GUNS WITH HISTORY

Here is the link to the document : https://youtu.be/1nAfWfF4TjM

1-Listen again and give the nature of the document. Circle the
correct answer(s):
an interview- a commercial - a news report - a historical documentary - an extract
from a movie an hidden camera social experiment.

2-Where does it take place ? Circle the right answer :

In Chicago, Michigan avenue- In New York, Manhattans Lower East Side- In Los
Angeles, Main Street.

3-What does the shop supply ?

4-Which are the 2 main reasons why these customers want to buy
a gun ?

5-Who were the main victims of these guns ?

6-what are the buyers reactions when they learn abouth the guns
stories ? Tick the right answer(s) :
stone cold
flabbergasted

expressionless

surprised

shocked

stunned

7-Which is the overall percentage of

Americans thinking that owning a gun
will make their lives safer ?
%

8-what is the aim of the video . Circle

the right verb.
Showing that owning a gun increases/decreases the risk of homicide, suicide
and unintentional death.
9-Is it effective on the customers ? Will they buy a gun ?

10-What is the aim of the organization States United to prevent

Gun Violence
Pro-gun ? anti-gun ?

LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Fill in the gaps :
NEW YORKERS with John B Beyer
Man wants to make a point so he gathers guns and equipment up and
opens a store in New York and people come in. Blonde woman comes in.
SELLER: "You're interested in a gun, something for target practice?"
WOMAN: "for, more for just
, just . " Her
husband comes and stands next to her and says " I am protect
Amendment so it's like kind of hard to find that in New York City".
SELLER: "Like I was showing your wife, the first gun I showed her was this
revolver, it's the easiest gun we have to use, you know it's our most
popular gun I showed her. It's a 22 caliber 6-inch revolver. It's also a gun
ayear old found in his parent's bedroom and went down
and his old baby
brother with it.
(Man looks amazed).
MAN : "When you say shooter, a kid "dead 1" what is
that?
ANOTHER MAN : " Couldn't believe that was actual gun. This is the one
he used holy shit"
BLACK GIRL: " can you take this shit back once you do it"

SELLER: "This is a 9 millimeter semi-automatic, it's a very handy gun,

easy to use you can carry it in your purse like that gal from Walmart.
son reaches in her pocketbook pulls it out and
her. , gone. No mas" He continues
"Collectors love this one. Adam Lanza's mom had this one in her collection
too. He took this one and several other guns and
her and went down to Sandy Hook and
teachers andinnocent children. little kids gone just
like that" ....(2 minutes into video)
SELLER turns to black woman in white headband: "He walked into a
McDonald's in San Diego, and
. It's one of the deadliest mass shootings in
American history"
SELLER: "They thought ironically that they were
their 9 month old. She thought she was
her 2 year old.
9 millimeter semi-automatic 40 caliber compact 45 caliber 9 millimeter
sub-machine gun. 12 gauge pump-action shot gun. Why don't you have a
closer look"
USED:.....S H Elementary School
LOCATION: S H, Connecticut
DATE: 12/14/20
SHOOTER: Adam Lanza
DEAD:
WOUNDED:

Every gun has a history. Let's not repeat it.

CUSTOMERS REACTIONS AFTER :
"I was pretty by just entire history of every
gun in the store"
"Maybe I should think I buy the gun"
"It made me think twice and I buy one"
"It's one of our rights but my opinion has definitely changed. I don't feel
safe with the gun"
"You to be the Walmart case"
(script written by Linda Barnard Waldroup, Providence, RI, USA)

NEW YORKERS with John B Beyer

Man wants to make a point so he gathers guns and equipment up and opens a store in New
York and people come in. Blonde woman comes in.
SELLER: "You're interested in a gun, something for target practice?"
woman: "for protection, more for just protection, just safety. " Her husband comes and stands
next to her and says " I am protect Amendment so it's like kind of hard to find that in New
York City"
SELLER: "Like I was showing your wife, the first gun I showed her was this revolver, it's the
easiest gun we have to use, you know it's our most popular gun I showed her. It's a 22 caliber

6-inch revolver. It's also a gun a 5 year old found in his parent's bedroom and went down and
shot his 9 month old baby brother with it.
(Man looks amazed)
MAN says : "When you say shooter a 5 year old kid "dead 1" what is that?
ANOTHER MAN said, " Couldn't believe that was actual gun. This is the one he used holy
shit"
BLACK GIRL: " can you take this shit back once you do it"
SELLER: "This is a 9 millimeter semi-automatic, it's a very handy gun, easy to use you can
carry it in your purse like that gal from Walmart. Two year old son reaches in her pocketbook
pulls it out and shoots her. Dead, gone. No mas" He continues "Collectors love this one.
Adam Lanza's mom had this one in her collection too. He took this one and several other guns
and killed her and went down to Sandy Hook and killed 6 teachers and 20 innocent children.
20 little kids gone just like that" ....(2 minutes into video)
SELLER turns to black woman in white headband: "He walked into a McDonald's in San
Diego, killed 21 and injured 19. It's one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history"
SELLER: "They thought ironically that they were protecting their 9 month old. She thought
she was protecting her 2 year old
9 millimeter semi-automatic 40 caliber compact 45 caliber 9 millimeter sub-machine gun. 12
gauge pump-action shot gun. Why don't you have a closer look"
USED:.....Sandy Hook Elementary School
LOCATION: Sandy Hook, Connecticut
DATE: 12/14/2012
SHOOTER: Adam Lanza
DEAD: 26
WOUNDED: 2
Every gun has a history. Let's not repeat it.
Reactions after....
"I was pretty blind-sided by just entire history of every gun in the store"
"Maybe I should think I am not gonna buy the gun"
"It made me think twice and I would not buy one"
"It's one of our rights but my opinion has definitely changed. I don't feel safe with the gun"
"You don't want to be the Walmart case"
more about Sandy Hook shooting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting