FL Debates #1: Gun Control

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Thanks for the answer.  You're talking about putting armed police around schools, malls ect. No other western country does this or have the need for it. So what's so different in the US compared to the other western countries. For this question you answers is that the US dosn't know for to treat mental people. However I would argue that most people that does this kind of shootings never show signs before they do their act. Take Columbine fx: the characteristic that was show by the two shooters was alot like myself at that age. However I havn killed anyone.

Also to those that says when criminals have guns, victims should to. To those I say that there is a higher killed rate among victims for those who had a gun than those who didn't. I myself have been rob when I was still in the house and I just hid. Then I called the police and they came to late, however an arm cam got the face of the criminal and he is now in jail for 4 years. I also got all the stolen items back I'm pure cash by the insurance. Point being... in the modern world, you don't need to have a weapon to protect you. You have a government. (Ofc if you think the police force of the US isn't professional and effective, then just ignore my point.)

They did show some signs that they were going to harm people I believe on a blog and in some other forms.

And for your second point, that's great for Europe and I completely agree with you for Europe. In America, things are different which is why states have different laws about guns. Some states are very rural and it might take the police some time to respond. You might have a crying baby in the house making it impossible to hide (there has been a case in Florida [castle law state] where a lady shot a man breaking into her house to protect her baby). If you're alone it's much easier to hide, if you have an entire family it is much easier to grab a gun as someone is breaking in and shoot them.

Also, the second amendment also comes in part as a cultural thing. The idea is that as long as we have guns we are not defenseless against a tyrannical government. It also makes us able to quickly rise to defend our country in case of attack (which obviously is not very likely anymore).