Wonderful Weds.
Announcements
1) You should be nearing completetion of “make your voice heard”
We will have about 20minutes tomorrow to work on them.Make sure
you know if it should go to State or National Representatives. Addresses
are on class files under 2014 addresses Make your voice heard.
2) Absent yesterday ? HOMEWOK BUDDY NOT DOING THEIR JOB?Get
handouts ON DESK
3) Test is Tuesday
Learning targets
1) What is the 2nd amendment
2) Affects of background checks on gun ownership
3) Definition of stand your ground
4) Stand your ground and race
5) How the press affects our view of issues
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Amendment
What does this mean?
Amendment II
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.
Which were the framers talking about?
Why doesn’t the government take action?
Bi partisan polarization !!!!!!!
Always about the money? Pro gun
• CONTRIBUTIONS
• $900,252
ranks 281 of 16,411
• LOBBYING
• $2,530,000 (2014)
$3,410,000 (2013)
ranks 153 of 4,244 in 2014
• OUTSIDE SPENDING
• $30,923,860
ranks 8 of 152
What did the video call a Congressman voting
for gun control?
•Political suicide!!!!!!
Always about the money !
• Last year, the NRA spent $2,905,000 lobbying Congress. The Brady
Campaign spent $40,000. Michael Bloomberg’s pro-gun control
Mayors Against Illegal Guns spent $200,000 and the anti-gun control
Gun Owners of America spent $1,307,996 .
• Altogether, pro-gun control groups spent $240,000 and were
outspent 17-to-1 by anti-gun control groups, that spent $4,212,996.
Background Checks –Does this stop people?
• The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which
is managed by the FBI, quickly checks the name of a prospective
buyer against federal and state criminal records to see if he or she is
disqualified from buying a gun. Federal law prevents the sale of
weapons to people who have been convicted of a felony, have a
warrant out for their arrest, have used drugs within the past year,
were committed involuntarily to a mental institution or ruled
mentally incompetent by a judge, are living in the U.S. illegally, have a
domestic-violence-related restraining order against them or have a
misdemeanor domestic violence conviction. People who were
dishonorably discharged from the military or who have renounced
their U.S. citizenship are also barred from gun purchases.
Armslist .com
http://www.armslist.com/classifieds/ohio
• Do you think you could buy a gun on here?
• Can a mentally deranged man get a weapon without a background
check?
Background checks? Waiting Period?
• While it is very much exaggerated, this clip displays the attitude many
people have about the ease of getting a gun and the kind of guns
sold.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIpLd0WQKCY&feature=related
Castle Doctrine
• Q: If someone enters my home illegally, and I shoot her in selfdefense, does S.B. 184 protect me from being arrested for
protecting myself and my family?
A: Generally, yes. Ohio’s “castle laws” presume you have acted in self
defense or in defense of another when using deadly force against
someone who has unlawfully entered your residence or vehicle. If you
were to be charged, the prosecution would have to prove that the
intruder did not enter your house or vehicle with the intent of causing
harm
Right to carry law? Ohio –Yes 323,552
• A new Ohio bill would allow non-residents to get a concealed carry license
if they work in Ohio.
• • Eliminate the 45-day waiting period that a person must go through to
establish residency to get a concealed handgun license.
• • Reduce the number of training hours required to get the license from 12
to eight.
• The bill would eliminate the provision of the state law that prohibits
firearms in government-owned public facilities. That would include the
Browns, Bengals, Indians, and Reds stadium
• With over 323,000 Ohio citizens licensed to carry handguns, anytime you
are in a group of 27 adults, odds are there is at least one licensee present
In other words, these people might be
carrying a gun. Welcome to the dawg pound
Ohio –Stand your ground? No,but….
• Supporters of House Bill 203 said it contains a number of changes designed to
shore up Second Amendment rights, cut red tape, toughen rules for concealed
handgun permits, and expand recognition of Ohio’s conceal-carry permits to
other states.
• But Democratic legislators warned that a so-called “stand your ground” selfdefense provision would lead to greater gun violence in the state, particularly
against minorities.
• The stand-your-ground provision would eliminate Ohio's law requiring a person
to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense. Under current Ohio law,
residents have no duty to retreat only when they are in their homes, cars, or the
vehicles of immediate family members – a so-called “castle doctrine.”
• 22 States currently have it
Which of the two is not allowed?
Which of the two is not allowed?
Which of the two is not allowed?
Moms Demand Action -Kroger
• http://www.youtube.com/user/MomsDemandAction
Does it apply to other situations?
• Biily Badbutt feels threatened at school ?
• He wears a shirt that says “If you mess with me in any way I will shoot
you”
• Guest teacher-Is that acceptable ? Why not?
• The right to swing my fist ends at the other mans nose.
Stand your ground
• In the United States, stand-your-ground law states that an individual
has no duty to retreat from any place they have lawful right to be and
may use any level of force, including lethal, if they reasonably believe
they face an imminent and immediate threat of serious bodily harm
or death.
Is “Stand your ground” racially biased
• Always consider your source –Bias in statistics
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• There are 3 sides to every story ,your side my side and somewhere
in the middle is the truth?
• Is There Racial Bias in “Stand Your Ground” Laws?
• Article
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/isthere-racial-bias-in-stand-your-ground-laws/
• Video- Ted Cruz Tells Trayvon's Mother Why Stand Your Ground Laws
Can't Possibly Be 'Racist‘
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQAr47xF21k
Is stand your ground racially biased? No
• Of the 133 people who have used the “Stand Your Ground” defense, 76 were white. Forty (less than 52
percent) of these individuals were considered by a court of law as being justified in their use of deadly force
without retreating, to protect their lives. Twenty-five of these 76 people were found in a court of law to be
unjustified in their usage of such defense and were subsequently found guilty. Eleven cases involving whites
who used the “Stand Your Ground” defense are still pending in the courts. Out of whites who used the SYG
defense, less than 52 percent were found to be not guilty.
•
Forty-four African-Americans have used the “Stand Your Ground” defense in Florida. Of these 44 cases, it
was determined by a court of law that 24 (55 percent) were justified in their use of deadly force. There were
11 African-Americans out of the 44 cases who were found guilty, while 11 cases involving the original 44 are
still pending in the legal system.
•
In Florida, since passage and inception of the “Stand your Ground” law, less than 52 percent of the whites
who used it as a defense were found to be justifiable in their actions and 55 percent of the AfricanAmericans who used the same defense were found to be justified in their actions. African-Americans have
successfully used the Stand Your Ground Law, successfully as their legal defense more than any other race
(percentage wise) since its inception.
•
Firearms-related violent crime in Florida has dropped 33 percent in just four years, from 2007 to 2011.
Coincidentally, over the same time period concealed carry permits rose a staggering 90 percent. All forms of
violent crime have dropped 26 percent during this same time period.
•
Is stand your ground racially biased? Yes
YES ?
• Notice, however, that white people who kill black people are far
more likely to be found not-guilty even in states without SYG and
black people who kill whites are less likely to be found not-guilty
regardless of state law.
• It’s simple: We are already biased in favor of the white defendant
and against the black victim. Stand your ground laws give jurors
more leeway to give defendants the benefit of the
doubt. This increase even further the chances that a white-on-black
homicide will be considered justifiable because jurors will likely give
that benefit of the doubt to certain kinds of defendants and not
others. Stand your ground may or may not be a good law in theory
but, in practice, it increases racial bias in legal outcomes
Trevon Martin 911 call
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOpGAOXL5Uk
Media bias –Which is guilty?
Media bias-Which is Guilty?
Michael Dunn stand your ground
• http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/florida-trial-reignites-standground-controversy-22356729
Discussion questions Take a side
• Remember we are always respectful of others opinions !
• The only way we make progress in a democracy is to have an open
dialogue.
• Ohio should pass stand your ground
Discussion questions Take a side
• You should have not be able to buy a gun clip with over 10 rounds
Discussion questions Take a side
• Stand your ground leads to race issues in the U.S.
Discussion Question
The answer to gun control!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzaG6vpQuU
• Chris Rock
Daily show
• Scapegoat hunter Gun control
• http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/6l4l6m/scapegoat-hunter---guncontrol