Some people believe citizens should be allowed to carry handguns in order to protect themthelves, while others think this can lead to many social security problems in the society. What is your opinion? Use specific rsasons to support your answer.

Some people have argued that carrying

handguns

should be allowed as a form of self-defence measure

while

others think it can only lead to many societal security problems; in my opinion,

however

, I believe

this

will not be a safe practice in the community as it will endanger more lives than it would save. I will illustrate

this

view better as I continue.

Firstly

, humans are known as emotional beings and

this

means that sometimes, people tend to behave irrationally because they are beclouded by their emotions; though some of

such

behaviours are mostly regretted in the long run but cannot be reversed.

Therefore

, legalizing the handling of

handguns

by every adult will result in lots of avoidable deaths which will likely occur regularly

due to

a lack of self-control. An example is a fight I witnessed along a street

one

sunny afternoon, an ugly incident that I considered very unnecessary

due to

the trivial nature of its cause. It began with verbal insults and in a few minutes, the parties involved started punching each other it ended on a sad note when

one

of those involved picked a relatively huge stone and struck his opponent's head with it. The wounded person fainted and the way the guilty fellow wept afterwards in deep regret made me speechless.

This

is the likely kind of regrettable action that society will record frequently if the use of

handguns

is approved for every adult and the unfortunate aspect is that victims may not survive it because

one

wounded with a stone or other harmful objects has more survival chances than

one

shot with a gun.

In addition

, there will be greater chances of minors handling guns because parents may drop the bags and guns carelessly

due to

inexperience thereby resulting in more terrible damage.

Overall

, the negative implications of allowing adults to carry

handguns

will outweigh whatever benefits of protection it may give.