the right to bear arms
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| Started: | 5/11/2008 | Category: | Politics |
| Updated: | 3 months ago | Status: | Voting Period |
| Viewed: | 233 times | Debate No: | 3988 |
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 Pro Awaiting explanation...  Con bexy_kelly forfeited this round. |
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Pro Until Milady here responds, here's something interesting for you guys:-) http://youtube.com... Con After watching a documentry called "trigger happy", I was convinced that ownership of guns is directly related to high school shootings (and I know how stupidly obvious that sounds!) Giving people the ownership of guns only encourages them to use them. It it relativly easy to get a gun in america. You simply have to be an american citizen, apply for the licence,and in three days you can buy a gun. The only reason the high school shootings occured is that the mentally sick people had easy access to guns. Sure, they would have probably used other methods of killing people had they not had guns, but it is incredibly easy to kill someone with a gun. Its easier to run away from someone with a knife to someone with a gun. Yes, some people will probably use guns only for self defense, or for hobbys such as shooting deer, but others are not mentally mature to handle a gun. These people will just misuse it. Even if you were using a gun in self defense against a robber if you hurt him and he hadnt stolen anything, you could get tried for attempted murder, while he gets off with tresspassing. Guns are often used for suicide. They have a 98% chance of killing you instantly if you attempt to kill yourslef with them. Ending your life in such an abrupt manner means its not possible to give any help or to stop it. And theres always the cahnce you could get shot by accident. Being shot by a gun could kill you or leave you paralised. So I consider the ownership of guns simply not worth it. My apologies once again for the forfeit, it was completly unintentional, I had very little time and the server went down. |
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Pro Chaotiklown forfeited this round.
Con However this now mean I have nothing to say... This argument is now over 100 characters long |
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Dave
alotta anger there! Yep I made a fairly terrible argument for it (pleh, dont care too much), no need for the most exclaimation marks history has ever seen at once.
Suicide???? come on if some one wants to kill them self not having a gun won't stop them.
And getting shot by accident is completely your fault it's harder than you think to get shot if you know GUN SAFTY!!!
The rate of the current government and society a GUN is worth more than you can possibly imagine!!!