Guns should be more heavily restricted in the US

In this round, I will focus on refuting my opponent's arguments and defending mine, the. I will show how my arguments are more than sufficient to win the debate.On the examples of countries with high gun ownership and low crime First off, the first three examples with historical civilizations isn't very compelling. Guns aren't the same as old weapons, and he doesn't even back up his claims with any sources that show that what he is saying is accurate. In the next round, I would like evidence that shows that people owning weapons back then was "almost mandatory" and some good reasons why that is relevant.In the Iceland argument, my opponent here seems to be jumping to conclusions as to what I defend. Hence this statement from my opponent:"The affirmative would say that with so many access routes to guns for criminals the crime rate would be very high"False. I understand that there are many causes of crime, and guns aren't one of them. According to my opponent's own source on Iceland, less than 2% of the population is "lower class" and drug use in the 15-64 yr old age group is less than 1% for cocaine, ecstacy, and amphetamines[1]. It is obvious that Iceland is small and wealthy enough that crime isn't a big deal. This claim about self-defence and deterrence is unsubstantiated, as he provides no statistically significant information that links more guns with less crime. To sum up; I have admitted that guns do not cause crime and I have refuted my opponent's argument that the reverse is true.Now, before I address my opponent's next argument, you may be wondering, "why should we restrict guns then, if they don't cause crime?" The answer to this question is simple. Criminals cannot commit crimes with guns without guns. Sure criminals can commit crimes without guns, but I am sure we can all agree that guns are the most dangerous and threatening weapon they can use. A knife can do damage, but commiting a homicide with a knife is much less likely. Almost than 70% of homicides in the US are committed with guns[2], even though blunt objects, fires, a cloth to strangle someone with, or knives are more common and don't even have to be bought. Why do guns beat them all combined? Guns are obviously much more effective. Homicide would go down without guns, because it would be much harder to commit a crime due to the fact guns are just so overpowering.On equality Con misunderstands what I mean by equality, something he would have understood if he had read my case more carefully. Equality in this context refers to equality of freedom, the abuse of power that makes others subservient, like slavery for example. I am arguing that inequality should end like how the inequality between the master and the slave ended. I am arguing that the most important things for our government to achieve is to end forced subservience and oppression. Guns create that oppression. I am certainly not arguing that the government should treat everyone exactly the same regardless of circumstance, which clearly has nothing to do with the social contract. My opponent then argues that laws should act as punishment only, and says they should not be used to limit ability to commit a crime. His sole justification of which is:"Mainly because there is no way to keep criminals from having guns at the same time as allowing citizens to own them. If we limit the amount of ways a criminal can get guns, like my opponent suggests, you also limit the ways that law abiding people can obtain them."This nakedly assumes that limiting guns in the civilian population is a bad thing. I argued that safety and equality are the most important things our government should be accomplishing, the reason why it exists. If the citizens want guns but it stands in the way of this value, then it should be disregarded. The citizens wanted slaves too.On criminals breaking laws to obtain gunsCriminals will clearly do this. They do it already. However, I am proposing gun laws that restrict hard enough that even illegal sources dry up. This can be done because guns can be detected with metal detectors, so are much more difficult to import. Secondly, they require factories to make on large inexpensive scale and you can be sure authorities will notice that. I am not claiming criminals will have no way to get guns under any policy, but I am claiming they we can make them reasonably unobtainable for the ordinary criminal. 1. http://www.bbc.com... 2. http://www.infoplease.com...