Guns ownership should be illegal

"1. "Well Regulated"" Looks like I was mistaken. I thought you were talking about guns in America in general. "Irrational gear of guns." I'm not afraid of guns. I'm all for guns. In the states mind you not here in Canada. I only accepted this debate because I wanted to strengthen my debating skills in things I do not believe in. "good people suddenly go on shooting sprees when they are handed a gun." Never said that. My argument is more about defense. The accidental firings that is so common. The kids playing with guns and blowing their sister's head off. That is what I'm talking about. "Guns do not kill, people kill." Exactly. With guns those people that would have a hard time going on a killing spree from the lack of guns can easily going into a local ammo store and take to Times Square. I volunteer at a mental hospital. One of the people I tend to there which I see as a friend told me on multiply occasions he wanted to murder those around him. The only thing that stopped him were the tools necessary. His family admitted him after hearing this. I live in Canada so it's pretty difficult to get a gun. "criminals don't follow laws" I knew I needed to state my point more clearly. I'm not talking about absolutely no one will have guns and everyone will sing "Kumbaya" around a campfire. I'm saying it will be less necessary. "never probably even held a gun." Nope have never held a gun but what does that have to do with this argument? I think you're talking your emotions into account and losing sight of the argument. "but also education" When there is a mandatory gun safety class in all schools starting from kindergarten then we'll talk. "My opponent claims that gun ownership should be illegal. Notice that he does not address my point, which was that guns could be made with the know-how and the resources to make a gun could be easily brought. I would like this point addressed the next round." I said it before and I'll say it again they can't take away all guns. I'm speaking to you here in theory. They should but they won't. They try in other countries people will still get heir hands on guns. You want an answer? Fine. How about we shot all guns up into space along with the nukes and neuralyze the human race so we won't remember what guns are let alone how to build one. You happy now? "everything causes accidents" I said that in my previous point. You can trip down the stairs and break your neck or get stabbed while cutting chicken but unlike stairs and knives you don't need guns. "police officers and the marines use them every single day to defend the country" Police officer are protecting the people from un toting psychos s we don't need them. "Gun safety and usage is not rocket science" To an uneducated 5 year old, yes it is. "You point it at something that you think is dangerous and if it acts up you pull the trigger. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out." Never said it had to act out. Have you ever heard of fight, flight or freeze. Well if someone heard a noise downstairs and it was just a child getting a snack they take out the gun they see a of black clothing and bang. Now you have blood on your newly done tile. "guns don't cause death. People use guns to murder" Yep you've said that about 10 times already and that comment about me not knowing anything about guns? It really hurt, Charlie. How do you expect me to when there is no education program. "Banning guns isn't going to make people more moral." Never said it would. But it would help cut down gun crime. There will still be theft, rape and yes murder. but if you looked at the statistics comparing US and UK gun crime rates you would see something like those differences. "I can make a gadget that fires nails if given an hour in a tool shed." As I stated before banning guns isn't stopping crime. I said it in round two. Read my argument man. "Do you know why mass shooters kill themselves when the police come? Because they don't want to fight. They are cowards, so they only kill when they are in the perfect position to do so. Don't give them that environment, keep guns ownership legal." So it wouldn't matter whether or not the person shot the gunman in the first place. He would just kill himself in the end. He would still die. Whether from a civilians hands, a cop's or his own. The problem with that is that when a normal person kills someone the eternal trauma it causes is horrible. It breaks that person. Of course death is a terrible thing but as cynical as this may sound eventually most people get over death. The murder of someone leads to one of two things. A realization that they loved it and would like to do it again or a ruined life and an eternal depression ruining the lives of those around them so yeah. "8. "Protection"" Not mandatory. A police officer is required to take gun safety lessons. It's their job to have a un and use it responsibly. As always there's a case here and there of a crazy guy that gets through but it's to be expected right. The owners of guns on the other hand don't. They go through safety training they pass the test. You are one of a few that cared. Think of it this way. You do a test on Linear equations in grade 9. How much of that do you remember now? if you have a job in the mathematics or something similar of course you remember but if you flip burgers at McDonald's who has the time to remember. This is the difference between an officer and a civilian. One last thing. The chances of a cop's gun misfiring is slimmer than a civilian's. They're less cops out there than civilians first of all. The cops do regular checks to make sure their safety is on but if you're a civilian, who has the time? Conclusion In this debate I hope I have successfully proven that gun ownership should be banned. That guns cause more harm than it stops. The reason we need to take away guns is because people don't need another way to kill each other. In a perfect world exempt from the crazies and the psychos I'd be all for guns but humans just aren't ready for them. Good Luck, I'm rooting for ya.