Naomi Tasker 12DLC

Are the US Constitutions laws on Gun Control Outdated?

Sub headings:
 History of the US constitution and the amendments
 Current laws on gun control and background checks
 Wording/ meaning of the second amendment
 Pros and Cons of Gun control
 Specific cases= AR-15/ whether dangerous weapons should be accessible to
public
 How America compares to the rest of the world
 Accounts of mass shooting survivors- their opinion
 Accounts of pro- gun citizens
 What can the US do to increase gun control?

History of the US constitution and the amendments

 First came the Article of confederation

 Abolished article of confederation
 U.S Constitution established Americas national government and fundamental
laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on
Seoptember 17, 1787.
 By George Washington
 Created a judicial branch of government
 42 of 55 remained to ratify the constitution of which 39 actually did
 July 1789 people of US ratified the constitution and instituted it as the
supreme law of the land
 Oldest written constitution
 Made under a constitutional republic
 The original articles and the amendments made later on
 Most of the people who signed it owned slaves
 A lot felt afraid of the backlash they’d receive from citizens if they were to
grant black people more rights or ban slavery
 Established first federal form of government
 As well as a system that made sure certain branches of government couldn’t
become more powerful than others

Should the AR-15 be legal to the US public?

Yes-
 Better weapon for enhancing security- useful in eliminating criminal activity
 It is light- making it practical and easy to manoeuvre- designed with a hollow
tube that leads from the gas port back all the way to the receiver
 Easy to use/operate
 Accurate shot
 Does not need intensive or long time to be trained on how to use it, quite
simple
 Background check is required if people want to use this weapon
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No-
 The gun’s legality was first questioned after James Holmes, 25,
dressed as the Joker and used one to kill 12 cinemagoers at a Batman
movie in Colorado on July 20, 2012.
 Who is James Holmes? Was he a criminal?
Father= mathemetcian and scientist with degrees from Stanford-
mum a registered nurse
Played soccer and ran cross country
Attended church
Went to Uni of Cali, undergard degree in neuroscience with highest
honors top 1% of his class
Worked as a conselor at a residential summer camp

 Five months later, 22-year-year old Jacob Roberts stole an AR-15-

style rifle from a friend, took to a mall in Clackamas, Oregon and
opened fire on shoppers, killing two.

Three days later, on December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, used one
kept at the home he shared with his mother to kill 26 children at the
Sandy Hook Elementary School.
 Five months later, 22-year-year old Jacob Roberts stole an AR-15-style
rifle from a friend, took to a mall in Clackamas, Oregon and opened fire
on shoppers, killing two.
 Three days later, on December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, used one kept
at the home he shared with his mother to kill 26 children at the Sandy
Hook Elementary School.
 Although they’re power is good to keep people safe, on the flip side, in
criminal’s hands they are dangerous
 The fact it is easy to operate does not mean people should be allowed to
own it- this could be even worse as people who get a hold of it could use
it (kids, criminals ect…)
 Used commonly in school shootings – Sandy hook, Aurora, san
Bernardino, Orlando (MCX- ar-15 style rifle)
 Lethal in the wrong hands
 Why do people need it?
 Compare the damage an AR-15 and a 9mm handgun can do to the human
body: “One looks like a grenade went off in there,” says Peter Rhee, a
trauma surgeon at the University of Arizona. “The other looks like a bad
knife cut.”
 The bullet from an AR-15 does an entirely different kind of violence to
the human body. It’s relatively small, but it leaves the muzzle at three
times the speed of a handgun bullet. It has so much energy that it can
disintegrate three inches of leg bone. “It would just turn it to dust,” says
Donald Jenkins, a trauma surgeon at University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio. If it hits the liver, “the liver looks like a jello mold
that’s been dropped on the floor.” And the exit wound can be a nasty,
jagged hole the size of an orange.- https://www.wired.com/2016/06/ar-15-
can-human-body/
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