My opinion on gun control

I think people have freedom. It is a philosophical truth. I believe we have to respect the freedom of others. Human beings live in communities and sometimes it causes certain problems. Must people have guns in their homes? I do not think that it is a good idea. Freedom doesn’t mean that I have the right to do whatever I want. Freedom means I can use my will. Freedom is not a right, it is only a part of our nature as human beings.

While we live in communities, cities or countries, we must understand that freedom is more than rights or personal desires. Freedom is always related with responsibility. Because of that, freedom could be something valuable or dangerous. Freedom is not positive or negative itself, it depends how we use it. I think if we recognize that freedom works like that, we can agree that to live in a safe society only trained people must use guns. For instance in my country, Peru, not everybody has guns but I hear cases of people who commit a crime and then they regret their actions. In general, we are not prepared emotionally to use guns and we don’t know how to use our freedom properly.