Series 1 Episode 5 : *RETAKE* Severe Gun Control is good for Society.

'There have been many incidents regarding gun shootings. Helpless and innocent lives have been snatched away due to another man's carelessness or anger. You could say that "people abuse people, not guns abuse people". Yes, overall it is the person harming another person, but if people's carelessness continues due to guns, isn't it logical to control guns? Yes, again you can bring up that cars also bring deaths, but the solution to that is rising the age limit, or going off of experience. You can also restrict the use of cars, but in the grand scheme of things, it is impractical. Cars are a need to society, but what need is there for guns? Taking the multiple shootings into consideration, guns weren't needed, but in car accidents, cars are more needed than guns. List of shooting incidents: . http://en.wikipedia.org......' I think it is important to know that the number of shootings in the US has not increased over the last few decades (. http://time.com......) . The worst year for the US when it comes to mass shootings was 1929 , 'In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U. S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. ' (- . http://www.nationalreview.com......). Lots of guns don't necessarily mean lots of shootings, as you can see in Israel and Switzerland. As David Lamp writes at Cato, "In Israel and Switzerland, for example, a license to possess guns is available on demand to every law-abiding adult, and guns are easily obtainable in both nations. Both countries also allow widespread carrying of concealed firearms, and yet, admits Dr. Arthur Kellerman, one of the foremost medical advocates of gun control, Switzerland and Israel 'have rates of homicide that are low despite rates of home firearm ownership that are at least as high as those in the United States. '" -(. http://www.washingtonpost.com......) . 'Yes, you cannot take away the right to bear arms, (In the U. S), but you can still restrict the use of arms. Keep in mind I am not in favor for banning guns, but CONTROLLING its uses. ' By making guns harder to get you would cause an increase in crime rates . 'from the FBI's Annual Uniform Crime Report, that `right-to-carry' states (i. e. , those that widely allow concealed carry) have 22 percent lower total violent crime rates, 30 percent lower murder rates, 46 percent lower robbery rates, and 12 percent lower aggravated assault rates, as compared to the rest of the country. 4' (-. http://thomas.loc.gov......) This number would clearly suggest that gun rights lower crime rates. My opponent then talks about how states with low gun ownership rates have less suicide. Suicide is a personal choice and you should not take away somebodies right to gun ownership just because someone want's to kill himself which is irrelevant. Extra Info : 'With just one single exception, the attack on congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson in 2011, every public shooting since at least 1915 in the U. S. in which more than three people have been killed has taken place where citizens are not allowed to carry guns. '. -(. http://spootville.blogspot.co.uk...) . Guns are used 7 times more frequently in self defense than they are used during the commission of a crime. - (. http://www.electsteveowens.org...). After 60 years of increasing gun control the UK murder rates got worse -()-9 minute mark. The UK more specifically had less violance before 1920 when there was much less gun control. According to a study by criminologist Gary Kleck of Florida State University, there are about 2.5 million cases of people using firearms for self-defense in America every year.