USA Crime Investigation AIMS To find out

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.

AIM 1 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 P 53/54

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 P 53

AIM 4 Guns and Crime in the USA • Make notes from the Factfile on P 55 • Do Activities 12 and 14 on P 56 • Refer to factsheet

Rap Music and Guns • What do you think? Is there a link between rap music and guns?

Yo Yo Yo! • • • 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!