Gun Control Laws

You fail to answer my main argument, backed up by statistical data, that states: The spike in gun violence is not due to the gun laws themselves, but rather the lack of enforcement. This is extremely damaging to your entire argument and failing to answer this major argument puts me way ahead in this debate. Now to the line by line: In your third paragraph your true colors show. By saying that "taking our 2nd amendment rights" you show that this argument is not about your original statement but about the 2nd Amendment. The statistics I present are apparent in my first statement, citing the deaths due to gun violence in this nation. And with the recent amount of gun-related deaths in this nation do you not believe that gun control laws are needed? How many deaths will it take until we make it impossible for killers to get dangerous weapons? How many Virginia Tech, Columbine High School, Omaha Department Store-esque shootings are going to have to occur? In your fourth you attack the correlation of gun deaths to poverty. Do you honestly think that there is no link? A 1992 study into the relationship of poverty and gun violence stated: "The major association for firearm fatalities is with socioeconomic factors such as poverty levels and alcohol consumption. Unless this country directs its efforts toward the socio-economic ills which appear to bear the strongest relationship to violent deaths by firearms, the fatalities likely will remain high whether this country has gun control laws or not. (http://findarticles.com...)" Also: A relationship between unemployment and criminal violence has been relatively well documented (Lofftin et.al, 1989; Parker, 1989; Vold, 1986). A relationship between ethnic group membership and criminal violence has also been established (Gurr, 1981; Lane, 1968; Lenton, 1989; Monkonnen, 1989; Williams, 1984), although this may, in fact, be due to structural poverty. So once again, it is seen that the lack of enforcement of current gun control policies leads to an increase in the death rates, not the laws themselves. So more evidence for my position: "The multivariate statistical regression model suggests that the existence of gun control laws indeed have a deterrent effect on firearm deaths, although this relationship is weaker than previously reported. If, however, the United States had had a uniform gun control law similar to the 1977 Canadian law, the impact may have been stronger than that found here, which relies on systems of laws that vary significantly between states. Accordingly, it appears that the Brady Bill, if implemented properly, may have significant impact on deterring the number of deaths associated with the firearm use. (http://findarticles.com...)" In conclusion: 1) I have established through analytical and statistical arguments that it is due to the lack of enforcement, not the actually gun control laws themselves, are to blame for gun-related deaths. 2) I won that human being are not inherently evil. 3) Poverty rates are also a substantial factor in gun-violence. So anyone who is going to vote in this round have two options: A vote for PoeJoe is a vote for doing nothing to prevent gun violence in this country. A vote for my policy of enforcement solves for most gun-related violence in this nation preventing another Virginia Tech, Columbine, and Omaha.