Summary
“Ban the Things. Ban Them All” was written by Molly Ivins. It is an essay about the author’s disagreement regarding gun owner law in the United States in which untrained people are allowed to own a gun. First, he mentions that he is not anti-gun, but he is good at using knife. He continues that physical strength is an important ability for those who consider using knives instead of guns. He admits that he is fine with people owning a gun if they are well-trained, but for those people who have not been trained, he does not think it is a good idea to see them holding a gun. He suggests that the restrictions of using guns should be the same with the restrictions of using vehicles that we must have a license if we want to drive, or the same gun owner restrictions with England. He also says that this particular phrase “guns don’t kill people” is nonsense because owning a gun gives people an opportunity to kill, if they wanted to. He then explains that people, who are well-trained that they could possibly kill others with their own hands, are the ones capable of controlling themselves, but those who do nothing but holding a gun could kill easily without doing hard-training, so many of them could not control themselves. He then concludes that giving people, who are not capable of controlling themselves, the opportunity to own a gun is like giving them the power to kill. He also says that we should ban this law, and he ended his essay with a sarcasm saying that if we want protection, get a dog.