Resolved: Guns should be prohibited.

First i'll start with definitions: Guns - A weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is fired at high velocity into a relatively flat trajectory. . http://www.thefreedictionary.com...Prohibited- being banned. Now, I will start bt rebutteling my opponent's case and then lay out mine. RebuttelMy opponent makes a bunch of absurd statements and has not even sourced his case. I will quote the famous philosopher, writer, and debater Chistopher Hitchens for this one: "Whatever is asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence". So, I will simply ignore it in my rebuttel and refute it with the case of my own that I am about to present. Contention 1: More Guns, Less CrimeI'll begin with a few facts on the paterns of between gun ownership per capita in other countries and crime rates of those countries. (A) Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime, especially violent crime, has risen. However, firearm use in crimes in the UK has doubled in the decade since handguns were banned. Britan has the highest rate of violent crime in Europe, more so than the United States or even South Africa. They also have the second highest over all crime rate in the European Union. In 2008, Britan had a violent crime rate nearly five times higher than the United states (446 vs. 2034 pre 100,000 population). (B) In Australia: Crime has been rising since enacting a sweeping ban on private gun ownership. In the first two years after Australian gun-owners were forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms, government statistics showed a dramatic increase in criminal activity. In 2001-2002, homicides were up another 20%. From the inception of firearm confiscation to March 27, 2000, the numbers are: • Firearm-related murders were up 19% • Armed robberies were up 69% • Home invasions were up 21% The really sad part is that in the 15 years before the national gun confiscation: • Firearm-related homicides dropped nearly 66% • Firearm-related deaths fell 50% (C) In Canada around 1920, before there was any form of gun control, their homicide rate was 7% of the U. S rate. By 1986, and after significant gun control legislation, Canada’s homicide rate was 35% of the U. S. rate – a significant increase. In 2003, Canada had a violent crime rate more than double that of the U. S. (963 vs. 475 per 100,000). Now, with these facts presented, I pose a question to my opponent and the people who are readind this. If you were a criminal, who would you rob? Would rob a man who was unarmed and defenseless or the man who was armed with a firearm? Now, bare in mind you being a criminal, you have already purchased a assault weapon and a handgun from the black market. Obviously, from the mindset of a criminal you would pick the defenseless man. This ladies and gentlemen is why gun control and bans are flawed. The politicians who make these laws ignore the fact that the only people who would follow the law would be the people who obey the law is the law-abiding citizens while the criminals would either keep their weapons in hiding or purchase them off of a the black market. Thus, increasing crime because you disarm the people who follow the law and leaving them at the mercy of armed criminals. Source: . http://www.gunfacts.info...Contention 2: The Defense of Liberty From Its Enemies Both Foreign and DomesticThere is not question about it that when out founding fathers wrote up the 2nd Amendment that it was for more then just defending again criminals or going hunting (even though these were in their reasoning too in some cases), it ment as a safe gaurd against oppressive government and so that the people themselves could be a strong defense against a foreign occupation as we saw in both Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The people had arms they didn't go to the government and ask for them, they already had them and we were able to fend against the strongest empire in the world at that time. In history all mass killings/murders/genocides were committed shortly after the people were disarmed. Zelman and Stevens, in their book "Death by "Gun Control"" report that in the 20th century, 89.8 MILLION individuals were murdered by their governments after being forced to disarm. Obviously, we should not allow the state to have the guns while "We the people" are defenseless. The only way to make sure everyone is protected from either criminals in the White House or in the country side/cities, firearms ownership must not be banned or it would be the undoing of this country and the liberties we all hold dear. Sources: . http://jpfo.org... I will now await my opponent's response. Thank You!