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Gun Control in the United States NILOA Charrette Assignment

El Centro College

Dallas, Texas

Submitted by: Cindy Brown, Ceaser Espinoza, Rahime Howard, Karen Mongo, Eduardo Morales, Mike Ogbeide, and Angela Taylor

Think About These Events in the United States…

Columbine High School Shooting

On April 20, 1999 two students of the high school, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and injured 21 others in an attack on the school with shot guns, hand guns, and knives.

The shooters committed suicide on site after the attacks.

The motive for the attack remains unclear.

Virginia Tech Shooting

On April 16, 2007, mentally ill Virginia Tech student Seung-Hi Cho, 23, opened fire on the campus, killing 32 students and faculty and wounding 17, before committing suicide.

Shooting at Political Meet and Greet

On January 8, 2011, 22 year old paranoid schizophrenic, Jared Lee Loughner, killed 6 people and wounded 11 at a political meet and greet at a Tuscon, Arizona grocery store. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and survived.

Loughner is serving life in prison.

His has stated his disliked Gifford and her political views.

Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting

On July 20, 2012, mentally ill gunman James Holmes, killed 12 people and injured 70 during a midnight movie in Aurora, Colorado.

Holmes was arrested outside the theater minutes after the attack.

The motive for the massacre is unclear.

He is currently serving 12 life sentences for the deaths he caused and 3,318 year for the attempted murders.

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown, CT.

On December 14, 2012, autistic gunman Adam Lanza, 20, killed his mother at their home, stole her guns, then proceeded to Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he killed 26 people – including 20 first grade children, injured 2, and then committed suicide.

The motive is unknown.

Shooting at Church in Charleston, S.C.

Gunman Dylann Roof prayed with parishioners in a prayer group at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church – a historic black church – prior to killing 9 people and injuring 3 in the group and church.

Roof is a believed to be a white supremacist and said his motive was to ignite a race war.

He is awaiting a 2016 trial.

Umpqua Community College Shooting

On October 1, 2015, student Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, shot and killed 9 people and injured 9 others on the campus of Umpqua Community College during the school day.

His motive for the shooting is unclear. Some media outlets have reported he suffered from depression and battled mental issues.

The latest happenings as of 2/14/18

18 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS SINCE JAN. 1, 2018.Everytown for Gun Safety says this is the 18th school shooting in 2018 -- which includes shootings where guns were fired accidentally and no one was injured. Three were in Texas. including one where a teen at Italy High School shot and wounded a girl over a breakup. There have been more than 300 school shootings since 2013. That's an average of one per week. -FOX NEWS 26 Houston

What does the Constitution say?

The Second Amendment

of the United States Constitution:

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

What do you say?

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