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Persuasive Essay: The Banning Of Assault Weapons

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A ban on assault weapons shouldn’t be carried through with due to the fact that it is ineffective, dangerous, and fiscally irresponsible. Imagine you’re lying in bed at night and you hear a sudden thud as something is knocked over in your home. You get up to investigate the strange sound, as soon as you look around the corner you see a dark figure in resemblance of a man. You reach for a baseball bat but by the time you reach it the man has pointed a Glock-18 semi-automatic handgun at you. You have no chance at all so you surrender and your house is robbed of all its valuable possessions. Now imagine you’re in the same situation but instead of a bat you reach for your nearby AR15, the thief would be outgunned and would be a fool not to surrender

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