This debate is in 13 parts, featuring the two of the best proponents of legal firearm ownership – John Lott and Gary Kleck. The real sparks fly during the Q&A, so don’t miss that. (If you can’t watch the debate, then you can read this post and this post instead).
Here’s part 1, which contains the introduction.
Here are the remaining speeches:
Pro-firearm: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: John R. Lott (2 of 13)
Anti-firearm: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: R Gil Kerlikowske (3 of 13)
Pro-firearm: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: Stephen Halbrooke (4 of 13)
Anti-firearm: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: John J Donohue III (5 of 13)
Pro-firearm: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: Gary Kleck (6 of 13)
Anti-firearm: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: Paul Helmke (7 of 13)
Q&A Part 1: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: Q&A Part 1 (8 of 13)
Q&A Part 2: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: Q&A Part 2 (9 of 13)
Q&A Part 3: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: Q&A Part 3 (10 of 13)
Q&A Part 4: Guns Reduce Crime Debate: Q&A Part 4 (11 of 13)
Conclusions Part 1: Guns Reduce Crime Debate Closing Arguments Part 1 (12 of 13)
Conclusions Part 2: Guns Reduce Crime Debate Closing Arguments Part 2 (12 of 13)
This is everything you need to know about whether legal ownership of firearms reduce crime.
Debate is how conservatives decide what to believe about the world. We listen to both sides. We are extremely suspicious of one side trying to demonize the other side with name-calling and intimidation. If you start to ascribe nasty motives to your opponent on any issue, prior to showing that they are wrong, on the merits, then you’ve lost the debate. Before you can show WHY someone is wrong, you first have to show THAT someone is wrong.
You will never see a formal debate like this in the mainstream media, in Hollywood movies, in the public schools, or anywhere else where the left is in control. But hearing both sides is the only way to really know if something is true. You have to be able to sit through listening to the other side.
UPDATE: Ooops, even MSNBC admits that firearm ownership reduces crime rates. I stand corrected.
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