why against gun control?
Hmmm, well, it's one of my RIGHTS as in the BILL OF RIGHTS. Like the Freedom of Speech, why would I want to give it up?
The courts have ruled that the police have no responsibility to protect YOU. The public yes, you no. I know its confusing but thats the courts for you. Basically, if you're unarmed in your house and a kook breaks in, shoots your dog, then your wife, and starts searching the house for you and your kids. Meanwhile you dial 911. They say hold on, helps on the way. None arrives, you dial again, 'helps on the way'. 90 minutes later, your entire family is dead. You are bleeding to death. The kook is gone. The cops arrive, finally, and you live, after months of surgury and recovery. Guess what? There's no way in hell you can sue the police or the city or whatever. The police have NO responsibility to protect you. This responsibility is yours and yours ALONE! Now do you want a gun? Or do you want to have just a phone?
Just check out: [url]http://www.jpfo.org/dial911anddie.htm[/url]
There are a lot of other good reasons against gun control, this is just one that came first to me.
So basically, if you're doing that debate for school. You can bring up the fact that personal protection is an individual responsibility, and not the governments. As such, it behooves everyone to have the best tool for the job. You may want to mention our right to pursue LIFE (as in pursuit of life liberty and happiness). Ask: Does the gun control side really want to take away a citizen's best means of self-defense? Are our wives and grandfolk to fend off armed gangbangers with their purses and canes?