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:
  • 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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