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There should be gun reform There should not be gun reform
Debate Score:14
Arguments:11
Total Votes:16
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Gun Control/Reform

There should be gun reform

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There should not be gun reform

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There should be a crackdown on straw man purchases and sales to unauthorized persons. There should also be a harsh penalty for failing to report the theft of ones own gun if said gun is used in a crime.

Since all illegal guns started as legal guns, we should target the points of transition. This would effectively reduce the number of illegal weapons by disincentivising illegal supply, while leaving the rights of legal gun owners completely untouched.

Side: There should be gun reform
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Can the straw man purchases (Progressive Lingo) be stopped ? And look at this well said Progressive -There should also be a harsh penalty for failing to report the theft of ones own gun if said gun is used in a crime.

Since all illegal guns started as legal guns, we should target the points of transition. This would effectively reduce the number of illegal weapons by disincentivising illegal supply

So Progressive are there steps in place to stop criminals from running guns legal or not?

You Dummies are completely insane.

Side: There should not be gun reform

How can a lot of prolifers worship guns? People are dying//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Side: There should be gun reform
StephanFaas(2) Disputed
0 points

I am a pro-life gun supporter(I do not "worship" guns, I don't think anyone does to be honest, that would be insane to have a religion worshipping a man-made object as there leader and holy one) and yes people are dying, but over a million of peoples lives are saved by guns then taken by them a year. There are around 34,000 gun deaths a year, 14,000 from suicides so technically there are only 20,000 gun deaths a year because this isn't me being insensitive or anything but if you have that thought and you want to commit suicide, with or without a gun you are going to find a way to do it. So that being said, the majority of mass shootings that happen in the US are done so by using handguns and if you take handguns away then the common law obeying citizen wouldn't be able to defend himself from crazy lunatics with a gun. And there are 83,000 drunk driving deaths a year in the US alone, why not instead of putting restrictions on guns(which is infringing on the second amendment), we put laws on the stuff that is more deadly and causes more harm to people and the brain over consistent use.

Getting back to what you said, "How can a lot of prolifers worship guns? People are dying", first of all, wanting to protect yourself from internal and external threats and to live by the constitution is completely different than being pro-life. Me wanting the ability to protect myself in the case of an emergency and my friends and family is exactly what it means, to protect. Being pro-life means that I believe in not killing an unborn child that after 20 weeks can feel pain, at 16 weeks the mother or host can feel the kicks.

I'm going to guess you're not pro-life huh?

Side: There should not be gun reform
KJVPrewrath(967) Disputed
1 point

You are not prolife. Real prolifers oppose gun murder bvecause people have rhe right to live. You don't have the moral right to shoot someone for ANY reason, you promurder freak.

Side: There should be gun reform
2 points

In 2015, 10,265 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (29%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.

So you tell me with each child dying from a drunk driver, why the Left is not all over the media pretending to be outraged over these innocent children's deaths? Do you have any idea how many more children are killed by drunk drivers than by guns in schools?

Where is the outrage and demand for alcohol regulations and back ground checks in public bars, nightclubs, etc.

If the real reasons for more gun control legislation is to save lives, why won't the Left propose laws mandating back ground checks in public places that sell alcohol to possible repeat DWI offenders?

I don't want this, but if your goal is to save lives with all your anti Gun rhetoric, you should be over joyed to save many thousands more lives by having background checks on people before buying alcohol in public places.

Do you have any idea how many times repeat DWI drivers continue to drink and drive? Approximately 40% of drunk drivers are repeat offenders! They drive even when their licenses are revoked!

The only way to prevent this is to do a background check before they buy that weapon of death.....ALCOHOL!

Wait, what you say? You say you don't want to be inconvenienced by background checks when buying alcohol? You say you are a law abiding citizen who would never drink and drive?

You say you don't want to pay more for alcohol to pay for those background checks for past DWI drivers?

I THOUGHT YOUR GOAL WAS TO SAVE LIVES? You expect law abiding citizens to pay more and put up with all the inconvenience from your anti gun legislation, but when it comes to your alcohol...... HANDS OFF?

A drunk driver behind the wheels of a car happens millions of times more often than some lunatic with a gun! The odds of you or your loved one being killed by a drunk driver is far higher than the odds of being shot at a concert or Church.

You are hypocrites and total jokes. You prove you could not care less about saving lives. You final goal is to take our guns.

You always spew your ludicrous reasoning why only guns should be singled out to save lives. A police state is just fine as long as it only controls one particular weapon of death..... the gun.

You say we already have alcohol restrictions? Yes, and we already have gun restrictions. You can't buy a gun under age, the same as alcohol. We can't shoot people, you can't hunt near public places and you can not drink and drive. BUT PEOPLE STILL DO IT!

IT'S NOT THE WEAPON OF CHOICE, BUT THE PERSON BEHIND THAT WEAPON. Use the brain God gave you and start addressing why people grow up to be criminals, or become irresponsible drinkers who have no problem drinking and driving.

Start addressing the core problem instead of their weapon of choice.

Side: There should not be gun reform
Atrag(5666) Disputed
1 point

Guns have the purpose of killing. Nothing else. To make a fair analogy you'd have to come up with something else that is also solely used for killing that isn't banned. Can you do that?

Side: There should be gun reform
FromWithin(8241) Disputed
1 point

There is no debating idiots fixated on one weapon. Alcohol is a weapon in the hands of drunk drivers.

Target shooting is not about killing! Home protection is about self defense!

The entire issue is about saving lives. Alcohol kills far more children then guns!

Side: There should not be gun reform
1 point

There is already enough Gun control in the United States. Citizens that wish to buy guns need to go through an extensive background check to make sure they do not have any felonies and domestic abuse charges on there record. Taking the guns out of the hands of legal law abiding citizens will not help reduce gun crime. In fact it will make it worse. Because the criminals will still have the guns cause most if not all the time are not registered. So as far as the government knows the guns do not exist if they are not registered. If you take the guns out of the hands of legal law abiding citizens it will increase there chances of being a victim of gun related violence.

Side: There should not be gun reform

Why? No more gun control. Criminals think of themselves as above the law. So whats gonna stop them from getting guns to replace the ones you took away.

And this seems to happen a lot in the US, but everytime the government takes away something people like, people start to want it more. I.e. drugs. Or the alcohol prohibition.

Side: There should not be gun reform
KJVPrewrath(967) Disputed
1 point

Gun iwners are criminals............................................................................................................

Side: There should be gun reform