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Gun Control Lesson Plan (ESL): Upper-Intermediate
Background: Twenty children and 6 adults were killed on December 14th when a 20-year-old gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and began shooting. Several assault-style weapons were found at the scene. These guns were registered to the shooter's mother, a gun enthusiast. On the same morning, the gunman shot his mother before driving off to the school. People who knew him in high school described him as an "intelligent, but nervous” loner who avoided attention.
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1. In my opinion, teachers should not be allowed to carry firearms in school! Teachers can use the firearm to shoot somebody they have personal problems with, if they become very desperate; and that is not applicable.
The innocent lives are not on the shoulders of those who make it illegal for people to carry firearms, its is rather in their own hands. Self-defence is a good way to defend others as well as yourself, a gun can’t always do the job.
2. First of all, the setting is a school and not an area taken over by military troops. Pupils are there for study. Yes, they shouldn’t feel unsafe during sessions, but that doesn’t mean we should have armed guards at the entrances. Learn self-defence rather than being dependent on somebody else to defend you.
3. I fully agree.
4. Also related to post #3; it’s surely an effective way to get to know if the child or whoever it tends to be, has a troublesome period.
Well written! About self-defence: I’m sure a gun-enthusiast would say that self-defence (e.g. karate) can’t stop a bullet. (But of course, if no one had guns, then there would be no bullets to stop. This would be the perfect world for me.)