Gun control

Round 1
tsmart1770: "I personally believe that every person within the US has enough responsibility to own a gun and to not abuse this privilege. Without these weapons, many people would feel insecure within their homes. Additionally, if we were to take guns away from our citizens, the use of illegal, and unregistered guns would drastically increase. Therefore allowing our citizens to own guns is immensely important."

volleynolley: "Not every person in the United States is responsible enough to own a gun. The two students involved in the Columbine High shooting had easy access to this weapon, and they ended up killing 13 other students. Columbine High is the site of the -fourth- deadliest school massacre in history. From this information, it is evident that people have indeed abused the privelege of owning a gun time and time again. If gun control was to be strictly implemented, over time access to illegal and unregistered guns would become increasingly difficult. Many US citizens have used guns for protection in their own homes; this is a positive aspect of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. However, does the latter outweigh the innocent deaths that occur from the abuse of gun priveleges, as mentioned in the former?"

Round 2
tsmart1770: "If we remove the rights for citizens to own guns it would directly contradict our constitution, and the ideals behind it. The theme of the constitution is to keep a balance of power; favoring the governed over the government. If we allow only the government to have access to guns then we will ruin this balance, and possibly send our country into an uproar."

volleynolley: "This debate is not about whether or not the government should have the only access to firearms.

A balance of power has indeed been established in The Constitution; it is obvious that the country would be sent into an uproar if this were to be challenged. On the topic of The Constitution, Amendment 2 in The Bill of Rights states that, "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Some familiar synonyms for "well-regulated" are orderly, proper, appropriate, consistent and, most importantly, controlled. Gun control contradicts The Constitution? Really?"