Gun Control

I'd like to start off by saying that the burden of proof is for the voters to decide, not you! Nobody ever gave you any power to decide what happens in this debate!Addressing your foolish statement, " In 1791, it was theoretically possible for citizens to win a war against their own government. I assert that today, that same feat is impossible."You obviously need to read over things a few times, because you said, "He does, however, disagree that it would be impossible for us to win such a war, but the only defense given is a brief mentioning of revolutions in other countries, although he admits they were small and not notable, and he doesn't specifically cite a single one of them." I never said they are not notable, I said explicitly, "smaller less notable revolutions have taken place against fully armed governments within only a few years of now" I said they were less notable as a comparison to the American revolution, I may not have cited one of them, but here are a few, 2000–2005: The Second Intifada, a continuation of the First Intifada, between Palestinians and Israel. 2000: The bloodless Bulldozer Revolution, first of the four colour revolutions (in 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005), overthrows Slobodan Milošević's régime in Yugoslavia. 2001: The 2001 Macedonia conflict. 2001–present: The Taliban insurgency following the 2001 war in Afghanistan which overthrew Taliban rule. 2001: The 2001 EDSA Revolution peacefully ousts Philippine PresidentJoseph Estrada after the collapse of his impeachmenttrial. 2001: Supporters of Philippines former presidentJoseph Estrada violently and unsuccessfully stage a rally, so-called the EDSA Tres, in an attempt of returning him to power. 2001: Cacerolazo in Argentina. Following mass riots and a period of civil unrest, popular protests oust the government and two additional interim presidents within months. December 2001 riots in Argentina 2003: The Rose Revolution, second of the colour revolutions, displaces the president of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, and calls new elections. 2003–present: The Iraqi insurgency refers to the armed resistance by diverse groups within Iraq to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and to the establishment of a liberal democracy therein. 2003–present: The Darfur rebellion led by the two major rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement, recruited primarily from the land-tilling Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups. 2003–present: Conflict in the Niger Delta 2004–present: The Shi'ite Uprising against the US-led occupation of Iraq. 2004–2005: The Orange Revolution in Ukraine. After Viktor Yanukovych was declared the winner of the presidential elections people took to the streets in protest demanding new elections. This was the third colour revolution. 2004: A failed attempt at popular colour-style revolution in Azerbaijan, led by the groups Yox! and Azadlig. 2004: War in North-West Pakistan 2004–present: The Naxalite insurgency in India, led by the Communist Party of India (Maoist). 2004–2013: The Kivu Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2005: The Cedar Revolution, triggered by the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, asks for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. 2005: The Tulip Revolution (a.k.a. Pink/Yellow Revolution) overthrows the President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, and set new elections. This is the fourth colour revolution. 2005: Paraguayan People's Army insurgency 2005: April 15 Intifada – Arab uprising in the Iranian province of Khuzestan. 2006: 2006 democracy movement in Nepal. 2006: The 2006 Oaxaca protests demanding the removal of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, the governor of Oaxaca state in Mexico. 2006–present: The Mexican Drug War. 2007: The Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan emerged to restore a judge but eventually moved to rebel against the military dictatorship of General Pervez Musharraf. 2007–2015: The Civil war in Ingushetia 2007–2009: The Second Tuareg Rebellion in Niger. 2007: The Burmese anti-government protests, including the Saffron Revolution of Burmese Buddhist monks. 2008: 2008 Armenian presidential election protests 2008: 2008 Kashmir Unrest 2008: A Shiite uprising in Basra. 2008: Attacks in Lanao del Norte in the Philippines by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front led by Kumander Bravo and Umbrfa Kato. 2008 Anti-austerity protests in Ireland 2009: 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, leading to development of Iranian Green Movement 2009: 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh killing 57 army officers. 2009–2011: A civil uprising popularly known as the Kitchenware Revolution brought down the Icelandic government after the collapse of the country's financial system in October 2008. 2009: The 2009 Malagasy political crisis in the Madagascar 2009: The Dongo conflict In the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2009–present: War in Somalia (2009–present) 2009-2015: South Yemen insurgency 2009: 2009 Boko Haram uprising 2009–present: Insurgency in the North Caucasus "What an insane leap in inductive reasoning this is. He claims that because small revolutions have recently succeeded in other countries, a revolution could therefore succeed in America? That's like saying because I can leap 3 feet, I can therefore leap 3,000 feet. One cannot deduce that X is possible based merely on the fact that Y is proved to be possible when X is many times more difficult than Y." You see, you are already going back on your word, you stated " In 1791, it was theoretically possible for citizens to win a war against their own government. I assert that today, that same feat is impossible." but now your argument has changed due to the fact that you were wrong, revolutions can succeed in modern day.But again you'll go back to your same argument, that a revoution could never succeed in the United States because all the examples I listed were smaller revolutions and rebellions, but here I list large-scale revolutions that succeeded against militaries that were far more powerful than their citizens, like the United States'; January 1978 – February 1979: The Iranian Revolution July 26, 1953 – January 1, 1959: The Cuban Revolution 1949: The Chinese Revolution 1908: Young Turk Revolution 1917: The October Revolution, this resulted in the Russian Civil War (1917–1922) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. Onto your claims on the cornerstone of my logic, you claimed this last round "His logic is this: firearms should be publicly available because they can help us win a war against our own government if the need arises."Yes the U.S. Government is very powerful, the most powerful in the world, I am not saying that it is too powerful for the people to overthrow, but you musn't leave out the possibility of foreign invasion, I never said that I think the founding fathers put that in there only for the scenario that our own government would become tyrannical, but also the thought that a foreign force instated authority over the people.On an ending note, I do not think that either of these scenarios will arise soon, but we must keep peace throught strenght."We live in a precarious world threatened by totalitarian forces who seek to subvert and destroy freedom. The peace we enjoy is maintained only by our strength and resolve, and it's our duty to fortify both." -Ronald Reagan