Cold Dead Hands
Driving Question
As a citizen of University City, Missouri, and the United States what can you do and what should you about gun control?
Introduction
In May of 2000, one year after the Columbine massacre, in a speech to the NRA actor Charlton Heston insisted that Americans needed to defend their freedom and right to bear arms, and that the only way that presidential candidate Al Gore would get his gun is from his "cold dead hands." The title of this project takes it name from that speech, but also refers to the cold dead hands of all of the victims of gun violence. Guns play a pivotal role in our society. This semester we will explore the role guns have played in your community in order to make the best possible decisions about the rules and policies that govern them.