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Should more gun control laws be enacted in the United States?
1. Definition of Gun Control
Gun control (or firearms regulation) is the set of laws or policies that regulate the
manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians.
(Wikepedia, 2019)
2. Chart / diagram / graph used in oral description
(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081, 2019)
3. List of pros and cons
Pros of Gun Control Cons of Gun Control
➢ reduce accidental injuries ➢ would likely create a black market
➢ Most mass shootings in the US come ➢ Most gun-related deaths in the US
from legally purchased firearms are from suicides, not homicides
➢ Having access to a gun increases the ➢ People fear guns because they don’t
risk of violence understand them
➢ does not require confiscation ➢ It won’t change the value of a human
life
➢ More safety feeling ➢ People who shouldn’t own guns can
still purchase them
(https://vittana.org/10-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-gun-control, 2019)
4. Concept Map
, 5. Glossary of Top Ten Terms
Gun control:
Word (with word German equivalent Word family and/or antonym
class) in collocation in context
cause of Ursache prevent (v) = vermeiden
preventable (adj) vermeidbarer prevention (n) = Prävention, Vermeidung
death Todesfälle preventive (adj) = präventiv
regulate (v) the gun regulieren den regulative or regulatory (adj) = regulatorisch
sale Waffenverkauf regulatively (adv) = regulativ
reduce (v) violent Gewaltverbrechen reducible (adj) = reduzierbar
crime reduzieren reducibility (n) = Reduzierbarkeit
reducibly (adv) = reduzierbar
crime control (n) Verbrechenskontrolle controllable (adj) = steuerbar
controllability, (n) = Steuerbarkeit
controllably (adv) = kontrollierbar
guns are so Waffen sind so danger (n) = Gefahr
dangerous (adj.) gefährlich dangerous, endangered (adj) = gefährlich
dangerously (adv) = gefährlich
State intervention:
curbing (v) gun Bekämpfung der curbable (adj) = hemmbar
violence Waffengewalt curb (v) = bändigen
to ban (v) assault Sturmgewehre verbieten banning (n) = Verbot
rifles
to pass (v) schärfere -
stricter laws Gesetze erlassen
to reform (v) gun die Waffengesetze reform (n) = Reform
regulations reformieren
Academic vocabulary/General English:
Should more gun control laws be enacted in the United States?
1. Definition of Gun Control
Gun control (or firearms regulation) is the set of laws or policies that regulate the
manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians.
(Wikepedia, 2019)
2. Chart / diagram / graph used in oral description
(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081, 2019)
3. List of pros and cons
Pros of Gun Control Cons of Gun Control
➢ reduce accidental injuries ➢ would likely create a black market
➢ Most mass shootings in the US come ➢ Most gun-related deaths in the US
from legally purchased firearms are from suicides, not homicides
➢ Having access to a gun increases the ➢ People fear guns because they don’t
risk of violence understand them
➢ does not require confiscation ➢ It won’t change the value of a human
life
➢ More safety feeling ➢ People who shouldn’t own guns can
still purchase them
(https://vittana.org/10-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-gun-control, 2019)
4. Concept Map
, 5. Glossary of Top Ten Terms
Gun control:
Word (with word German equivalent Word family and/or antonym
class) in collocation in context
cause of Ursache prevent (v) = vermeiden
preventable (adj) vermeidbarer prevention (n) = Prävention, Vermeidung
death Todesfälle preventive (adj) = präventiv
regulate (v) the gun regulieren den regulative or regulatory (adj) = regulatorisch
sale Waffenverkauf regulatively (adv) = regulativ
reduce (v) violent Gewaltverbrechen reducible (adj) = reduzierbar
crime reduzieren reducibility (n) = Reduzierbarkeit
reducibly (adv) = reduzierbar
crime control (n) Verbrechenskontrolle controllable (adj) = steuerbar
controllability, (n) = Steuerbarkeit
controllably (adv) = kontrollierbar
guns are so Waffen sind so danger (n) = Gefahr
dangerous (adj.) gefährlich dangerous, endangered (adj) = gefährlich
dangerously (adv) = gefährlich
State intervention:
curbing (v) gun Bekämpfung der curbable (adj) = hemmbar
violence Waffengewalt curb (v) = bändigen
to ban (v) assault Sturmgewehre verbieten banning (n) = Verbot
rifles
to pass (v) schärfere -
stricter laws Gesetze erlassen
to reform (v) gun die Waffengesetze reform (n) = Reform
regulations reformieren
Academic vocabulary/General English:
