As of today, we live in a society where the majority of the people are white. The white race is the dominant race in America, as many white-ran media outlets will try to show you. As much as you would like to say that our country America, land of the free and home of the brave, is racist-free, it's not. Racism still lingers in today's air. The news will show you many shootings and robberies committed by blacks or even blacks getting shot down. Many will generalize that they had it rough growing up, and that they are all just a bunch of young "thugs". However, if you see white kids fooling with guns you see nothing wrong with it. They are just harmless. Media has influenced the human ideology into believing that the blacks or the minorities are the reason for all the violence and the trouble that brews. White privilege, the idea that if you are white you have the upper hand in today's society and can easily get away with things that non-whites can't, exists. It is no myth because you can see it with your own eyes. Turn on the television, maybe go read the newspaper and see for yourself. But, if you look at all the school shootings that have happened, 97% of the perpetrators are white. We don't call any of them "thugs". Their motives are to shoot as many people as possible and then take their own life in the end of their kill spree. That is one of the only times you will actually see white people on the news for killing people. When Sandy Hook happened, it was on the news for weeks. It just happens that Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook villain, was white. Other than that, I can't recall watching the news and hearing about a white guy shooting others, due to the fact that White Privilege is alive and well and that media will show mostly minority screw-ups, just because they are minorities and the whites are the majority.
The 2nd Amendment, which states that we all have the right to bear arms, was drafted by white men. Black people or any minority in particular back then had no say on anything, regarding making up our country's foundation. Our country was found basically by the white man. Rules were drafted by the white man. America's society make-up was created through the eyes of the white man. We are a white man society. A long time ago when America was only 100 years old, the National Rifle Association was created.The NRA, of course was made by white people One of the main reasons for the creation of this association was to improve marksmanship, especially those that were to fight in any war. It promotes the 2nd Amendment and gun safety. There are over 5 million members in the NRA as of today. The NRA, because it is a huge gun promoting association, is a scapegoat for the misuse of firearms, such as school shootings or slayings of others by a gun. The one thing I found interesting was back in 1967, when the blacks wanted to carry a gun for protection, the NRA supported the Mulford Act, which restricted people from carrying hand guns. An organization who promotes the usage of guns and all of a sudden they are supporting the restriction of guns. Is it because they are scared? A study backs this up a little by saying whites are more likely to shoot someone who isn't white. They have a quicker reaction to fatal decisions. The whites seem to be trigger-happy when it comes to decisions like this. Is it the stereotypes that we see on television or any news outlet the reason we are scared? Honestly, every race is guilty of murder! No race the superior race. No race is perfect. Yet, when we live in a society where whites have the privilege, the whites tend to get away with a lot. If you see a white cop kill a black man, it was the black man's fault for retaliating, even if the cop was using unnecessary force.
What is the future of guns? Guns will one day become an ancient artifact. Guns and the control of them are becoming such controversy that America will one day get rid of guns as we know it. Or, guns might be like drugs. Some people use drugs even if they know their illegal. A man or woman might secretly still keep a gun with them even if the laws says otherwise. When people get caught with drugs, they go to prison for possession of drugs. You can go to jail with possession of firearms but that's only if your in public. We're talking about them just being your house! "Oh honey, the cops are here, hide our guns!" The 2nd Amendment would change forever and the NRA wouldn't exist. Only the army can possess firearms. But how would the world fare without firearms? Well, there would be less paranoia. A white man can't fire his pistol at a minority if he's scared. Maybe there should be an experiment for one moth or maybe a year where the 2nd Amendment doesn't exist and guns are illegal under any circumstance. Emotions and economics would be effected greatly. Honestly, we couldn't live in a society without guns. Gun sales bring in good money for the USA and even if guns were illegal just like drugs, people would still smuggle them.
What would happen when one day, the whites are no longer the majority in America. In fact, Hispanics are slowly becoming the majority. Would the paranoia whites have lived since the creation of the gun increase? I believe gun sales at this time would soar. Same for any other minority. We are all going to be paranoid by all those stereotypes that we learned about that we will buy guns to protect us. Guns will be our new homeland security. Deaths of firearms will increase due to the human race looking over their shoulder every minute, fearing if they are about to die. Guns wouldn't be a big issue if everyone knew how to properly use one, but since their are idiots in our society that have no idea how to use one properly, we will continue to live in a world with paranoia.
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