A 15 minutes speech about american gun laws, conflicts and future problems. Actuality: 2013

1. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=cmWiplR68DM

2. People killed by firearms per year:
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Germany – 381
France – 255
Canada – 165
United Kingdom – 68
Australia – 65
Japan – 39

3. In the United States of America
more than
31.500
people are killed every year by firearms!

4. American gun laws
and their historical background

5. historical background

6. origins
• Hunting
– source of food for settlers
– defence against wild animals
• Militia
– to protect themselves from Native Americans
– to fight in the revolutional war

7. 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

8. Gun Controll Act (1968)
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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

9. “Brady Bill” (1994)
• No firearms with more than 10 bullets per
magazine
• Federal background check

10. Age-Limits
• 18 years - longguns (shotguns, riffles)
 hunting
• 21 years – handguns
 self protection

11. “Open Carry“ - States

12. Problems:
Why it is still easy to get a gun!

14. 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

15. On the streets
• 24 % of the guns are bought on the black
market or from drug dealers
• Many stolen guns (9%)

16. The Internet
Online portals make it easy:
• Second-hand guns
– Cheaper
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No background-check
No age limit
No limit for bullets
Every weapon you want

17. shootings
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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!

18. National Rifle Association
(NRA)
• founded 1871
• 4.200.000 members
• Fighting for gun
rights
• Criticised for
fighting against gun
controll laws

19. sources
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“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_Unit
ed_States

20. Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=cmWiplR68DM
– (Ak-74)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=PyGkRXsD19U
– (test)