One of my favorite things about homeschooling is the fact that we can discuss current events and not worry about being "politically correct".

We can take as much time as we need to fully cover the subject matter. 
Which would include, of course, the history of the event that is current.

Add some hands-on activities along with definitions and you've got some great lessons!

And you all have had some great lesson plans that I've enjoyed so I wanted to share the love and return the favor.

One of the recent hot potatoes in the political arena is "gun control", which is defined as:
"efforts to regulate or control sales of guns".

Yet-
The definition of "gun" is:
"a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)".

And "control" means:
"power to direct or determine".

So we have some hands-on activities to help you really understand all about "gun control":

This is the "point and shoot" method:

This is the "target":

A close-up:

Some other steps include, loading the magazine:

And cleaning your firearm afterwards:

We are firm believers in gun "control"!