection with the recent mass killings
in various parts of Canada, 50 percent respondents in Canada voted against the gun culture by
saying that individuals should not be allowed to own guns in Canada (Reid). In the present
essay, we are examining certain aspects of this gun culture from the point of view of the
individuals that are against it.
Someone’s deterrence may become a potential danger for the society
A license to own a gun disables the rights of the security personals. In the year 2017, Canada
was having more than188 police personal covering 100000 people. This number is very low.
A number of licensed guns create a problem for them where they fail to prevent a citizen
from carrying a gun at a public place. In the recent past Canadian Authorities also busted
many syndicates that were working as “black market setup” for illegal guns (Tunney).
Own a license for a gun, carry an illegal gun in your pocket, it is impossible for policemen to
check every gun owner that whether he is carrying a rightful gun or it is an illegal gun. Now
commit a crime, throw away the Gun and run. The forensic department will never be able to
figure out the owner of the gun because it is an illegal gun. Since obtaining a gun License in
Should Citizen be allowed to Own Guns?_1

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