Gun control

Okay, for those confused, here is the 2nd amendment:"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."For those who don't know, here are a few definitions: Regulate:a : to govern or direct according to rule b (1) : to bring under the control of law or constituted authority (2) : to make regulations for or concerning <regulate the industries of a country> 2: to bring order, method, or uniformity to <regulate one's habits> 3: to fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of <regulate the pressure of a tire>(http://www.merriam-webster.com...)Militia: 1a: a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency b : a body of citizens organized for military service 2: the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to military service Infringe: 1: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another <infringe a patent> 2: obsolete : defeat, frustrate (Every definition is from Merriam-webster.com) Basically the 2nd amendment protects that state's rights to hold a personal militia, and it holds personal right to own a gun. Well, it's all debated, in reality few actually know the true meaning, we can only guess.Anyway, back to the debate!"It says in the constitution in the second amendment that we have the right to own guns. Gun control does not protect the citizens from being shot, the government wont step in to help. You don't have a gun to protect your self you won't live long."1. I don't own a gun, and don't intend to. I'm alive. My mother is alive, she owns no firearms. The same situation applies with my father and both of his parents. All of us are alive.2. Definition of gun control: efforts to regulate or control sales of guns. (http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu...)So gun control doesn't stop gun sales, it only regulates (that word looks familiar) the sales of them. "Look at Washington D.C, they banned guns. The crime rate is really high. But this is only one of the cities. Why United States right now has less crime rate than other communist countries is because we can defend ourselves."1. http://www.neighborhoodscout.com... How many of those cities banned guns? D.C. is number 46, so I'm going to need you to prove that those 45 other cities have strict gun control.2. Please give names and statistics from at least 2010 showing that the majority of Communist countries have a higher crime rate than the U.S."You can't really fight a criminal with your fist, you won't win against a gun. The government wants to be in control, it wants people to rely on them for everything, protection and other stuff. The guns are also not the problem. It's the person who pulls the trigger. The government is storing lots of ammunition so that people cant get to it. An example is that every time every store gets 22 rifle/pistol ammunition it is all gone in about an hour of arrival."1. http://www.mrconservative.com...From the article: "A Florida high school student and his friends discovered the truth of the cynical adage that “no good deed goes unpunished” when he was suspended for disarming a fellow student on the school bus. The teens, all students at Cypress Lake High School in Fort Myers, Florida, were on a school bus when two students got into a heated argument. One of them then pulled a loaded .22 caliber revolver on the other, and aimed it at his head." 2. I'm going to need evidence for your statement about the government wanting people to need them for everything.3. Yes, the person who pulls the trigger is the problem. It's why we want better background checks. We need to know how psychologically sound a would-be gun owner is.4. And again, I need evidence for your statement about government officials buying all 22 rifle/pistol ammunition in every store every time they restock the ammunition."There has been many protests, the government is starting to get scared so they decided if they take away the ammunition nobody will be able to threaten them. The government can care less about the people. The way the founding fathers wanted this country to run is that the states should have the power and the government is there just to make sure nothing gets out of control."1. Few can threaten the government anyway. I don't know many people that own fully automatic weapons to begin with (I personally know 2), and I certainly don't know anyone that owns tanks, fighter planes, or even a grenade. How are they, the Average Joes, that much of a threat?2. If the government didn't care about the people, welfare, minimum wage, and goverment given medical aid wouldn't exist. "But right now it's totally opposite. the states depend on the government, and they feel if the government goes down they will be in despair and wouldn't know what to do. Every year the government take more power than what it was intended to have. This government we have now should back down and give the states control."1. This debate is about gun control, not government power vs. state power. They can go hand in hand, but you have yet to truly make the two connected.