The Moral Case for Gun Ownership

In Bob Fischer (ed.), Ethics, Left and Right: The Moral Issues that Divide Us. New York, USA: Oxford University Press (forthcoming)
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I’ll argue in this essay that individuals should be allowed to own firearms. In making the case for this position, I’ll defend the following two claims: 1. The best research does not show that gun ownership results in more harms than benefits. This fact, in addition to the substantial self-defense benefits that guns offer and the value of personal liberty, supports a presumption in favor of gun ownership. 2. Even if the overall harms of gun ownership were to outweigh its overall benefits, there is still a presumption in favor of reasonably permissive gun ownership.

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