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E-Lesson 06 - Guns / Gun Control

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Watch the video below and answer the questions.
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The US has more mass shootings than most other developed countries.

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Between 2000 and 2014, there were _______ mass shootings in public, populated places.

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When adjusted for population size, which developed country comes directly after the US for public mass shootings?

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"Before 2011, they happened 6 months apart on average, but since then, only _____ months go by between them."

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Obama: "I hope and pray that I don't have to come out again during my _______________ as president to offer my condolences to families in these circumstances."

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Public mass shootings get all the attention because they're often so _______________.

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On average, about 92 people are killed with guns every day in the US.

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The majority of gun deaths in the US are from suicides.

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France is one of the top 10 countries ranked highest on Human Development by the United Nations.

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Some people think suicide isn't really ______________ to the gun issues.

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But the methods that people use are important because suicide attemps often stemfrom temporary ___________.

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The victims of gun suicides are __________________ men, and mostly white.

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At the same time gun homicides has been decreasing, especially since the 90s when crime ____________in general were higher.

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The victims of these shootings - they're not the ones you often see on the national news. They're disproportionately ___________ ____________ _________.

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The US has the highest rates of burglary and assault compared to most other developed countries.

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Crime in the US is much more _____________.

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Gun deaths are greater than all of the following causes except one. Choose the cause that is not mentioned in the video.

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It should be clear by now that this level of gun violence is a _________________ American problem among the developed world.

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When adjusted for population size, the US has approximately the same amount of guns per capita as most other developed countries.

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In some states, which of the following are not required to own a gun in the US? Select all that apply.

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There are well over _______ million guns in the US.

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It suggests the demand for guns has been increasing ___________ since Barack Obama took office.

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Among highly developed countries, the more guns there are in a country, the more gun deaths.

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_________________, US states with more guns have more gun homicides.

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There are ________________ like Idaho, which has high rates of gun ownership but low rates of gun murders.

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Overall, there's a correlation between gun ownership and homicide rates even when controlled against poverty, unemployment, and crime.

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That said, you might need different _______________ to keep guns away from potential mass shooters.....

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America doesn't have a gun problem, it has _____________ of them.

THE NRA IS A POWERFUL POLITICAL FORCE — BUT NOT BECAUSE OF ITS MONEY
The NRA donates millions of dollars to Republican lawmakers, who block proposed gun control legislation. The implication of these two facts appears obvious: Politicians are refusing to stem the bloodshed of gun violence because they’re getting legal bribe from lobbyists.

Indeed, this familiar refrain was widely echoed again after the massacre on the Las Vegas strip. And it wasn’t just politicians. Observers pushed this narrative: A columnist with the Los
Angeles Times wrote that “fistfuls of NRA money” explained why America can’t control guns.

But when you talk to experts, they say this account is wrong or often badly oversimplified. The NRA may exert a massive and real influence on Washington, DC, but its campaign contributions can’t possibly be the corrupting agent thwarting action on gun control.

If you wanted to test whether the NRA’s donations really bought blanket opposition to gun control, you’d want to try neutralizing the effect of NRA money on politicians’ campaign coffers. In 2014, former New York City mayor and billionaire media magnate Michael
Bloomberg started "Everytown for Gun Safety." Its goal was as clear as its method: Get gun control passed by erasing Republicans’ financial incentives to stick by the NRA.

Two years later, and the shifting financial landscape hasn’t changed much: America still can’t enact meaningful gun legislation.
That’s not to say Everytown is a failure. Everytown has provided a platform for the cause of gun reform, and it has worked to help craft legislation with some centrist Republicans and local lawmakers. But in terms of breaking Republican senators’ opposition to gun control, the
organization’s just hasn’t made the difference.

The NRA has given Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn about $30,000 over the past decade. But it was a drop in his donations. In 2014 he raised $14 million, including $57,000 from Exxon. The NRA was nowhere near his top 15 biggest donor contributors. Republican
lawmakers could fund their campaigns just fine if the NRA bowed out.
Money does have a real influence on policymaking but it doesn’t change how politicians vote on high-profile issues. Campaign donations are like bringing a nice bottle of wine to an
exclusive dinner party: The wine may help you strike up a conversation you wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.

There’s a meaningful argument that Republicans and their voters have come to be pro-gun in part because of the influence of the NRA’s money. But the donations themselves are clearly not the reason Republican lawmakers fear opposing the NRA — the much bigger threat the gun rights group poses is its ability to mobilize and excite huge numbers of voters. The way you rise up in Republican politics is by supporting gun rights issues, because a lot of Republican voters care very deeply about gun rights.

Of course, none of this means that it wouldn’t be good to try to root money out of politics. Doing so wouldn’t lead to the sweeping gun control so many liberals hope.

ADAPTED FROM VOX / BY JEFF STEIN / OCT 5, 2017,
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pot-de-vin

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s'abstenir

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poignées

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contrecarrer / contrarier

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opposition générale

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effacer / gommer

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movement constant

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promulger / décréter

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élaborer / écrire

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législateur / législatrice

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une bagatelle

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se retirer

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engager (la conversation)

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menace

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éradiquer

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de grande envergure / généralisé

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The National Rifle Association ran a campaign for many years based on the slogan that "guns don't kill people, it's people who kill people". What do you think of that argument?

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The 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms, is a much debated article in the US Constitution. When the Constitution was being drawn up, militias had been directly responsible for winning the War of Independence against the British. Do you think a new constitution, if written today, would include such an article?

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Americans have consistently voted for responsible gun legislation but legislators' initiatives have equally consistently been overturned in the courts due to the power of lobbies. What do you think of this? Is the people's will inviolable to turn over a Constitutional amendment that easily or should there be in place a way of abolishing the amendment? How would you implement gun control policies in the US?