I too, had to discuss the right to bear arms, for my Law & Justice Honors class... Not gonna lie, controversial topics are like half the reason I took the class lol.
I'm not gonna reguritate facts, here have a powerpoint modified powerpoint that has been edited to remove all names I built SUPPORTING gun rights
IMPORTANT - it's a multimedia presentation, so it's best to view it in powerpoint mode: it's a web-design interface, which is to say you can reach any slide, at any time via the buttons at the top on the navigation panel. Some parts are also interactive. Keep in mind I made this for a class, not for the forums, so some of it may be irrelevant
edit: can't attach the powerpoint, looking for an alternative way to post it
double edit: here's the link to a file hosting site, best I can think of... Like I said, view it in powerpoint mode
http://www.filedropper.com/multimediapresSummary of my view:
• banning guns takes them away from LEGAL owners, doesn't do anything to stop a CRIMINAL
• Our global population is 7
BILLION people. Of COURSE some of them are off their rocker and have an itchy trigger finger, this isn't anything new? Not like anyone has ever killed in the past, oh, I dunno, couple
thousand years WITHOUT a gun?
• The purpose of the 2nd amendment is so that, in the instance of where our government becomes corrupt and turns against us, we can overthrow it. I'm not gonna talk scenarios because for whatever reason that never seems to work well on these forums, so here's this: Ukraine has strict gun laws. How bloody, violent and useless have those fights been? JUST today has the govt. said "alright we'll talk" after other countries have stepped up and said "yo knock it off"
• gun =/= ultimate killing machine of death and destruction. That will never be a valid argument. The owners are bad, not the gun. Forks don't make you fat, potatoes don't choke you, and the mayo jar didn't get itself stuck on your richard. In the wrong hands, yes, lives are lost, but that goes back to that
7 billion people thing. Not everyone can be 100% in the head.
• police have
no responsibility what-so-ever to protect you, it is simply their MORAL responsibility. Further, if a cop is a mile away and you are half a minute from being mugged, don't count on your hard-working tax dollars to save your ass. The best you can hope for is a tissue, a "buck up kid, at least he only stabbed you in the arm..." and a trip to the hospital
• Did I mention the fact that they're already criminals so it's not like they listen to gun law anyways
• It is pretty easy to make a gun. Save, you can't make one out of some pipe cleaner and laundry detergent, but
It is possible to make a gun with stuff you can find in an airport, let alone one with quality materials
• What are you gonna do? Knock on every door in America and say "gimme al ur guns!1"? I'd be willing to bet a majority of gun owners would hand their firearms over once provided proper paperwork, but to some people that's like a Ferrari. That you built. With your dad. Who died of cancer a week before finishing it. They won't wanna hand it over.
