Gun rights in the US

My opponent shows reasons to possibly restrict guns, but failed to prove there is no right to guns. I have proven the right to guns via second amendment, he has offered no counter evidence. So, there can be downfalls to guns (in his mind) but if the right to guns is there then well we still ought to own them. ~rebuttals~ R1: Incidence of massacreI. Columbine. My opponent claims that if we ban guns these incidents will stop. This is false, as England also has this problem: “In recent months there have been a frightening number of shootings in Britain’s major cities, despite new laws [Firearms Act of 1997] banning gun ownership after the Dunblane tragedy. Our investigation established that guns are available through means open to any criminally minded individual.” [1]So even banning guns has no effect on the number of shootings. “the use of firearms in crime was very much less before 1920 when Britain had no controls of any sort.” [1]When there was no gun control there was little gun problems. Furthermore, gun control would not have stopped the Columbine shootings. [2] The 2 kids where 18 years of age. [3] The two boys broke many gun law prior and during the event. [4] It is now logical to say as they already broke gun laws, new gun laws would have no effect the kids would still break them anyway. So in my opinion you ban guns, they will break the laws and get them through the black market. "Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck reports that guns are used defensively about one million times per year. Ninety-eight percent of those times, not a single shot is fired" [5]From a liberal website:"Guns were used in 12,632 homicides in 2007" [6]Now, as guns are used in self defense and much of the time no shot is fired then you can say guns prevent more violence then they cause. II. As I have stated, we have laws against murder yet people will still do it. More of the gun laws will not prevent anything. You say guns murder, well true but guns are used in defense and actually prevent violence then not. (see my last argument) So really, guns prevent murder. Firearms are used 80 times more often to protect your life or another life then to murder. [7] So, do guns kill? Not really, it is inanimate, only the person can kill. But, it is used as a tool for murder less often then used as a tool for saving lives. In Vermont you can carry a gun with no license, and they have one of the lowest crime rates in the US, [8] They won the safest state award 3 times. [8] ~Conclusion to the rebuttals~ Guns save more lives then are ended. Also my opponent says the constitution is out dated, well answer this:Guns save lives, and it is an issue that directly relates to laws and circumstances today, how can something that relates to modern culture be out dated? The answer is it cannot, here is a definite right to guns. "In communities that do not have police departments—where one or two sheriffs deputies have to cover 1,000 square miles—you dial 9-1-1 and wait, often times, for two or three hours. Things have often turned out okay because there has been a handgun in most glove boxes and very few pickup trucks (not to mention homes) without a loaded rifle or shotgun. People knew that, and the crime rate was very low.Please don’t tell me that the Second Amendment is out of date. " [9]Also, a funny picture refuting his arguments on the masacres (kinda sad too): http://concealedguns.procon.org...I posd link as if i do that then I lower the chance of me getting an internal error. Basically gun rights are justified, save mor elives then they take away, and is not outdated. VOTE PRO.sources:http://www.fff.org... [1]http://davekopel.org... [2]http://en.wikipedia.org... [3]http://www.lewrockwell.com... [4]http://www.saf.org... [5]http://www.lcav.org... [6]National Safety Council, gun deaths (by accidents, suicides and homicides) account for less than 30,000 deaths per year. See Injury Facts, published yearly by the National Safety Council, Itasca, Illinois. [7]Kathleen O'Leary Morgan, Scott Morgan and Neal Quitno, "Rankings of States in Most Dangerous/Safest State Awards 1994 to 2003," [8]http://www.thecrimson.com... [9]