Gun Control By: Austin Goss

Thesis Statement My PowerPoint is about the situation of gun control. Is gun Control good or Bad? Are guns the cause of violence? Should Americans be ban from firearms

Criminal violence iViolent Crimes TOTALWITH FIREARMS Homicide [32%] Attempted murder [33%] Assault236,3645,959 [3%] Abduction1,1300 Robbery28,88 7,371 [26%] Suicides 3,671 Total suicides 3,671 Firearms 818 [22%] o Crimes TOTALWITH FIREARMS Homicide [32%] Attempted murder [33%] Assault236,3645,959 [3%] Abduction1,1300 Robbery28,8887,371 [26%] Total suicides 3,671 Firearm

Criminal violence means guns? Cause Number Heart Disease 710,760 Cancer 553,091 Stroke 167,661 Vehicle 43,354 Suicide(including firearms) 29,350 Firearms 28,163

Accidental Deaths Cause Number Falls 13,322 Poison (solid, liquid) 12,757 Choking on food or other object 4,313 Drowning 3,402 Fires, flames 3,377 Firearms 776

Self- Defense Guns save more lives than they take; prevent more injuries than they inflict 2.5 million citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year Armed citizens kill more criminals than police. Citizens shoot and kill twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606).

Guns used in self- Defense

Second Amendment- Bearing Arms It is the constitutional right of every American to bear firearms. This is something that every American should take pride in, and hopefully will be a right that we will always have.

Gun Control Myths “Criminal Violence means guns” “Women are the victims of gun violence” “Gun ownership leads to violence” “Gun control keeps us safe”

Fact- Fiction Fact Violent crimes have decreased by 15% in the past year. Violent crimes have increased in Britain since their hand gun ban was put in place in 1991 Fiction Guns make people more violent Guns kill people Society is becoming more violent Taking guns from American citizens will reduce crime and violence

Legal Guns 290 million American citizens own firearms as of Number of gun ownership is up and crime is down.

Guns They were created for both protect and survival Today they are still used for them reason but also for sport and a way of like. Guns will always be around, different people use them for different things. Our founding fathers agreed that we should have the right to bear arms, who should be able to tell use other wise.

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