Guns kill people!

"Your entire opening statement is about gun control." Ok so here are some lines from my opening statement (which was only 2short paragraphs anyway) "It has been said by... that, "Guns kill people…" "I... strongly believe that Guns do NOT kill people… Banning Guns will not solve anything and it certainly will not stop PEOPLE from killing people. Which is what I believe the true problem is… In this debate I…who believes that guns kill people so I…" I did talk about how I do not believe guns kill people. Obviously I was not going to use all of my thunder in my opener. I am not going to throw out solid facts until at least the second or third round that is just my style sorry if you feel misled or tricked. You probably wouldn't have accepted the debate had I given you all my facts in round one. You would have been overwhelmed! Not to mention it is a poor debating technique. I like how you never addressed my formula for why guns DON'T kill people and of course you will not go into the Rosie O'Donnell thing! Could it be that you realize I am correct? Humm… Those were the two main points I made to prove that "guns don't kill people" Which happens to be the main topic of debate! So if you want to win this debate i suggest you disprove those key elements. I brought up the concept of bullets kill people mainly out of sarcasm and satire, however interestingly enough you are wrong in saying, ‘bullets can't kill without a gun.' And you said something about "shrapnel" Well I have a newsflash for you shrapnel is shell fragments, tiny metal balls and parts of the bullet head that explodes when the bullet hits its target. It is NOT from a gun itself! If you go buy a new gun and pull the trigger without ever putting anything in it, IT WILL NEVER FIRE!! Bullets have explosives inside its shell. When you pull the trigger and the hammer on the gun hits the primer (center point of the back of the bullet) thus causing an explosion and propelling the head of the bullet out of the gun. Don't EVER try to tell a hunter how a gun or bullet works when you know little to nothing about the mechanics of a gun. Believe me if you throw bullets into a fire or throw them off a tall enough building they will explode! "Even if bullets do kill people, they can't without guns... guns kill people." Again WRONG! "You can beat someone with a gun." Same formula applies that I used in round two. A PERSON has to make a CHOISE to pick it up and beat someone to death, which means the PERSON BEAT SOMEONE TO DEATH NOT THE GUN! You obviously do not hunt and you live a very sheltered life. There are hundreds of people who have one arm and hunt with a hand gun. Go buy a copy or two of "Hunters Handbook" or subscribe to any hunting mag. I am sure you will find more than one story. "Automatic and semi-automatic guns aren't designed to kill bear either." WRONG. Fact: Hunting shotguns and rifles are categorized as Semi-Automatic guns. Semi-Automatic guns are self-loading guns that fire once at every pull of the trigger. You said if criminals can make guns then why don't they? Because they don't have to they can get guns if they need them. All I am saying is the technology is out there and if guns ever become completely illegal to own in this country they CAN make them. Saying they couldn't is like saying people can't grow marijuana in this country. Sure it is illegal but it comes from some ware. Also guns do not have to be made out of metal. There are thousands of guns that are made of plastic and rubber that are just as lethal as any other gun sand no metal detector will catch them. "And we already ‘ban' crime." Funny this is true yet crime still happens! What makes you think a ban on guns will work any better? "The world is not full of scary criminals out to get you" What kind of sheltered life do you live? Have you ever watched the news? If you are right and the world is not full of scary criminals out to get you. Then why would we need gun laws? If we are all kind, sane people or at least the most of us are as you suggest we wouldn't need them. Look my friend I respect the fact that you have good intentions of lowering crime and murder rates but your claim that, gun control laws eliminate guns and prevent crimes is 100% FALSE! The fact or TRUTH of the matter is, violent crime has increased in areas ware gun control laws have been put in place, making it more likely that law-abiding citizens (such as me) have been unable to defend themselves from armed criminals. Don't believe me here is a few examples out of the dozens I have found in regards to this topic. In 1987 Washington DC banned handgun sails. What did it do? I am glad you asked because it led to the murder rate tippling in the early 1990's and as it turns out hand guns were used in most of the crimes. Don't you wish this was one rare occasion? Its not! Since 1975, California's annual murder rate has averaged 32% higher than the rest of the country even though the state has increased its waiting period on private and retail sails of hand guns from 5 to 50 days. They also outlawed "assault weapons" in 1989 and subjected rifles and shotguns to waiting periods in the year 1990. Just wait there is more... Maryland officials imposed a gun purchase limit and waiting period, restricted "assault weapons" and regulated private transfers of firearms between family members. The result? During the last decade, Maryland murder rate has been about 44% higher than the rest of the country! Not to mention the wonderful state of Maryland has the highest robbery rate among any state IN THE COUNTRY! The signing of the national federal gun control act in 1968 which imposed huge restrictions on firearms nationwide did little to reduce crime. In fact you might go as far as to say it did NOTHING, to reduce crime the national murder rate was almost 50% higher that before the law went into effect five years after it was in place and 75% higher over the next 5 years and 81% higher during five years after that. Man how about that gun control?! Here is another interesting fact for you to sleep on; most countries that have banned firearms have higher crime rates than in the U.S. Australia and England (just two of the many examples) have already banned personal ownership of guns. But it hasn't made their country any safer. In Australia violent crimes is up in every category. From 1997-1999, murder rose 6.5 percent and attempted murder 12.5 percent. Increases in assaults, kidnappings and armed robberies also increased after their wonderful banning of guns. England ranks SECOND (that's 2nd) among industrialized nations in violent crime! Between April and September of 2000.state crime in London rose 32% over the same period in 1999. You might want to read that again! Seems to me your precious gun control is nothing more that a flop that fails to address the real problem, which is a lack of PERSONAL RESPONCIBUILITY! Gun control doesn't improve anything; all of your claims are lies. Crime goes up ware there are gun bans NOT down! Fun fact of the day: Although it is true Canada has less crime than the U.S. they also have less people and since their strict gun control laws have gone into effect their crime has gone up not down. Not only is it a failure but it goes against the second amendment of our Constitution!(The right to bear arms.) Gun control is a very, very, very bad idea!! And incase you were wondering ware I got my sources, they came from a number of places... Richard Poe, "the seven myths of gun control", Richard E. Gardiner, "The 5th circuit court gets it right, law enforcement alliance of America, Sept, 2005", Rifle Association, "Fables, myths & other Tall Tails about Gun Laws, Crime and Constitutional Rights: Fable II, Sept 2005" Guns don't kill people. In fact as my evidence so clearly straits if anything Guns save peoples lives!Ha-ha It was good debating you, Kasrahalteth good luck in your future debates!