A common ideal for a person, is to protect his/her self, and their family, but with guns being affiliated with crime ranging from muggings, all the way to murder. Guns are capable to kill with ease, for some people, they choose to carry guns protect themselves against the guns. Even though people may see the people carrying guns for self defense as another threat with a gun, most of the people carrying guns don’t use the gun. But there have been cases of people that had to use their concealed gun they were carrying to protect themselves. One example of a person using their gun for self defense, is …show more content…
Many people argue if teachers should be able to carry a gun into a school, but there are many reasons why it would be beneficial. Teachers at some schools are allowed to carry guns into class for not only their protection but the children’s protection. Schools like “like Hanover, are 30 miles from help in the event of an attack."(Kelly David) which would prove to be potentially useless by the time the police arrive, just like Sandy Hook elementary school, (the school that a shooter got into and shot multiple people and left 26 dead) Terry Siewiyumptewa proved a valid point that "If I(Terry) need a deputy, it will take 30 to 45 minutes to get here," she said. "How long did Sandy Hook take? Thirteen minutes? And 26 people were dead?" although sad, this is a very truthful fact, it takes time for the police to arrive and when they did it was too late. On the other hand, some schools have a full time police officer at the school as a part of their security ,called a resource officer, but the downside to the resource officer, that Lawson, a volunteer firefighter and National Rifle Assn. firearms instructor said , “the district can't afford its own police force or armed security, so it had to look for other options.”(Kelly David) If the school district want the kids to have a good education, it costs money, money that the district has limited of. In order to give the students