Instigator / Pro
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1294
rating
75
debates
18.0%
won
Topic
#1495

New York City has low crime partly because it has strict gun laws

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
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12
Better sources
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8
Better legibility
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4
Better conduct
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4

After 4 votes and with 28 points ahead, the winner is...

RationalMadman
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
28
1687
rating
555
debates
68.11%
won
Description

Reported Annual Crime In New York
Statistic Reported incidents New York/100k people
Murder 292 3.4
Rape 2,375 27.6
Robbery 13,995 162.4
Assault 29,771 345.5
compare this to say oh Houston's murder rate ranked 46th of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population). you compare a city with strict gun laws to one with lax gun laws the city with strict gun laws is always safer

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

He knew he couldn't beat the legend, so he got himself banned to cover up the forfeit. Conspiracy.

Criterion
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Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

FF

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Full forfeit

Criterion
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Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

FF