The document discusses the history and debate around firearms in America. It references the Second Amendment and how gun ownership is rooted in the Revolutionary War. It explores gun culture and individual rights around self-defense versus calls for increased gun control to improve collective security. The document repeats the phrase "THE IRONY" several times throughout, seeming to suggest there are complexities and contradictions involved in the gun debate in America.

1. FIREARMS IN AMERICA
Mr. Geib and Fitz-Patrick
12th Grade Government
January 8, 2015

2. OUR REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS
"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."

3. “GUN CULTURE” AND
“DON’T TREAD ON ME”

4. THE IRONY

5. GUN VIOLENCE IN PERSPECTIVE

6. THE IRONY

7. GUN CONTROL DEBATE

8. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS VS.
COLLECTIVE SECURITY

9. THE IRONY…

10. THE IRONY

11. THE IRONY

12. THE IRONY

13. A BRIT SAYS “GOODBYE”