Iron Triangle FRQ: Read the articles about Gun Rights and Gun Control in America and trace the various contributions of the participants in the Iron Triangle. In addition to completing the table, draw and label a diagram of the Iron Triangle showing the "action." (feel free to complete the drawing using a pen/pencil and paper)

a.) Interest group, corporation, labor union, or individual: Identify the complaints/demands emerging from this part of the triangle, AND explain the specific technique utilized to leverage pressure on any other part of the triangle.

Name of the Interest Group/Individual / Who are they complaining to? [Congress, Executive Branch or Courts] / What technique(s) are they using to get what they want?

b.) Congressional committee/subcommittee: Identify the precise committee/group/Congress-person overseeing this issue, AND briefly explain the way in which it leverages pressure on any other part of the triangle.

Name of the Committee/Individual / Who are they complaining to? What technique(s) are they using to get what they want? / Are their actions satisfying or disappointing any groups? Explain

c.) Executive branch agency, commission, administration, etc: Identify the precise entity/entities in the executive branch that implement/enforce policy in this arena, AND briefly explain how their response satisfies or fails to satisfy any other group in the triangle.

Name of the Executive Branch agency/commission/administration/etc... / Who are they complaining to? What technique(s) are they using to get what they want? / Are their actions satisfying or disappointing any groups? Explain


d.) Finally, explain how any ONE of these participants utilized the “mass media” as a means of leveraging pressure on any other part of the Iron Triangle.

What media is being used? / Why are they using this particular media/technology? / What technique(s) are they using to get what they want?

Gun Control

·  Gun Control vs. Gun Rights

·  Gun Lobby

·  Executive Orders