America's Gun Addiction

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America's Gun Addiction

What is the Second Amendment (U.S.A.)?

Obama about the Newtown shooting

The Numbers don't Lie: America's Gun Addiction

Questions and statements to discuss

1. The amendment reads: “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.” How do you interpret this amendment?
2. What kind of America do you think the Founding Fathers imagined when they wrote this? How is the United States different now than it was in 1789, when the Second Amendment was written? How is the United States different from the Netherlands?
   

Questions and statements to discuss

3.  In April 2013, the state of Connecticut (where the Newtown school shooting occurred) passed the country's toughest gun control law. The law's provisions included a first-in-the-nation statewide dangerous weapon offender registry, a ban on the sale of large-capacity magazines, universal background checks for gun sales, and a ban on assault weapons. What do you think of the law?

4. What can and should schools do to keep students safe?

5. Would armed guards in schools make them safer against gun-related attacks? Why / why not?

6. Would armed teachers make schools safer against gun-related attacks? Why / why not?

Questions and statements to discuss

1. More guns lead to more violence.
2. Gun ownership is an individual right guaranteed by the Second Amendment and it should be kept that way.
3. Carrying a concealed weapon increases your safety.
4. The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
5. Guns don't kill people; people kill people.

04:32

What happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School?

06:15

What does Code Silver mean at the elementary school the reporter visited? What question does the reporter have about the procedure?

07:39

What had Obama wanted to ban? Why do you think the ban wasn’t approved by the Senate?

09:38

Why do civilians need an assault rifle according to Scottie Hughes of the NRA? And what does she say about AR-15s?

11:54

What concerns does the reporter have about arming teachers?

14:05

How can you buy a gun (AR-15) at the Gun show?

14:46

Can you answer the final question: If what happened here doesn’t change America’s addiction to guns, what on earth will it take?