Get a Knife, Get a Dog, But Get Rid of Guns (by Molly Ivins)

"Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns," by Molly Ivins, is the author's personal perspective on how guns should be banned from public use; she claims that carrying a knife or getting a dog to protect us is safer than carrying a gun.She bases her argument on the Second Amendment, claiming that guns should only be used by well-trained militias. Guns are dangerous, so it's better to buy a knife or a dog, according to the reasoning.Without addressing the primary reasons why firearms are harmful in general, I think that Ivins' argument is ambiguous.

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