Assignment

• Introduction: What is your topic?

  Gun Laws in USA
• Introduction: What is your hypothesis?

  Gun Laws in the USA should be reformed.
• Introduction:What is your 3 aims?

  • What gun crimes have happened in the USA?
  • What is the punishment for committing gun crimes in USA?
  • What are peoples views on gun laws in USA?
• Findings: Aim 1. What did you find out from CNN

  The Apalachee school shooting, Georgia. A student killed 2 teachers, 2 students and wounded 9 other people. The shooter charged with murder and tried as an adult
• Findings: Aim 1. What did you find out from BBC YouTube?

  From 2000s to 2010s the regularity of school shooting has increased from 150 a year to 500 per year.
• Aim 2: Findings. What did you find from your interview?

  Americans believe punishments for gun crime shouldn't be harsher as things such as the death penalty are not effective. Instead the government should offer them mental health support.
• Aim 2 Findings, what did you find out from Columbia Law?

  If a crime is committed severely with a fire arm the sentence would vary from minimum 5 year of jail up to lifetime imprisonment. The sentence has increased since 1990s as the maximum sentence use to be 4 years in jail for offence with weapons.
• Findings: Aim 3 What is the 1st thing you found out from your interview?

  That Americans would like their gun laws to be made stricter, however, not banned.
• Findings: Aim 3 What is the 2nd thing u found out from your interview?

  That the US government should restrict certain types of gun (no semi automatic), the number and reasons for owning a gun (hunting etc.). Also engage in proper background checks.
• Research Methods: Primary and Second Methods

  Primary- Interview with an American Teacher (Miss Jackson)

  Secondary- CNN News
• Research Methods:(Primary) Why did you choose?

  Gives me a real American insight on the issue of gun laws.
• Research Methods: (primary) 1st strength

  She was American, gave me a real Americans views on their countries gun laws and how they really feel about it.
• Research Methods:(primary) 2nd strength

  Easy to complete, didn't have to do in-depth research on the internet instead just went to her classroom and completed under 10 minutes.
• Research Methods:(primary) One weakness

  She lives in UK, as she lived here a few years now her knowledge on gun laws in USA could not be as useful as current American citizens.
• Research Methods:(primary) 2nd weakness

  Lack of people interviewed, as I only interviewed one American I missed out on many different opinions on the matter.
• Research Methods: (primary) something u would change

  Interview a wider range of Americans (race, gender, age etc.)
• Research Methods: (secondary) why did you pick

  Due to it being an American news source, this is where American access their new daily.
• Research Methods: (secondary) strength

  American company, it has more reliable information on USA rather than other countries across the globe.
• Research Methods: (secondary) weakness

  Information was vague, could not access a incredibly detailed description on the Apalachee school shooting.
• Research Methods: (secondary) something u would change

  Find a more detailed website on the event of Apalachee school shooting
• Conclusion: Did you research on gun laws being reformed prove it true or false?

  True
• Conclusion: What did you discover about aim 1

  Discovered school shooting are very regular in the USA, for example, Apalachee school shooting
• Conclusion: what did you discover about aim 2

  Discovered the biggest punishment possible for gun crimes in USA is lifetime imprisonment.
• Conclusion: what did you find out about aim 3

  Americans would rather they were made stricter, not banned, but they do want a change.
• Conclusion: Overall

  I can conclude that USA's gun laws should be changed.