Gun Control

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Introduction
State Gun Laws: Slave Codes and the “Wild West”
Federal Gun Laws in the 1900s
Federal and State Gun Laws in the 2000s
Guns and the Supreme Court
2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court Ruling & Federal Actions
The National Rifle Association (NRA)
The Gun Control Lobby
The Current Gun Control Debate
Pros
- Pro 1: The Second Amendment is not an unlimited or individual right to own guns.
- Pro 2: More gun control laws would reduce gun deaths.
- Pro 3: The presence of a gun makes a conflict more likely to become violent.
- Pro 4: A majority of adults, including gun owners, support common sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assault weapons, and bans on high-capacity magazines.
Pro Quotes
Cons
- Con 1: The Second Amendment of the US Constitution protects individual gun ownership.
- Con 2: Gun control laws are discriminatory and infringe on citizens’ rights.
- Con 3: Gun control laws simply do not work.
- Con 4: Gun control laws give too much power to the government and may result in government tyranny and the government taking away all guns from citizens.
Con Quotes
International Civilian Gun Ownership Rates
International Firearm Homicide Rates
U.S. Gun Deaths by Year
- Firearm Deaths by Suicide by Age, 1999-2016
  - Ages 10-49
  - Ages 50-85+ and Total Deaths
- Firearm Homicides by Age, 1999-2016
  - Ages 0-44
  - Ages 45-85+ and Total Deaths
- Unintentional Firearm Deaths by Age, 1999-2016
  - Ages 0-44
  - Ages 45-85+ and Total Deaths
- Legal Intervention Firearm Deaths by Age, 1999-2016
  - Ages 15-44
  - Ages 45-69 and Total Deaths
- Firearm Deaths with Undetermined Intent by Age, 1999-2016
  - Ages 10-44
  - Ages 45-74 and Total Deaths
U.S. Leading Causes of Suicide, Homicide, and Unintentional Death
- Leading Methods of Suicide
- Leading Methods of Homicide
- Leading Methods of Unintentional Death
State Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
School Shootings: Jan. 1, 2013 through Jan. 1, 2015
Discussion Questions
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