Your task: Comment on the material linked to at this page (some or all), give your own opinion on gun ownership and consolidate it with arguments and examples. - Alternatively, you can find (and link in the comments) your own example of how someone deals with this topic in a creative way (song, novel, movie) and comment on it.
We also know - from experience - that there probably won't be any changes to gun legislation in the U.S. - The N.R.A. (National Rifle Association) is an extremely powerful lobby group for gun owners and gun fanatics of all kind. They base their conviction that all Americans have a right to possess guns on the Second Amendment, which is an addition to the U.S. Constitution passed in 1791 (three years after the original version of the constitution was ratified). What the Second Amendment in fact means is still being disputed today (cf. discussion of the 2nd Amendment here), and many liberals are convinced that it should be changed or abolished (cf. Bret Stephens's opinion article here).
Here there's a slam poet giving us his view on the passivity of Congress on this matter:
'Can't you hear the children scream?' — this man's spoken word poem about America's gun violence will move you to tears (via @inqlife) pic.twitter.com/4JaviUM9RY— NowThis (@nowthisnews) 6. Oktober 2017
If you still have some ten minutes to spare, have a look at what Jimmy Kimmel has to say about what happened in Las Vegas. Kimmel is a comedian - exceptional in his bipartisan approach; he usually does not only make jokes about Republicans or Democrats, but is critical of both sides of the political spectrum.
If you have become really interested in the topic now, you may want to read this article in Süddeutsche Zeitung (7 Oct. 2017), which examines the historical roots of (gun-) violence in the United States and comes up with an assessment that is not at all reassuring: "So brauch ich Gewalt" by Hubert Wetzel.
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