Winning Position: Reduce accessibility.
In all debates concering the implementation of Gun Laws in America, I have been getting people who have said that "I'd rather be killed instantly with a bullet than a fist, this is why we shouldn't have gun laws!" or "If America bans citizens the easy access to guns, more people will die!"
... I'm not sure about them, but I believe that lessening the accessibility of guns would actually reduce the amount of deaths in America, if not the death by firearm rate. Don't they want less people to die over there, or do they just want to keep huggin their guns?
Just think about this: not everyone is "normal," and so their brains may work in a different way from the rest of us. By this I mean that there are mentally ill people out there who would kill you for looking at them wrong or something. If you were to piss one of these mentally ill people off, all they would have to do is go to the local Gun store, buy a gun, and pelt the shit out of you with bullets. Now if in this scenario, there was no Gun shop for that psycho to purchase guns, he would have to spend years making friends with some of the underground gangs so he could have a connection with the black market. Then he would have to work for months to purchase a suitable gun from the black market, and track you down to kill you. But over that period of time, he would of just gotten over it, as any human would.
But, if the psycho couldn't be bothered going through all this work to kill you, he would just lunge at you with his fists. Apparently, some people say that this fate is worse than getting cut to pieces by burning-hot, poisonous lead. What they don't realize is that... you can defend yourself in a melee fight or even run away. In a gun fight, you wouldn't stand a chance. - Not to mention how anyone can intervene in a fight involving melee, perhaps like a security guard, to break them apart, and that you are more likely walk out of hospital alive after a melee attack, instead of a gun attack.
Also, most of the crimes in America involving Guns (such as the school shootings) were made possible by criminals getting their hands on purchased guns.
Is it so wrong to think that lessening the accessibility of guns will in the least lessen the amount of people getting shot by guns?
Is there something I'm missing here?