Account: President Obama's gun control proposals
In this part of the study guide, we will give you some points to consider when you account for President Obama’s gun control proposals, based on the source materials.
The materials that focus most on Obama’s gun control proposals are “US gun debate: Could Obama's guns plan work?” and “Obama unveils sweeping new gun control proposals.”
The US President’s proposal revolves around five points related to gun control, as indicated in “Obama unveils sweeping new gun control proposals”:
- criminal record check on gun sales
- prohibiting the assault weapons
- reducing the ammunition magazines
- harsher penalties for gun trafficking
- mental health
If we look at “US gun debate: Could Obama's guns plan work?” we can analyze these proposals in more detail:
Criminal record check on gun sales
Obama wants that all those buying a gun, from both private and state sellers, to have a clean criminal and health record: “Closing the loophole will weed out those with criminal or psychiatric backgrounds legally barring them f...
