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Guns

A gun, it is just a small thing. But it is a symbol of sadness. Weapons are the tools of war and crime. War and crime impacts the everyday life, more then I fully can understand. It rips people’s spirit apart.

Guns, or more precise the gunman, have the power to take lives. Maybe that is why so many people feel attracted to them; you can play “God”. Perhaps you also feel safer, knowing it is easy to defend yourself. But as I see it, guns give more problems then solve them. When you are scared there is a tremendous risk of turning to violence. You use your pistol, fire without thinking, killing the thief or worse your best friend. The memory of this will hunt for the rest of your live.

In Sweden there are not that many people walking around armed, the risk of being attacked is rather minimal. If such a situation would occur here, Swedes would rely on the police. They are the ones carrying guns. But I am not naÐ"Їve enough to believe that it is hard to get hold of a gun if you really want one. Plenty of weapons are sold on the black market everyday.

In Sweden we also have laws that make it illegal to have a gun a without license, which I think is very good. This laws decrease the number of gun owners automatically. It is complicated and takes time to get a license.

In the USA it is “every good citizen’s right” to own a gun. I think that “right” is bad. There need to bee some restrictions. To quote one of the men in the film ”Bowling for Colombian”, “there are wakcos out there”. So when you hear that the USA is the country with the most gun related murders, you are not surprised. You can literally, (if you are American) buy a firearm in most shops. I think the gun situation in the USA create a fear of guns. If you