PRESENTATION OUTLINE
GUN CONTROL
- Quotes/ testimony
- Statistics
- Facts
- Examples
- Conclusion
QUOTES
- By Ted Nugent
- By Si Robertson
- By Erin Canales
- By Fredrick Douglass
The assassination of martin Luther king JR. And Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the gun control Act of 1968
STATISTICS
- 40/50 states shall issue
- 9/50 states may issue
- 1/50 states no issue
In America, there are about 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only 897,000 carried by police
Accidental gun deaths among children have declined by over 50% in 25 years, even though the population (and the gun stock) has continued to increase
The second amendment to the constitution protects the individual's right to own a gun
Twice as many children are killed playing football in school than are murdered by guns. Despite what media coverage might seem to indicate, there are more deaths related to high school football than guns.in the last three years, twice as many football players died from hits to the head, heat stroke, etc. as compared with students who were murdered by firearms during the same period.
La has become quite notorious for its gang violence for decades
Women and weaker individuals may have no means of self-defense from rape or other crimes, especially in the inner city
Based on survey data from the U.S.Department of justice, roughly 5,340,000 violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2008. These include simple/ aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assault,rapes, and murders of these about 436,000 or 8% were committed by offenders visibly armed with a gun
Thousands of years before guns were created man found ways to kill each other. The first recorded murder was Cain killing his brother Able in the Garden of Eden. Cavemen made weapons out of bones, sticks, and rocks. So why should we ban something that we can protect ourselves with. The end.
