Christopher Payano 2nd Amendment

Introduction

Christopher Payano 1/21/14

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Amendment II

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.

My Definition: People in America are entitled to a gun if they choose too by law

Key Ideas:

-Assault Rifle

-Gun License

-NRA

-Hand Guns

-Shotguns

-Firearms

-Rights

-Law

Task

Christopher Payano 1/28/14

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2nd Amendment Main 3 ideas with facts and websites

Big Idea: Firearm

Website #1: http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-guns

Fact#1: In America, there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only 897,000 carried by police.

Website #2: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/14/nine-facts-a…

Fact#2: 15 of the 25 worst mass shootings in the last 50 years took place in the United States

Website#3: http://americangunfacts.com/

Fact#3:200,000 times a year women use a gun to defend against sexual abuse

Website#4: http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp

Fact#4: Firearms are generally classified into three broad types: (1) handguns, (2) rifles, and (3) shotguns. Rifles and shotguns are both considered "long guns."

Website#5: http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/firearm.htm

Fact #5: In 1999, more than 28,000 Americans died by gunfire. Among all consumer products nationwide, only motor vehicles outpace guns as a cause of fatal injury. In 1999, guns outpaced motor vehicles as the number one cause of injury-related death in three states: Alaska, Maryland, and Nevada.

Big Idea #2: Shotguns

Website#1: http://elintersection.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/11-facts-everyone-should…

Fact#1: Shotguns are very popular when it comes to riot control.

Website#2: https://www.learnaboutguns.com/2010/01/14/guns-101-shotguns/

Fact#2: There are three basic types of ammunition that shotguns can fire. These are birdshot, buckshot, and slugs.

Website#3: http://www.deltagearinc.com/library/shotgun-facts.php

Fact#3: The system of expressing shotgun bore sizes by gauge rather than by decimal or metric measurements is, like many things, relating to smoothbores, a result of long tradition.

Website#4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun

Fact#4: On average, a quality pump-action shotgun is generally less expensive than a quality handgun (self-loading shotguns are generally more expensive than their pump-action counterparts).

Website#5: http://factspage.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-is-shotgun.html

Fact#5: Shotguns are used in the hunting of birds and small game; in some localities they are legally mandatory for the hunting of game as large as deer,

Big idea #3: NRA

Website#1: http://www.google.com/#q=when+was+the+nra+founded&safe=active

Fact #1: Founded: November 17, 1871

Website #2: http://www.nrahq.org/history.asp

Fact#2: An important facet of the NRA's creation was the development of a practice ground

Website #3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association

Fact#3: The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organization[5] founded in 1871 that promotes firearm competency, safety, and ownership, as well as police training, marksmanship, hunting and self-defense training in the United States.

Website#4: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/11-facts-about-the-nra/2012/07/2…

Fact#4: Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, formerly a gunsmith, bemoaned the Union's shooting inaccuracy and tactics in the Civil War. He became the NRA's first leader when it was founded in 1871 in New York with the goal to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.''

Website#5: http://home.nra.org/

Fact#5: The National Rifle Association is America's longest-standing civil rights organization.

Process

Christopher Payano 2/6/14

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Big Idea #1: Firearms

Question: Do you think Women should carry firearms more often?

Big Idea#2: Shotguns

Question: Would it be better for Police to carry around handguns or shotguns?

Big Idea#3: NRA

Question: Do you believe that the NRA is more about training or gun protection?

Evaluation