Resolved: Guns should be prohibited.

My opinions are to substantiated. They are based off of my past experiences with society since the legalization of guns. My refutations have not failed to prove my contentions. My opponent still contends that guns aid a society when I have proven otherwise. Criminals can"t commit as much crimes without the usage of guns or other weapons, so why would self defense be necessary? We have not had gun rights since our nation was founded and we should not have them now. As I have explicitly stated before, our second amendment was originally inserted so citizens can protect themselves against unjust governing forces. However, nowadays, there is no reason for gun usage to be allowed. We don"t have an unjust force governing us. Our government is a Democratic Republic. What reason would we have to own guns if there is noone to defend ourselves against? My opponent is again formulating generalizations and stereotypes based on past occurrences. Not all criminals would shoot at a band of unarmed citizens. The mind of a criminal is complex and mysterious. However, one thing that is not mysterious is the fact that all criminals want a challenge. That is, after all, basic psychology. But, to a criminal, it is easier to kill with an automated weapon instead of a slow killer. My opponent has again made generalizations " except, this time, it was about me. He assumes I am not against the banning of knives. I am against banning of knives " but to an extent. It"s just like a concealed weapon. It should be disallowed, just like guns are, because higher crimes happen when people are given more and more opportunities to commit a crime. George Mason, who you quoted as saying "I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people" To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to ensalve them," is incorrect in assuming two things " that banning guns is enslavement, and that the militia is the population of a country. Slavery was banned long ago. But people keep bringing up the prospect of the atrocity appearing in different, scarier, often more terrifying forms. Mason is not an exception to this group of people. He claims that banning guns is akin to bossiness. It is not. It is ensuring the safety of a nation by way of prohibition. There is nothing wrong with doing so. The militia is not the population of a government. It is our military, our government, and any other governmental forces, such as municipalities, not the population of a country, and not ourselves. Back then, about the time of the Revolutionary War, we were governed by opposing, unjust forces, and we needed a way to defend ourselves, so we created the Second Amendment, which, in its vaguity, allowed for the permission of guns, but only to protect ourselves against our unjust government. At the time, we had an unjust government, now we do not. So there is no need to own a gun. You have inserted George Washington"s quote. It inadvertently proved yourself wrong. He denoted the allowance of guns under the presumption that it"d be used to defend ourselves against unjust, opposing governmental forces. My opponent is using ubiquity to claim that the government is unjust. Please do not fall for his ubiquity. Compared to when our government was first created, we have it much better.