Gun Ownership
Issue: Gun Ownership
INTRODUCTION:
I. Attention Getter: "And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; …"-Samuel Adams quoted in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, August 20, 1789, "Propositions submitted to the Convention of this State” SLIDE 1
II. Purpose Statement: There is a considerable amount of misconception these days on who actually own firearms in the United States and their purposes for owning them. Are these law abiding citizens actually the ones committing these heinous crimes? To gain a better understanding of this issue we must look at the cold hard facts associated with gun ownership in the United States.
III. Thesis: Today, I want to discuss gun ownership in America and the facts about Gun Ownership:
A. Reason’s Americans own guns.
B. The diversity of Americans owning guns.
C. Crime rate associated with gun ownership.
BODY:
IV. Gun ownership is a 2nd Amendment right that most Americans take full advantage of. It’s a known fact that most countries don’t have these rights.
A."Gun Ownership and Use in America." by Joseph Carroll. Gallup Poll, November 22, 2005 shows us that gun owners own firearms for three main reasons. SLIDE 2.
1. According to a brief from the National Institute of Justice by Jeremy Travis May 1997. The most common motivation for owning firearms was recreation. About 35 percent of gun owners (15 million people, 8 percent of the adult public) hunted in 1994, and about an equal percentage engaged in sport shooting other than hunting.
2. In the same article according to Travis, Persons owning several guns tended to have varied collections, including rifles, shotguns, and handguns. SLIDE 3.
B. According to the same Gallup Poll by Joseph Carroll, 3 in 10 Americans
INTRODUCTION:
I. Attention Getter: "And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; …"-Samuel Adams quoted in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, August 20, 1789, "Propositions submitted to the Convention of this State” SLIDE 1
II. Purpose Statement: There is a considerable amount of misconception these days on who actually own firearms in the United States and their purposes for owning them. Are these law abiding citizens actually the ones committing these heinous crimes? To gain a better understanding of this issue we must look at the cold hard facts associated with gun ownership in the United States.
III. Thesis: Today, I want to discuss gun ownership in America and the facts about Gun Ownership:
A. Reason’s Americans own guns.
B. The diversity of Americans owning guns.
C. Crime rate associated with gun ownership.
BODY:
IV. Gun ownership is a 2nd Amendment right that most Americans take full advantage of. It’s a known fact that most countries don’t have these rights.
A."Gun Ownership and Use in America." by Joseph Carroll. Gallup Poll, November 22, 2005 shows us that gun owners own firearms for three main reasons. SLIDE 2.
1. According to a brief from the National Institute of Justice by Jeremy Travis May 1997. The most common motivation for owning firearms was recreation. About 35 percent of gun owners (15 million people, 8 percent of the adult public) hunted in 1994, and about an equal percentage engaged in sport shooting other than hunting.
2. In the same article according to Travis, Persons owning several guns tended to have varied collections, including rifles, shotguns, and handguns. SLIDE 3.
B. According to the same Gallup Poll by Joseph Carroll, 3 in 10 Americans
Cited: Samuel Adams “Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer”, August 20, 1789, Propositions submitted to the Convention of this State. Speech. "Gun Ownership and Use in America." By Joseph Carroll. Gallup Poll, November 22, 2005. Article. U.S. Census Bureau, December 2009. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008." Census. “Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review.” By the Committee to Improve Research and Data on Firearms and the Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council of the National Academies. Edited by Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie. National Academies Press, 2005. Pages 56-57: News Paper. National Rifle Association, "Firearms Fact Card, 2010.” January 20, 2010. http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=83. Pamphlet. Jeremy Travis, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs “National Institute of Justice” May 1997. Brief. David McDowall, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, March 2000 "Measuring Civilian Defensive Firearm Use: A Methodological Experiment." Journal. "2008 Crime in the United States, Expanded Homicide Data." Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, September 2009. Article. Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz. "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense with a Gun." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Fall 1995. Journal.