The document discusses arguments for and against gun control laws, noting that laws aimed at restricting access to guns could help protect people from gun violence but may also make it harder for people to obtain firearms for protection. It outlines some proposed gun control measures like universal background checks, assault weapons bans, and mental health evaluations, and considers how these laws might impact civilians seeking to purchase guns. Data from a survey is presented on who may be most affected by new gun control legislation.

1. Gun Control: Good or Bad
Vincent
March 1, 2013
Orcutt Academy High School
Frosh Core

2. Guns and Death
“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
-unofficial NRA slogan

3. Second Amendment
• Constitutional right to
bear arms.
• Most changed
Constitutional right.
• Controversial new laws
will override
amendment.

4. Protection
• New laws:
• Help protect.
• Make protection harder.

5. Difficulty to obtain guns
• More barriers
• Background checks
• Mental evaluation

6. Background Checks
• Universal
• Shows Everything
• Any Felonies
• Prior Arrests

7. Mental Evaluation
• Mental disabilities
• Mental handicaps
• Mental dangers
• Dangerous/Murderous
people

8. What gun laws would be most
important?
What gun laws should be • Data obtained from self
passed? generated survey.
Assault • Click here to take survey
weapons
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9 Clip
Capacity
Universal
Backgroun
d Checks

9. More trouble for civilians
• More barriers to go
through
• More things to do
• More trouble

10. More time to obtain a
firearm for protection
• Background checks
• Mental Evaluation
• More time to obtain
permit

11. Too much to go through
• People might not want
to get firearms
• Not enough time to go
through process

12. Who would be most affected by
the new laws?
6
5 • Data obtained from self
5
4 44 4 4 not really
generated survey.
4
3
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Kinda
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1 1 Affected
1
0
Strongly
affected

13. Gun Laws
• Automatic ban
• Clip reduction
• Assault Rifle Ban

14. Works Cited
• Francis, Terri. Gun • Wikipedia. Wikipedia. 5
Control: It's on all of us. February 2013. January
January 2013. 2013
<http://www.cnn.com/ <http://en.wikipedia.or
2013/01/17/opinion/fra g/wiki/Second_Amend
ncis-gun-control- ment_to_the_United_S
groundswell>. tates_Constitution>.

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