Justin Paterson
29 April 2013
Speech
Professor Gillespie
I.
Introduction: Gun Control is not an effective
means to secure safety for our people.
a.
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. This is our second
Amendment in the United States Constitution. You have heard it all said before
we have gun control and remove guns from our citizens that we would live in a
safer America. Not only is that wrong, but the opposite would happen.
b.
Preview: what happened to other countries that
instituted gun control, what happens when law-abiding citizens are armed when
tragedy strikes, the irony of how most tragedies strike in gun free zones, and
there is a false sense of security in an emergency response call.
c.
Rebuttal: to come
II.
What happened to other countries that instituted
gun control?
a.
After the first five years of the gun ban in
Australia, Australian
Bureau of Criminology acknowledged
there is no correlation between gun control and the use of firearms in violent
crime.
b.
After the first five years assault rose 49.2%
and robbery rose 6.2%. Sexual assault which, is Australia’s equivalent to our
rape, rose by 29.9%. Overall Australia’s violent crime rate rose by 42.2%
c.
The latest violent crime rates in the UK show
that since gun control has been enacted there has been a rise of 89% in gun
related crimes.
III.
What happens when law-abiding citizens are armed
when tragedy strikes?
a.
In the recent shooting at the Clackamas town
center in Oregon, there is a surprising bit of detail that most of you may not
know. After the first shots were fired and people were running for their lives
one man took cover behind a planter drew his handgun (which he was certified to
carry) and pointed it at the gunman. This intimidated the gunman backing him it
to a stairwell where he took his own life.
b.
If one case isn’t enough then here are 4 more
cases. In 1997 at a high school in Pearl Mississippi 16 year-old gunman Luke
Woodham was stopped and confronted by Assistant principal Joel Myrick, in 1996
at a dance hall in Edinboro Pennsylvania, 14 year-old Andrew Wurst was stooped
by the dance hall owner James Strand. In 2008 at a bar full of 300 people
Ernesto Villagomez was only able to kill 2 and wound 2 others before he was
shot and killed by an armed patron who was armed and had a concealed carry
permit. And last but not least in 2007 at a church in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, gunman Matthew Murray killed four people before Jeanne Assam (former
police officer) shot and killed the gunman.
IV.
Conclusion: so look at the facts having gun
control will not create a safer America
a.
I have given you the facts on what has happened
in two other countries that instituted a gun control ban and 5 different cases
where armed citizens have stopped a gunman before a mass shooting occurred.
Bibliography
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