Semi-Automatic Firearms should be illegal for Civilians - Exception is with permit

I will accept how my opponent described the process of purchasing a gun legally, and will accept his definition of a formal dealer. To put this down, this debate is about: Semi-automatic firearms should be illegal - Exception is with a permit. So, if a guy has a semi-auto firearm, and has not permit for it, it is illegal. If a dude has a semi-auto rifle and has registered and has a permit (varies on state laws), it is legal. These are two realistic scenarios. I am saying that only law abiding citizens that pose little or no threat to the public should have the option of owning a semi-automatic firearm. My opponent had to say why they should not have the right to own a semi-automatic firearm at all, or why other people should be able to own semi-automatic firearms such as mentally unstabe citizens, former criminals, fugitives, etc. I am saying that the NICS should be used (and is) because it largely prevents criminals and other "at risk" people from getting semi-automatic firearms and other more dangerous weapons. At-Risk Person: More liable or likely to succumb to somethingAssault Rifle: Gun that can switch between fully automatic and semi-automatic I said that people with children having a semi-automatic gun in the house is a bad idea, I didn't say they should be denied owning a semi-automatic gun. I also said it was a better idea for more vulnerable citizens such as a person being stalked or an elderly couple to own a semi-automatic gun. Still, owning a gun AT ALL will more likely end up causing pain and or death to a family/ owner than thwarting a home invasion. Semi-automatic guns will just aggravate this problem. Homicide, as well as suicide rates are higher in homes with firearms. A gun in the house results in 22 times more likely chance of unintentional death. I suggested other methods such as pepper spray, mace, etc. to defend a home, but did not say that homeowners should be denied the right to own a semi-automatic firearm with a permit. I interchanged the two terms severe psychiatric [problems] with mentally unstable. I apologize for any inconvenience. It is proven that people who have mental/ psychiatric issues are more likely to hurt their fellow citizens, and that healthy citizens (without mental/ psychiatric) issues are less likely to hurt their fellow citizens. Although people with severe mental/ psychiatric issues may not be able to own a semi-automatic firearm as I am arguing for (denied a permit for one, making it illegal), the potential costs outway any benefits. They could be closely supervised in a formal target practice area, and are be taking their medications. This refutes my opponent's attack. They could own a different, "less violent" type of weapon possibly, but that isn't the subject of this debate. I am saying that semi-automatic firearms that can also be fully automatic firearms should be illegal for all outside of the military because they are just to dangerous to the populace of a community. To get a permit, people should be required to register with 4473 forms, and the current requirements to get a firearm should be maintained, as well as making dangerous, at risk mentally instable/ psychiatric problematic people prevented from obtaining semi-automatic firearms (history of not using medications, etc.). A permit should be required for any semi-automatic gun purchases because history has proven that permits and registrations reduce gun violence. Determined by the U.S. Justice Department, is the fact that a substantial numbers of firearms associated with gun shows being used in drug crimes and crimes of violence, as well as being passed illegally to juveniles. However, this debate is not about gun shows. This debate is allowing semi-automatic firearms to be allowed to the majority of the poplulace to be denied unless they have a permit. The bold shows that people shoud need to have a permit to reduce gun violence, because gun show purchases do not need a permit, resulting in the [bold analysis]. If my opponent disagrees with this, he is saying that people shouldn't need to acquire a permit to get a gun, putting more deaths into our hands and more pain into American homes. http://www.stophandgunviolence.com... http://aje.oxfordjournals.org... http://en.wikipedia.org...