Unit 10: Guns

Question 1

In US firearms were used in:

Answer 1

73% of murders 2016
40% of robberies in 2015
24% aggravated assaults in 2015

Question 2

In Illinois of the 941 homocides for which were available :

Answer 2

799: committed with a firearm

Of those 799 with firearm, 728 were committed with a handgun

Question 3

Who are most affected by gun violence?

Answer 3

• 15-24 year olds are most likely targeted by guns compared to other violence
• teens and young adults more likely to be murdered w/ gun
• most violent gun crime, homicides, occur in cities and urban communities

Question 4

Major federal gun control laws

Answer 4

1. National firearms act 1934
2. Gun control act of 1968
3. Brady handgun violence prevention act of 1993
4. Assault weapons ban of 1994

Question 5

State laws: concealed carry

Answer 5

Concealed carry: when a person is carrying a weapon, usually firearm, on or in close proximity to their person

-carry firearms for protection and other lawful purposes is legal in 50 states

Question 6

No issue states

Answer 6

Concealed carry permits are not issued for any private citizen and the concealed carry permits of other stares are not recognized

Question 7

May issue states

Answer 7

Local authorities (law enforcement agencies) have some discretion and are not required by law to issue permits

Question 8

Shall issue states

Answer 8

Hve laws permitting concealed carry of firearms once certain criteria are met. Local law enforcement Agencies have no discretion in issuing permit

Question 9

Unrestricted states

Answer 9

Allow private citizens to carry concealed weapons without a permit

Question 10

Concealed carry in Illinois

Answer 10

• 2013 Illinois became the last state in nation to adopt a concealed carry law
• now a shall issue state
• firearms are prohibited in a number of places, government buildings, hospitals, nursing homes, banks and schools

Question 11

Gun control in Chicago

Answer 11

• Chicago passed a ban on handgun ownership in 1982 in response to escalating gun violence
• ban was one of most stringent gun policies in nation
• ban was struck down by supreme court in 2010 (McDonald v Chicago)

Question 12

Since 2014…

Answer 12

• Chicago residents no longer have to register their firearms with police
• Chicago follows the same concealed carry law as the state of Illinois
• Chicago still have a strict ban on assault weapons

Question 13

How do ppl get guns illegally?

Answer 13

• juveniles can easily obtain illegal guns. Most carry them for self defense
• study of persons arrested for a wide range of crimes showed that a higher percentage of arrestees than regular citizens own firearms
• surveys of offenders have found that they may steal or borrow guns, most, however acquire guns “off the street” through illicit gun market

Question 14

What to do to decrease gun violence?

Answer 14

1. Universal background checks
2. Harsher penalties/ more prosecutions for gun crimes
3. Greater focus on how/where individuals get guns illegally
4. Gun buyback programs
5. Initiatives can focus on the supply and/ or the demand for guns

Question 15

Self defense

Answer 15

Use of deadly force in defense of person:

A citizen is justified in the use of force which is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm only if he/she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or another, or commission of a forcible felony.

Question 16

Self defense in a house or dwelling

Answer 16

• citizen is justified in use of force which is intended or likely cause death or bodily harm if:
• entry is made or attempted in a violent, riotous or tumultuous manner and reasonably believed that such force is necessary to prevent an assault upon or offer of personal violence to them then in the dwelling or
• they reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent the commission of a felony in the dwelling