John Crigler

August 10
th
, 2014
Area 1: Attack Signifcance (Harms)
In this olic! "li#ia states that $keeing these frearms legal can
onl! hurt our nation% an& I agree 'ith her to a certain e(tent) It is true
that *anning assault 'eaons ma! &ecrease the num*er o+ crimes
in#ol#ing these 'eaons, *ut the truth is that i+ someone is going to
kill someone the! 'ill still fn& the 'eaon, 'hether it is legal or not)
,he ro*lem 'ith this is that it takes a secial erson to kill someone
*ecause man! eole in this 'orl& #alue other humans li+e an& *!
*anning these guns it is *asicall! generali-ing that societ! is cra-! an&
can not *e resonsi*le 'ith 'eaons) In a recent article 'ith +o( ne's,
+rank ,a!lor states $there.s no la' on the lanet that 'ill change ho' a
man #alues the li+e o+ another/ outla' online sales, assault ri0es, guns,
li1ui&s o#er 2 ounces, an& he still 'oul& fn& a 'a! to mur&er)%
Area 2: Attack Inherenc!
,here 'as a similar *an asse& in 1334, *ut it onl! laste& 10
!ears (2004) *ecause the go#ernment ha& little interest to re4instate it)
,his alone sho's me that *anning assault 'eaons &oes not lea& to a
signifcant &ecrease in crime rates *ecause i+ it &i& the go#ernment
'oul& ha#e ket the la's the same) ,his also reiterates the +act that i+
eole are going to mur&er, 'hether their 'eaon is legal or not, the!
'ill fn& a 'a!)
Area 2: Attack 5lan
,he lan to enact this olic! is 'ell constructe&, ho'e#er I &o
fn& some 0a's in the en+orcement section) 6or an! o7ences it sho's
that there 'ill *e fnes, *ut it shoul& also inclu&e sei-ure o+ the assault
'eaons that are +oun&) 8o'here in the en+orcement rules &oes it
state that the assault 'eaons shoul& *e taken a'a! as 'ell as a fne
su*mitte&) "ther'ise, the man&ates an& +un&ing seem like a
reasona*le lan that can 'ork)
Area 4: Attack Sol#enc!
"li#ia states that this *an 'ill ha#e +amilies +eel more at ease
sen&ing their chil&ren to school an& I can agree 'ith this e(cet +or
'hat I re#iousl! state&, 'hich is that a mur&erer 'ill fn& a 'a! to
mur&er no matter the circumstance) A&&itionall!, this *an ma! ha#e
+amilies +eel sa+er a*out sen&ing their ki&s to school, *ut 'hat a*out
+eeling sa+er in their home9 In an article on American ,hinker, :ark
Almonte states that the strongest reason ci#ilians shoul& o'n assault
'eaons are +or sel+4&e+ense/ 'here he *rings u the e(amle o+ the
;)A) riots) In this riot there 'as li#e +ootage o+ thugs hurling rocks at
assenger cars, *uil&ings 'ere set on fre, looters 'ere smashing
store+ront 'in&o's, sa#age *eating o+ a truck &ri#er, etc) ,he shocking
thing a*out this is that there 'ere no olice or fre ersonnel an& this
'as *ecause $the! 'ere or&ere& to sta! out o+ the area +or three
hours)% :an! store o'ners lost their *usiness to fres, <0 eole &ie&
an& 22 o+ them remain unsol#e&, all 'hile there 'ere no resonse +rom
the olice, thus :ark Almonte state&, $'hen there.s no la' an& or&er=
onl! chaos=that.s 'hen ci#ilians nee& assault 'eaons)%
Area <: Attack A&#antages
,he frst a&#antage states that this *an 'ill hel *oost the econom!,
'hich I &o not agree 'ith *ecause e#en though there 'ill *e mone!
+rom the fnes, *ut 'ill this mone! actuall! out'eigh the amount o+
mone! it cost to a! +or the la*or o+ all these rai&s an& searches9
,here is no clear e#i&ence ro#ing that this 'ill in +act *e the result
an& these +acts coul& in +act re#eal the total oosite) ,he secon&
a&#antage states that 'e can sa#e li#es an& i+ one li+e is sa#e& it is
'orth it) I agree 'ith this totall!, *ut like I mentione& earlier I *elie#e
that an!one 'ho &oes not #alue the li+e o+ other humans 'ill fn& a 'a!
to mur&er) ,he thir& a&#antage states that there 'ill *e a stricter e!e
on the gun shos, 'hich can otentiall! re#ent other crimes) ,his is
#er! #ague an& I &o not agree 'ith it *ecause man! 'eaons that are
use& are +oun& illegall! in the *lack marker, lus as I reiterate o#er an&
o#er, a mur&erer 'ill fn& a 'a! to mur&er) ,he last a&#antage is that
this *an 'ill ensure eace o+ min&, *ut this is not true as I re#eale&
that there our instances 'here the go#ernment can not *e in control or
hel !ou an& the onl! eace o+ min& !ou 'ill actuall! ha#e is a 'eaon
rotecting !ou +rom rioters)
Area >: "7er ?isa&#antages
@anning assault 'eaons 'ill lea#e societ! una*le to rotect
themsel#es in times 'here sel+4&e+ense is nee&e& (riots, etc)))
A&&itionall!, assault 'eaons 'oul& *e nee&e& in times o+ t!rann!,
'hen there is no or&er, ho' 'ill !ou rotect !oursel+9
Aorks Cite&
Almonte, M. (2013, February 12). Why do civilians need assault weaons! "etrieved
Au#ust 10, 201$, %rom
htt&''www.americanthin(er.com'2013'02'why)do)civilians)need)assault)weao
ns.html
*aylor, F. (2012, +uly 2,). Why - own an assault ri%le. "etrieved Au#ust 10, 201$, %rom
htt&''www.%o.news.com'oinion'2012'0/'2,'why0own0assault0ri%le'