At the beginning of class we went over the map of the United States then we went on to our main topic of the last few days which is Syria. However before that we mentioned the lady that swam 103 miles from Cuba to Florida. Then it was back to the whole situation with Syria. We talked about how President Obama went on TV and talked about how he wants congress to agree with attack but their on recess. Next we talked about if President Obama could send troops to war even if congress didn't agree. There is a thing called the wars power act that somewhat prohibits this from happening in the United States. Following that we started our class projects.
GUN CONTROL
- The start of all gun control started in the 2nd Amendment
- The 2 sides in this decision are "yes we need guns" and "no we should not have all these weapons"
- The Brady campaign is another thing made to improve gun laws
- Handguns are by far the leading killer in the gun category
- People say we need to get rid of guns because it would make it harder to get guns
- Others say we should be able to have guns because that way if some one happened to break into you house then you would have a gun/weapon to protect yourself
- The Brady Bill made it so before you buy a gun you must have a background check done first
- In China citizens are not allowed to own/have guns
- The minimum punishment for possession of a weapon such as a gun is 3 years in prison or possibly put to death.
- Top 2 school shootings are Virginia Tech 32 dead, and Sandy Hook 28 dead.
After the PowerPoint we discussed our opinion on what we think should happen with gun control.
We talked about the NRA which is the biggest supporter of the ability to keep a gun.
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