Instigator / Pro
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1294
rating
75
debates
18.0%
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Topic
#1373

Gun Control

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
3
Better sources
0
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
0
1

After 1 vote and with 6 points ahead, the winner is...

Christen
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
7
1526
rating
5
debates
70.0%
won
Description

Its time to do something the evidence is overwhelming if we get rid of the guns we get rid of the crime https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/more-guns-more-crime

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@Christen

So on the previous site I served on the Vote Review Board, which gave me a very good eye for types of misconduct. Now if anything feels fishy, I copy a snippet or two of their case into Google, and more often then not it turns out they stole the work.

The big giveaways are unusual formatting or word choice, but even a shift in punctuation can do it.

On S&G, I only penalize it if two conditions are met: 1 it was enough of a distraction from the debate, and 2 that I'm in the mood to put in the effort.

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@Barney

You caught Billbatard plagiarising? Impressive. I wouldn't have known, although I suppose it was suspicious that Billbatard's grammar was bad for the first 3 rounds, but then at round 5, his grammar suddenly drastically improved and he was actually using proper punctuation. I guess that alone must have what made you suspicious about potential plagiarism. When you observe how someone writes, whether they have decent grammar or poor grammar, and then suddenly that way of writing drastically changes, that is one of the ways teachers and college professors begin to suspect plagiarism, because it suggests that it may not actually be their own words.

Still, I find it odd that you tied spelling and grammar even though Billbatard's spelling and grammar was like elementary school level or something.

This is a book on Complete English Grammar Rules:

http://93.174.95.29/main/2239000/d97cbedd58c608801e6bff8ed30da269/%28The%20Farlex%20Grammar%20Book%29%20Farlex%20International%20-%20Complete%20English%20Grammar%20Rules_%20Examples%2C%20Exceptions%2C%20Exercises%2C%20and%20Everything%20You%20Need%20to%20Master%20Proper%20Grammar.%201-Farlex%20International%20%282016%29.pdf

Anyone who visits this link will have a 3.47-megabyte PDF file automatically downloaded, which is the book.

It's a good book for those who struggle to have proper spelling and grammar.

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@Christen

when people try to use countries like Australia and Canada don't fall for that. If they want to try and compare you must insist they compare it to itself. Australia for instance never really had a murder problem or a high murder rate. There have been numerous studies about their ban which at best was indeterminate as to any real effect it may have had. Same with Canada, they don't have a constitution or bill of rights like the U.S. they have no right to free speech or anything like the 2a. They are false comparisons.
When you look at murder rates in the U.S. look back to the time when guns could be purchased w/o a background check and even mail ordered straight to your house. If guns were the problem should the rates have been much higher back then? And yet they weren't.....

actually nvm I see you addressed most of that already, good job.

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@Snoopy

You tagged me, did you delete it?

I appreciate the advice

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@Christen

Great argument. You should attack how guns save lives and the effects on murder rates when guns were banned(England, for ex.). Look back at my debates for some ideas.

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@billbatard

I'd be interested in debating when you specify what type of gun control you want to advocate for.