Reading Log and Topic

Reading Log

            Time Spent Reading:

10 minutes on 1/21

15 minutes on 1/23

20 minutes on 1/24

            Time Spent on Notecards:

20 minutes 1/20

            Time Spent on Detailed Outline:

60 minutes on 1/24

In English and history, we have been working on a research project. My topic compares the government’s view on gun ownership in the 1800s with the government’s view on gun ownership today. I am enjoying this topic because it is interesting to see how different the two perspectives are! I have learned that in early America, the government encouraged the individual right of gun ownership; the government even provided guns to poor white citizens who struggled to afford them. Today, the government is more restrictive on gun ownership. For example, the government has created gun control laws and limited ammunition.  

My thesis compares the government’s perspective of gun ownership in the 1800s with the government’s more recent perspective of gun ownership. The views are almost opposite, and the information that I have learned is quite interesting. The early American government encouraged the individual right to gun ownership. The government even provided poor citizens with guns. Today, the government is much more restrictive on gun ownership. For example, gun control laws have been created to prevent certain people from obtaining certain guns.