NOTE: Read "Background" and view "Resources" below the questions.

1. a) What is a recall election?
b) What is significant about the recall election taking place on September 10?

2. Who initiated the recall election against Senators Morse and Giron?

3. For what reason are citizens attempting to recall Senators Morse and Giron?

4. If successful, what effect would the recall campaign have on the rest of the country? Be specific.

5. How do you view NYC billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg's attempts to affect gun laws around the country?

6. Many Americans' viewpoint on guns are affected by whether they live in rural or urban areas and what experiences they have had growing up: learning how to use guns responsibly and/or hunting. Conservatives say the literal text of the Second Amendment gives them a constitutional right to own guns, and that the founders' meaning was clear. Liberals say the founders only meant for government "state militias" to have the right to carry firearms.
a) Write out the text of the Second Amendment.
b) What right do you think this gives to citizens?