Should Women Start to Carry Guns

Natalie McKittirck
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South Carolina sheriff urges women to carry guns 

http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/article_ce3c6eae-3d6a-5d5a-9764-250a55f90eae.html

How women should begin carrying guns due to recent event.

Have you seen what has been happening lately? That is why South Carolina sheriff urges women to begin carrying guns. Women should carry them in order to protect themselves. He would suggest that they use a .45-caliber weapon and conceal it in a fanny pack while exercising. He recommends He also recommend that they should also exercise in group rather than by themselves. Overall he thinks that a gun is much more affective than mace.

This connects to what we are learning in class in the Bill of Rights category. It represents the second right, the right to own a gun. But, with rights comes responsibility. In this case it is using the gun effectively. Also you must purchase the gun in your name and get it certified.

Because I am a girl, it very much so connects to my life because I enjoy going on runs. You always have to be prepared. That is why I run in a familiar territory where I know many people and they are all within close range. I have also heard of and seen on the news things that have happened recently that would make this sheriff want to enforce this.

My opinion on the topic is yes they should. People can recover from mace and some have made themselves immune to it. Where as if they see you holding a gun and you fire it, it will scare them off for good. You do not necessarily have to fire it at them. You can fire it to the side and they will run. In some cases, even just the sight of the gun can make someone run.