Gun laws need to be more strict rather than banning them

"People have been committing crimes without guns using things such as knives and different fighting methods. There are many ways to catch a shooter of a gun such as comparing shell casings, finger prints and firing residue. the shooter of a gun is almost always caught due to advances in technology." First of all, people are not so careless nowadays. They do not drop their guns. They don't leave as much evidence behind. It can be quite difficult to determine exactly where a person was shooting from, find all of the evidence, take it to the labs and go through the whole proccess to find out who it is. Because people are aware that the technology today can help to trace who the person is, chances are, by the time they DO figure out who it is, the person is long gone. "Guns have not always been around. In ancient times people have used rocks, fire, bow and arrow, axes, swords and daggers to protect themselves. People would still be attacked even though you take the guns out of the equation." You are talking about history. Now is now. Yes, people can still be attacked, but how many people may be in possession of bows, arrows, axes, swords, rocks, and fire? True, there are knives, but the victim will have a much better chance of protecting themselves. You also forget that I've stated earlier that banning normal citizens from having guns is different from banning everyone from having guns. The officials and police will still be allowed to have guns for the safety of the public. This gives the police and officials an advantage over anyone who has a mere knife or such. "There are other things besides guns that can be used to kill people. It would be impossible to collect every gun in the whole U.S, so that is why laws need to be strengthened and guns not banned." Once again, I have stated that police and protectors of civilians will have guns and can protect the people. Yes, some people will still have guns, but do you want people to have even MORE guns? Do you want these people to keep dying? If we cut off the supply of guns, there's going to be less bad people out there will guns and more protectors with guns. "If we ban guns yes the amount of death due to guns will certainly go down. While the deaths by other methods will go up and we would have to ban those other methods as well. It would be much easier to change the laws than to ban guns. There would be an increase in smuggled guns in the U.S so you are creating more of a problem by banning guns." It's a lot harder to kill someone without a gun. Using a gun, all you have to do is pull the trigger and BOOM, they're dead. End of story, end of a life. Also, there is less of a chance of someone dying from a knife wound than from a gun wound. Also, people die slower from a knife wound, so there's more of a chance of that person being found than a person who was shot and died quickly. Also, for those who can't get their hands on a gun because the test or their background excludes them, they, too, may attempt to smuggle guns into the U.S.. So smuggling is an issue either way. "if you ban guns you are infringing on Americans rights to keep and bear arms. The laws should be changed in a way that we are not infringing on peoples rights . When you are not allowed to have something you are more likely to have it, thus creating more of a problem." The Constitution is not always right; they may not have anticipated these sort of circumstances. Times change. Situations change. Laws change. Is it a bad thing for an amendment to change, especially if it is for the better? "In most places you do not need a license to own a firearm but you do need one to carry it on your person." My mistake. But still, the point remains; it's not going to be changing much. People will STILL die. Because my opponent did not state any arguments in his first speech, my honor demands that this be my last speech. I'd like to weigh the impacts, here. Yes, the Proposition is right in that is would indeed be easier to make the laws more strict, because this is not changing much. People will still die out there of gun wounds. People will still be inflicted with psychological pains, an argument which my opponent has not yet refuted. Pain that marks them for life! Do you think it is easy to get over being shot? The want for revenge you feel when a loved one has been shot? The guilt that comes from surviving while no one else has? Furthermore, the guilt from shooting someone? No! These are irreparable hurts! THIS is the world the Proposition is supporting. A world where nearly everyone can have a gun. A world where people are suffering from such mental problems! To prevent people from dying out there, from hurting, from feeling such unnecessary pain, to BAN GUNS, please vote for the Opposition.