Directions: First, provide a summary (t
hree
-page maximum, double-spaced of the gun laws for a
U.S. state of your choice. You must provide the name of the state
and specifics regarding Right to
Keep
and Bear Arms, along with state constitutional
provisions, right to carry laws, castle doctrine, and no net loss.
You may cut-and-paste the specifics for each from
these websites and others, but make sure to add summaries, at the
very least, with how you interpret them.
Some useful websites:
http://www.gunlawsbystate.com/#!/home/terms-of-acc...
https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/
Then, search for statistics for your state that
deal with injuries and deaths caused by firearms as well as any
reports or other research related to these statistics so that you
may then evaluate the impact of these policy on public health and
health equity. In this research, having statistics organized by
year will be helpful, particularly if you can provide dates of when
policies and laws were enacted and compare statistics both pre- and
post-implementation of policies and laws.
Advocate for policies/laws/programs that will
serve to help reduce the risk of firearms and other devices (e.g.
knives, explosives) being used to cause injury, death, and
destruction to innocent people in the United States.
Do you choose “tougher” gun purchasing laws? If
so, describe your law/policy and advocate for its passage.
Propose at least one strategy, though you will
likely need more, to identify stakeholders, build coalitions, and
try to appeal to those who may oppose y
our policies and/or legislation because it may
interfere with their rights and liberties as citizens protected by
the U.S. Constitution?
Describe how you will weave ethics and your
research of the statistics you derived for this assignment into the
laws/policies you propose.
It is a common them
e of public health to do what
is
best for the health of the population, even if it
may infringe upon others’ personal rights.
Mitigation/Prevention:
What, if any, security policies would you want to
pass and enforce in public venues such as hotels, stadiums, outdoor
concert/party areas regarding firearms, explosives, knives, etc.?
For example, would you propose metal detectors in hotels in an
effort to prevent guests from bringing in weapons? Is that
feasible? Include at least one page of ideas regarding these plans.
Additional Requirements: Double-spaced, minimum of
8
pages of text (does
NOT
include tables, figures, graphs, etc.).
12-point font, 1-inch margins.
Make sure you have headings for each
section.
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