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Transcript of gun laws in the USA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmWiplR68DM
People killed by firearms per year:
• Germany – 381 • France – 255• Canada – 165• United Kingdom – 68 • Australia – 65 • Japan – 39
In the United States of America
more than
31.500
people are killed every year by firearms!
American gun laws
and their historical background
historical background
origins
• Hunting – source of food for settlers– defence against wild animals
• Militia– to protect themselves from Native Americans– to fight in the revolutional war
the Second Amendment (1791)
“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.”
every American has the right to own a gun
Gun Controll Act (1968)
• Limits for sending guns per mail• Forbidden to sell guns to criminals• Only sold to people from the same state• Only for Americans and immigrants with
green-card
“Brady Bill” (1994)
• No firearms with more than 10 bullets per magazine
• Federal background check
Age-Limits
• 18 years - longguns (shotguns, riffles) hunting
• 21 years – handguns self protection
“Open Carry“ - States
Problems:Why it is still easy to get a gun!
At home
• Guns are not locked up– Dangerous for little children– Easy to get acces to a gun for teenager
• Family traditions– Parents teach their children to shoot
On the streets
• 24 % of the guns are bought on the black market or from drug dealers
• Many stolen guns (9%)
The Internet
Online portals make it easy:
• Second-hand guns– Cheaper
• No background-check• No age limit• No limit for bullets• Every weapon you want
shootings
• Columbine 1999 (13 murdered, 24 hurt)• Virginia Tech 2007 (32 murdered, 29 hurt)• Fort Hood 2009 (13 murdered, 29 hurt)• Tucson 2011 (6 murdered, 14 hurt)• Aurora 2012 (12 murdered, 58 hurt)
still no harder firearm-controlls!
National Rifle Association(NRA)
• founded 1871 • 4.200.000 members• Fighting for gun
rights• Criticised for
fighting against gun controll laws
sources
• “bowling for columbine“ (film)• http://www.mittelbayerische.de/• http://www.spiegel.de/thema/waffenrecht_usa/• http://www.youtube.com/AlJazeera (news channel)• http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Gun_law_in_the_United_States
Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmWiplR68DM – (Ak-74)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyGkRXsD19U– (test)