Introduction
“Guns do not kill people; People do” is the often-heard but still widely discussed theory. Despite the fact that most individuals are confident that people would be less likely to harm others without weapons, the opinion that an armed person is always guilty of murder is prevalent (Marais). This essay will respond to the mentioned statement proving its correctness based on concrete examples and evidence.
Why Guns Do Not Kill People
It is possible to provide two examples that support the statement that people are the ones who kill and not guns by showing how they can be used both for saving and taking lives. The article Police: Employee kills 1, wounds five at Texas cabinet business describes a shooting case at Kent Moore Cabinets in Bryan, Texas, when a criminal killed one person and wounded five others. It is evident that with intentions to harm his former colleagues, the man would do it with or without a gun. Simultaneously, Marais provides a part of an interview with congresswoman Diana Harshbarger who voted for the legalization of the use of firearms. She states that “I was robbed at gunpoint, and if we didn’t have a gun, there would have been a lot of people that probably would not be here today” (Marais). This example shows the opposite perspective that weapons can be used for saving others.
Conclusion
It is known that guns are intended for killing others and often are used for criminal purposes. One of the mentioned-above examples indicates that guns are tools for murdering, as only an individual’s actions are a force that an opportunity to kill to an actual case. The other example reveals the usefulness of weapons for an opposite purpose, that is to save people. Therefore, as guns are substituted for human beings’ will and can be used for different reasons, it is evident that the statement “that “Guns do not kill people; People do” is correct.
Works Cited
“Police: Employee kills 1, wounds 5 at Texas cabinet business.” Wjhl, 2021, Web.
Marais, B. ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people’: Harshbarger against Biden administrations’ gun control proposals. Wjhl, 2021, Web.