Instigator / Pro
0
1500
rating
4
debates
0.0%
won
Topic
#4678

Federal gun control is the best way to reduce gun deaths in the US

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
2

After 2 votes and with 2 points ahead, the winner is...

Bella3sp
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
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
2
1524
rating
53
debates
75.47%
won
Description

By best I mean most effective way to reduce gun deaths

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Essentially BoP failure. I agree with pro’s sentiment that a ban would be a form of increased enforcement, which is best carried out at the federal level. However, they treated it as a truism falling short of proving this. A little elaboration on why it must be done at the federal level, and/or why ban is just a level of control would have given them the win.

Con for their part, did a weak semantic kritik by proposing an outright ban instead of mere increased regulation. An assertion that this falls to pros side was the right tactic but lacked the support needed to turn it into a warranted argument.

An example of why this needs support is had con proposed complete gun anarchy, that too is technically a level of gun control; yet con would have sources in support of their side. Not much is needed in the way of sources but a little when the other side is using them to enhance their points.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro offered little in the way of factual information. Con countered by at least addressing the topic.