USA Crime Investigation
AIMS
• To find out what gives
Americans the RIGHT to
carry guns?
• To find out how easy it is
to get a gun in the USA?
• To find out the views of
PRESSURE GROUPS on the
RIGHT to carry guns?
• To find out the connection
between guns and CRIME in
the USA?
Your Investigation
Front
Cover
Aim 3
Contents
Page
Aim 4
Intro
Conclusion
Aim 1
Aim 2
What is a RIGHT?
• A RIGHT is something
that the LAW says we
CAN do.
• In Britain we have the
right leave school
when we are 16 or to
vote when we are 18.
AIM1
What gives Americans the RIGHT to
carry a gun?
• Turn to page 53 in
your USA book
and make notes on
the right to carry
guns in the USA.
How easy is it to get a gun in
the USA?
• It is not very difficult to
get a gun in the USA. In
most States as long as you
are over 21, you only need a
driving licence or some
other form of
identification to buy a gun.
In fact, it is easier to get a
gun than it is to get a
driving licence!
AIM 2
How easy is it to get a gun in the USA?
Write a short
paragraph about what
you have to do in order
to buy a gun in the USA
The ‘Right to Carry’ Law
• Most states in the USA now have
‘Right to Carry’ laws
• These laws only apply to Gun Shop
sales – not other ways of getting a
gun
Take notes on the ‘Right to Carry’ laws
in the USA – see P53/54
What is a PRESSURE
GROUP?
• A pressure group is
a group that puts
pressure on
governments and
other organisations
to make changes.
• In the USA they
are called Interest
Groups
AIM 3
What are the views of PRESSURE GROUPS
on the right to carry a gun?
• In America the
NRA (National
Rifle Association)
is a pressure group
that protects the
right of Americans
to carry a gun.
Activities
• Make notes on the
National Rifle
Association (NRA)
from P53
AIM 4 Guns and Crime in the
USA
• Make notes from
the Factfile on P55
• Do Activities 12
and 14 on P56
• Refer to factsheet
Rap Music and Guns
• What do you think?
Is there a link
between rap music
and guns?
Yo Yo Yo!
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Yo Yo Yo
Let’s get fresh!
I’m here to rap
You better not mess!
Some say that a gun
be cool
• But it’s a lethal
weapon…not a toy
you fool!
Yo Yo Yo
• Now write your own
“anti gun rap”…if
you’re feeling brave
you can perform it in
class!