Gun Bans

Thank you for the opportunity to debate such a controversial issue. In the world where gun crimes soars and inflation occurs, humans are consistently trying to reduce gun crimes. We know that keeping restrictions off gun ownership didn't reduce gun violence. The problem is how we reduce gun violence. Definitions: Gun ban - bans on gun ownership A. Gun laws have never been effective on reducing gun violence. Justice Breyer wrote that at the crudest level, violent crime in Washington has increased since the ban took effect in 1976. He states that "a comparison with 49 other major cities reveals that the district's homicide rate is actually substantially higher relative to these other cities than it was before the handgun restriction went into place." But these statistics cannot be used solely to prove this claim. Aside from the gun ban, like demographics, economics and the drug trade were almost certainly in play. After it does not always mean because of it. My opponent's conclusion is not an indictment of all efforts to regulate guns. There are many flavors of gun control, and many problems of definition and measurement. Every country is different by its cultures and laws. Different cultures have different law-abiding people. One study showed that strict gun laws are correlated with more murders, not fewer. However, "many criminologists say cultural, economic and demographic factors play a big role in murder rates, and some say the number of guns and the number of murders may well be uncorrelated." The controversy about the "mixed quality of the evidence on the efficacy of gun control, along with its varying interpretations, means that lawmakers should be allowed to assess it for themselves to set reasonable gun control policies." Justice Antonin Scalia said the Constitution had largely shut down the discussion. However, he acknowledged that "gun violence is a serious problem." Therefore, lawmakers should be allowed to evaluate the "failed gun ban" in order to make gun control policies to reduce gun violence. Gun laws haven't been effective before, but if allowed, lawmakers may find a way to reduce gun violence. For more information, go to http://www.nytimes.com...... B. Situation 1 and 2 According to my opponent's situations, we must assume the following: PoeJoe is a criminal. He is strong enough to kick the door in He has sneaked out of the house without his parents discovering where he went. He bought or stole a gun. He doesn't care about stealing or killing. He has a car or the house is nearby. He's crazy. Situation 1 (With Gun) results: You grab the handgun; the criminal sees you have a gun pointed on him, and the criminal shoots you first. You grab the handgun; the criminal sees you have a gun pointed on him, and you shoot the criminal and then suffer the death penalty. The criminal runs out of your home and the criminal doesn't drop anything. Situation 2 (Without Gun) results: You hide in the corner begging for mercy and then you beat the criminal up, because both of you have no guns. You hide in the corner begging for mercy and then the criminal beats you up, because both of you have no guns. He shoots you to make sure his identity was still hidden and DNA analysis was used to track down the bullet to its owner, then the criminal is brought to justice. He has a gun and sees you hiding in the corner begging for mercy and because he thought that the gun ban made you defenseless, you shot hit with a taser gun disguised as a flashlight or cell phone. A criminal may not follow the laws. But that doesn't mean that he is intelligent enough to get a gun if gun were banned, does it? If guns were outlawed, outlaws only have guns? If outlaws can't have guns, the better the gun ban would work. U.S. small arms are briskly — and illegally — sold all over the world. Illegal guns are the problems of the gun ban, because outlaws may use the gun ban as an advantage to use against law-abiding citizens. So what is the solution? Global Gun Ban, not just any country gun ban concerning just the United States. Local gun bans are a problem, because outlaws will have access to guns. However, the U.N. is after Americans' Second Amendment gun rights and it wants gun ownership banned in the U.S. For more information, go to http://archive.newsmax.com...... This is our right to bear arms in practice. And it's not saving lives or guarding liberties. It's relatively easy for crazy criminals to get their hands on everything from assault rifles to handguns, as well as all the ammunition they need. In the last 10 years, the international community succeeded in establishing a global treaty against antipersonnel landmines and a global ban on cluster bombs — that pose a threat to military personnel and civilians alike. With no access to guns, gun violence may be extinct. So the question is: Shouldn't a global treaty against guns be next? For more information, go to http://www.fpif.org...... Guns may be used for self-defense, but they can only be used to kill. Tasers are better self-defense weapons that you can use against criminals without killing anyone. I will further elaborate in the next rounds.