The Right To Protect Yourself As an American citizen, you are automatically entitled to own and carry a gun, thanks to the second amendment of the constitution, which states “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” This amendment was a dominant force in the development of the United States and has strong roots in the …showed first 75 words of 1814 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1814 total…the expression “bringing a knife a to a gun fight” would be a perfect fit. The attacker would be useless and would have no choice but to leave immediately, before they were injured. In today’s world, protection and safety is a must, and to ban the use of handguns only puts honest law-abiding citizens at a disadvantage to the criminals who already possess guns, and will always have access to handguns and other weapons.