Should people be allowed to own fire arms? (guns)

I hope it will be fun for both us and the voters! I am also very glad you are happy with the rules, procedures and definitions. I wish you luck and hope this will be beneficial for both of us! I do believe that this debate will be most entertaining and enjoyable! (: On to the debate. .. What do YOU (voters and UchihaMadara) believe on the matter of guns and fire arms being owned freely in American households? The point we are debating is Whether or not people should be allowed to own fire arms(/guns). I say Yes, people should be allowed to own fire arms for three reasons: Guns provide protection for people, guns provide a means of public defense, and guns provide means for food. The first reason people (referring to grown adults 21 and over) should freely be allowed to own fire arms is guns provide protection. If every American citizen owned a fire arm or gun, one would think at first glance, that murders and crime rates would become astronomically high. This in fact is not true. One study showed that "Evidently 98% of robbers say they wouldn't go into a home if they knew someone in there was armed". Just because people are allowed to own a gun does not mean everyone will, but if most people did own a gun, like most Americans, the others would be inclined to follow what the majority of America does. The reason people fear guns, is they fear the always present possibility of someone being shot. This is true for ALL people. I myself own many guns and I am always very cautious around them because they ARE lethal weapons. But that is actually just the point, if everyone owned a gun freely un opposed, in fear of their own lives, they would not be inclined to commit crime because the owner of the house is probably armed with a fire arm which could kill the robber. My point in summary being, the ability to freely own any fire arm or gun should be available to the American people because it provides protection for all citizens who do own a firearm and detours crimes from happening. My question for you is: "What would say that directly opposes this last point? " The second reason people (referring to grown adults 21 and over) should freely be allowed to own fire arms is guns provide a means of public defense. The Navy, The Army, The Core, The Air Force, The police, these are just a few of the public servants who use guns to provide protection for their country. day by day they place their lives on the line to protect the people they love. By taking away the ability for people to own guns, you take away the protection of people. As I said in my previous point: " the ability to freely own any fire arm or gun should be available to the American people because it provides protection for all citizens". This is a rather vital point in my argument. providing the military and police with guns can only add protection for America or which ever country in which you live. My question to you is: "What, if ANY good would come of taking guns away from our military and police? " The third reason people (referring to grown adults 21 and over) should freely be allowed to own fire arms is guns provide a means of food. Some people are opposed to the idea of hunting, killing animals for game or for food. Now I myself do not kill for sport and to get a trophy of antlers on my wall, every animal I kill, I share with my friends and family and put to full use to honor the animal. Some people can hunt with bows and arrows as I occasionally do, but the weapon of choice of almost all hunters is a fire arm. Guns provide a hard clean kill which ends the life of the animal with minimal pain and injury. For many people across the world, 70%-98% of their food comes from animals which they have killed and therefore, the ability to affectively do so determines the health of the individuals and those they proved for. Hunting has been around for almost all of time, and is vital to the survival of people. Taking away the freedom to own guns takes away their ability to freely live with out dependence on others and to trust the skill of their own hands and abilities. Therefore, taking away guns would eliminate a popular lifestyle and limit the ability for people to feed themselves in some causes the only way of which they know how. My question to you is: "How would taking away a life style of many human beings and their ability to get food beneficial in any way? " In conclusion, people (referring to grown adults 21 and over) should freely be allowed to own fire arms (/guns) because Guns provide protection for people which is perhaps most important because no amount of riches can atone for human life. Also, guns provide a means of public defense. With out the brave men and women who gladly defend their people and country, we would be doomed to die. Without he means of defending themselves and us, the men and woman who would gladly lay their lives down in defense may all be condemned to do just that. ALL of them. Lastly, guns provide means for food. many people have hunting for food as a part of their regular life's and is very important to them emotionally and physically. taking away that right and ability would cause many economical problems for people and could perhaps even cause an up roar amongst them which is beneficial for no one. Therefore, people SHOULD be allowed to own fire arms and guns without conscience. _____________________________________________________________ I hope these points gave everyone something to consider and I hope that you (UchihaMadara) will enjoy countering my argument! Good luck to you and thank you once again to all of the voters!