Having A Gun

Having A Gun

Very often in life I would find myself strongly disagreeing and upholding
the totally opposite point of view about the actions and behavior of those,
whose deeds seemed to me rather disadvantageous and harmful to the entire
community or society. These kind of actions were mostly coming from government
authorities, and quite obviously, there was not much that could have been done
in order to refute or override them. Therefore, not only once, the idea of
having adequate power and authority to ban these kind of pernicious practices,
would appeal to me.
For the purpose of decreasing the crime rate, that was the top concern of
the Ukrainian citizen, in 1994, some misguided politicians in government adopted
the legislation repealing the previous amendment and thus, abolishing the
constitutional right to own the handguns. Banning the sale of firearms seems to
me a most malicious and reckless deed, that instead of safeguarding and
protecting, endangers more the entire society.
The Government justified this act by saying that it would protect the
innocent citizens. But it failed to even entertain the notion that the enactment
of this law would come to protect the right of those who violate the rights of
others. It has never occurred to authorities that vicious criminals, in spite of
this legislation, will still manage somehow to get the firearms.
Innocent people, however, will suffer, because they will be less likely
to obtain handguns in order to protect t...

Having A Gun

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