04, December, 2024
Episode 232: Guns, Gingerbread and the American Constitution
In this podcast, Sue listens in amazement to an American women explain about her daily life carrying a gun everywhere she goes, including to the shops and even to chuch.
Guns, Gingerbread and the American Constitution
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YouTubeWelcome back to English-Podcasts In this episode we get to hear first hand from an American women, Cindy, living in South Carolina, and why she carries a gun with her in her daily life.
Notes
Gun culture is deeply entrenched in American culture and it is a right under the 2nd ammendment of the constitution, which makes it very difficult to change even in the wake of tragic mass shootings.
Data in 2023 showed that U.S. citizens own approximately 398.5 million firearms, including handguns, shotguns, and rifles. This means that civilian gun ownership averages about 1.2 firearms per person in the U.S. So it seems that, yes–there are more guns than people in America.
So why do everyday citizens feel the need to carry a gun? In this podcast Cindy explains why she owns mulitple guns and how she feels protected when carrying her gun even though she has never had to use her guns.
In this podcast, the team at english-podcasts has no intention to pass any opinion, bias or judgement on the subject, and we thank Cindy for her personal account of gun use and general attitudes.
Recap & Takeaways
As a language learner, listen out for Cindy’s southern American accent and American English vocabulary such as “purse”, “pants” and “packing”.
BEFORE LISTENING try to think about the vocabulary you are likely to hear to be abole to answer these questions:
- What do the background checks consist of?
- How many guns does Cindy own?
- Where does she keep her gun?
- Where do many women keep their gun?
- How (and when) does she practice shooting?
- Why does she feel the need to have a gun with her?
- What is “Open” and “Conceal” carry?
- What does Cindy say about bullets?
- What does she say about a recent hold up in her local supermarket?
- What does she say about Shoot Unseen ?
- What does Cindy explain about the American constitution?
AFTER LISTENING: Now you can answer those questions ! Try to write full senetences so that you can check your grammar and syntax.
