Masters                  1                global comparisons

• including the killing of nine poeple at a church in charleston
• the advocates often highlight the stricter gun laws and lower gun incidents
• gun crimes in the u.s. have plunged in the last 2 years

Masters                    1-2                       comparisons

• the second amendment states "a well regulated militabeing necessary to the secruity of a free state the right of th epeople to keep and bear arms
• the court struck down washington dc laws that banned hand guns

Masters                           2                       firearms\

• the u.s. has the most firearms per 100 people
• japan has the lowest amount of firearms per 100 people
• the u.s. has the most firearm homicides per 100000 ppl
• japan also has the least on that too

Masters                         3                       firearms

• president obama issued a package of excutive actions designed to decrease.
• he proposed new funding to hire hundreds more federal law enforcement
• also budgeting 500 million to expand  access to mental health

Masters                    3                guns

• gun laws in canda is strict in compariosn to the united states
• washington sets federal gun restrictons
• there are three classes of weapons  nonrestricted restricted and prohibited