About This Lesson
Americans possess more than 200 million firearms. Each year about 640,000 violent crimes, including 16,000 murders are committed with guns, mostly handguns. Some people believe gun-control laws, which restrict gun ownership, can reduce the bloodshed. Others believe that guns help protect Americans and gun laws should be less strict. In this lesson students will learn about policies on guns and will then develop and present an argument for why the policy they favor most should be enacted. For more Common Core U.S. Government resources, visit http://www.crf-usa.org/online-lessons-index/free-lessons-index.html.
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