Instructions:Take it in turns to throw the dice and move your counter around the table.

Topic square – talk about the topic question for 30 seconds. (1 point)

Argue square - Have a 40-second conversation with the last partner disagreeing about the topic they just presented.

(1 point each). At the end, the player with the most points is the winner.

Section 4. Have Your Say

Will restrictions on Swiss gun ownership reduce crime?

Are you in Switzerland? Do you keep a weapon at home? Should gun ownership in Switzerland be restricted? Would the move reduce suicides and gun crime? Will any changes undermine the military?

(В Швейцарии армия формируется по милиционному принципу, и все мужчины от 20 до 50 лет считаются военнослужащими. В 20 лет они проходят военную подготовку (3 месяца) в школах рекрутов, после чего раз в год являются на обязательные сборы. Все это время у резервистов дома хранится выданное в армии оружие — винтовка, пистолет-пулемет или пистолет. После 50 государство снимает резервиста с учета, забирает оружие, но дарит ему помповое ружье. Количество единиц оружия в частных руках в Швейцарии с населением в 7,7 миллиона человек составляет, по разным оценкам, от 2,3 до 3,4 миллиона единиц. Из этого числа армейское оружие составляет от 1,45 до 1,7 миллиона единиц. Сторонники инициативы о запрете свободного хранения оружия указывают на то, что в Швейцарии самое большое число самоубийств в Европе пропорционально количеству населения. По их данным, в год около 300 швейцарцев кончают жизнь самоубийством при помощи огнестрельного оружия.

Comments

1. stanblogger wrote: It is self evident in my opinion that the few weapons that there are around the better. Unfortunately, there are individuals who decide that they wish to kill wild animals for fun, and some who want to kill their fellow humans. It is unlikely that society will ever succeed in curing or at least restraining these individuals. But every effort should be made to ensure that it is difficult for them to get hold of the most effective weapons, like military assault rifles. A maniac armed with an automatic rifle can kill many more people before he or she is disarmed, than someone armed with a kitchen knife.

2. yellowsandydog wrote: I understand that Switzerland already has a low rate of violent crime so it may make no difference there. But I think a change away from keeping guns at home could reduce the suicide rate. It must be so easy for a suicidal man to point the gun at his head and pull the trigger. Once the gun has been fired there is no going back. With a drug overdose there is the possibility of vomitting the drugs back up and seeking treatment.

3. Aged Citizen wrote: The more weapons that are in circulation , the larger the numbers that will fall into the wrong hands and end up being used for crime, therefore any reduction in the number of weapons available has to be a good thing.Knife crime in the UK , was going to be curtailed by the introduction of much harsher sentences for those found in possession of a knife.

4. BluesBerry wrote: Should gun ownership in Switzerland be restricted? No. Switzerland, like the United States & Israel, cherish the right to bear arms. Switzerland is a country where you are both a citizen and a soldier. Social, economic and historical factors influence my answer. Gun-control laws in Brazil and Mexico are among the strictest in the world; yet, violent crime in both countries is far worse than in the United States. Ask someone in Brazil or Mexico if it is difficult to obtain an illegal firearm. Yet Switzerland has not experienced much in the way of violent crime, and then of course, there's that longstanding tradition for the militia to keep military firearms within reach, ready to go.

6.Gazenraged wrote: Although I personally don`t own a firearm I know people who do, legally I hasten to add, I think that if ownership of guns is properly registered and policed then no problem. I also believe in the right to protect ones property and if all those who wish to pursue a life of crime knew that potentially they could be shot they might think twice. Of course there would be abuses but that unfortunately is a fact of life and a baseball bat or knife can be just as lethal as a gun.

7.ruffled_feathers wrote: With a low crime rate, I don't know what this has to do with us? As for the suicide issue, I'm afraid if someone is determined to end their life, they will find another way unless they are placed in an empty padded cell. Dealing with the issue of WHY they might commit suicide would be more useful. So I do wonder why this is happening all of a sudden! I wonder what has happened 'politically' / 'culturally' to bring this about?

9. Syni_cal wrote: Will restrictions on Swiss gun ownership reduce crime? I suspect that a change in Swiss gun laws would have a negligible affect on gun crime in Switzerland which would pale into insignificance compared with a change in the number of deaths caused by the groups, individuals and governments that use Swiss banks for the Anonymity provided by Swiss banking law. A referendum on Swiss banking law would be a much worthier subject for both actual referendum in Switzerland and debate on this HYS.

Section 5. Picture

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UNIT 5

Section 1. Практикум Линн Виссон