Friday, December 20, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Gun Control
As we watched the film Bowling for Columbine and then discussed a variety of articles related to the issues raised in the film, a number of questions about the overarching theme of gun control emerged.
These include:
These include:
- Are rules and guidelines
created over 200 years ago still applicable today?
- When a greater number of
people in our society own guns are we safer or more at risk?
- Should the federal
government be able to dictate gun laws in individual states?
- How accurate is this
statement, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy
with a gun”?
- Will increased gun control laws help to save lives? (consider trigger locks, background checks, etc.)
- Are stand your ground laws
necessary in order to provide people a means for self-defense?
- Should people (including
students) be allowed to carry guns on college campuses?
- Should teachers or other
personnel be armed in schools?
- Should the assault weapons
ban be reinstated?
- Do laws permitting
concealed weapons ensure or decrease public safety?
- Should online sales of
firearms be allowed?
- Should assault weapons be
banned?
- Should there be a national
waiting period for handgun purchases?
- Should there be increased
penalties for providing guns to juveniles?
Your instructions are to explore the links below and use them to identify key facts or details that help provide responses to the questions posed. Fill out this chart (Period Eight, Period Three) as you identify key facts. You are collaborating on this document, not making a new one individually. Add rows to the chart as needed (Any time you fill in a fact in response to a question, you should add a new row-only one student per row). You may use information to answer more than one question. You should look at all of the links and answer multiple questions using a significant number of facts. You have the entire period to collaborate on this document. Period Eight, you can look at the Period Three document to see what it should be when finished.
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