In some countries, the number of shootings increase because many people have guns at home. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Across the globe, in these days many individuals own

guns

for self-defence and recreational purposes.

Gun

-related mortalities in households –

in particular

– throw the ethics of

such

forms of private

gun

ownership into sharp relief. In

this

essay, I shall appeal to crime statistics to argue that a person is at a far greater risk being shot if there is a

gun

in a

household

.

Firstly

, it is intuitively obvious that having a

gun

in a

household

endangers children and teenagers.

However

, it is because minors do not have the requisite knowledge or maturity to handle

guns

safely.

For instance

, the US Department of Justice recently revealed statistics showing that 150 American children and teenagers die each year because of accidents relating to

household

guns

.

Therefore

it is incontrovertible that

household

guns

lead to additional shootings.

Secondly

,

household

guns

became especially dangerous when spouses have violent arguments.

Additionally

, it is because male sexual rage often results in deadly aggression.

For example

, The International Crime Bureau recently produced statistical evidence that – if there is a

household

gun

– a man is twice as likely (if he discovers his wife having an affair) to kill her in a fit of jealous rage.

Nonetheless

, once again,

household

guns

correlate positively with additional shootings. In conclusion, there is undeniable evidence that having a

gun

in a house leads to

further

shootings. Given the strength of the aforementioned evidence, in the future, more legislature needs to be put in place to limit private

gun

ownership.