Part II: Relevant Research Pertinent to Solving the Problem (one to two pages)

Please delete the questions written in bold after writing your responses.

Question 1.: What is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

SOURCE. Facts About Race/Color Discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Question 2: Who enforces Title VII discrimination in the workplace?

SOURCE 1; Title VII and Employee Rights
Justia
https://www.justia.com/employment/employment-discrimination/title-vii/

SOURCE 2: Title VII Changed the Face of the American Workplace, By Tamara Lytle May 21, 2014

QUESTION 3: Does Joe Trosh have a possible claim of workplace discrimination?

SOURCE: Work Place Fairness

Racial Harassment

QUESTION 4: What is the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?

SOURCE: Legal Information Institute

QUESTION 5: Does the U.S. Supreme Court hold that state regulations regarding the possession of hand guns is a violation of the 2nd Amendment or not?

SOURCE 1: The Legal Information Institute

SOURCE 2: Oyez

Caetano v. Massachusetts (2016)

QUESTION 6: Joe Trosh feels that the Second Amendment gives him the right to carry a gun into the workplace as self-defense to a claim of workplace harassment based on stereotypes. Is he correct based on case rulings form the U.S. Supreme Court or is there no definitive answer to this question from the U.S. Supreme Court?

SOURCE: SCOTUSBlog. Independent News & analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court

Lyle Denniston, March 21, 2016

QUESTION 7: Is Trosh’s claim that the Oklahoma Defense Act gives him the legal right to carry a concealed weapon into the hospital as an act to self-defense correct? In other words, does th Oklahoma Self Defense Act provide clear guidelines on where he can and cannot carry his hand gun?

Here are sections of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act that can guide you to answer this question.

Recommended sources:

1. Oklahoma Defense Act

TITLE 21 § 1290.9 ELIGIBILITY The following requirements shall apply to any person making application to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for a handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. The person must:

1. Be a citizen of the United States;
2. Be a lawful permanent resident in the United States and have established residency in the State of Oklahoma. For purposes of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act: a. the term “residency” shall apply to any person who either possesses a valid Oklahoma driver license or state photo identification card, and physically maintains a residence in this state or to any person, including the spouse of such person, who has permanent military orders within this state and possesses a valid driver license from another state where such person and spouse of such person claim residency, and b. the term “lawful permanent resident” shall mean a noncitizen who is lawfully authorized to live permanently within the United States;
3. Be at least: a. twenty-one (21) years of age, or

b. eighteen (18) years of age but not yet twenty-one (21) years of age and the person is a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, the Reserves or National Guard,

or the person was discharged under honorable conditions from the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard;

4. Complete a firearms safety and training course and demonstrate competence and qualifications with the type of pistol to be carried by the person as provided in Section 1290.14 of this title, and submit proof of training and qualification or an exemption for training and qualification as authorized by Section 1290.14 of this title;
5. Submit the required fee and complete the application process as provided in Section 1290.12 of this title; and 6. Comply in good faith with the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.