Many people own guns for sports, protection and other purposes.
However, guns are a detriment to our society and should be banned. Mrs. Plumpkin only meant to point the gun and warn the intruders, but the gun went off and killed her dog. The intruders then attacked Mrs. Plumpkin with a fireplace poker and fled, leaving her to die. As this story illustrates, the ownership of guns does not guarantee safety against burglars and other criminals. A color television set, they argue, is not worth the lifelong burden of having taken a life.