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Gun Controll in the USA

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Sascha Gontscharenko

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Gun control in the USA

Second Amendment

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"

Histrical Background

  • Should protect the US citizen against tyranny
  • (1775-1783) American War of Independence
  • Minutemen were a keyrole in the war of independence
  • The second Amendment was Ratified in 1791

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Statue_in_Minute_Man_National_Historical_Park

http://www.vox.com/cards/gun-violence-facts/guns-per-capita-america-us

National Rifle Association

Sources

Current Gun control laws

Problems coming with such a liberal gun regulation

  • Is officially only a sport organization, but highly supports gun ownership
  • Is completely against stricter restrictions for gun ownership

Police violence

Gang-violence

  • www.vox.com/cards/gun-violence-facts/guns-international-comparison-us-homicide (10.11.2016/18:31)
  • home.nra.org/about-the-nra/ (09.11.2016/17:21)
  • youtu.be/bX4qUsgHa4Y (08.11.2016/16:43)
  • youtu.be/KNZO30lPGm4 (08.11.2016/16:55)
  • www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/second_amendment (08.11.2016/17:47)
  • lostallhope.com/suicide-statistics/us-methods-suicide
  • mappingpoliceviolence.org (12.11.2016/14:34)
  • www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/21/gun-control-debate-mass-shootings-gun-violence (11.11.2016/13:04)
  • Balancing Freedom and Safety, Schönigh Verlag, p.9-14, (Paderborn,Germany;2013)
  • Every state handles gun laws differently
  • These are the laws most state have:
  • Weapons do not need to be registered
  • You are allowed to carry a gun concealed in public
  • Weapons like Automatic firearms or short barreled shotguns/rifles are restricted
  • Background check are always required for sales by a licensed gun dealer
  • Private sales are not controlled
  • Officers are generally more alert during any police operation
  • Everyone could possibly bear a gun -> more stressed
  • Racism
  • Black people are 3times more likely to be killed than white people
  • 97% of the cases were left without any charge of the police officers
  • Only 31% of the black people shot by the police were actually armed and violent
  • Takes up a big part in the homicide rates in the US
  • Opposing gang get often into conflicts with each other
  • Gangs exist due:
  • to a lot of poverty
  • no perspective
  • bad education
  • high unemployment rates

http://www.ci.springboro.oh.us/images/policecruisers

  • Sees the right to bear arms as a civil right to protect ones life
  • Wants to protect the second Amendment

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/National_Rifle_Association.svg/1024px-National_Rifle_Association.svg

Suicide

Mass shootings

USA

http://lostallhope.com/suicide-statistics/us-methods-suicide

England and Wales

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-leads-world-in-mass-shootings-1443905359

http://lostallhope.com/suicide-statistics/england-wales-methods-suicide

Short Barrel Rifle

Short Barrel Shotgun

Automatic Firearms

https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-087a12eccebae842e6a6c41e6e016921-c?convert_to_webp=true

http://www.rem870.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/short_barrel_shotgun_remington870_6

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mauser_wz_98%2C_sawed-off%2C_Muzeum_Or%C5%82a_Bia%C5%82ego

http://www.vox.com/cards/gun-violence-facts/gun-control-is-popular-but-getting-less-so