The Dangers Of Concealed Weapons

Have you ever thought about how much a person could save themselves with a concealed weapon? One maybe scared to use a gun but some use guns for their protection. This is because one can not trust everyone due to all the crimes that have been going on. Gun control is a major topic for people with concealed weapons permits. There has been many shooting and major threats that could have been stopped if someone had a concealed weapon. Some people are demanding for schools to have a security guard or a police officer to be on campus while children are in school as other people do nott want guns on campuses due to the unknown of what that person could do with the gun. As one can see from these examples, gun control on concealed weapons will be hard
New York Times stated that "The concealed carry campaign enabled millions of citizens to go armed into public places in the name of self defense. People believe that innocent people will be harmed rather than to stop a crime. There was a record gun sales of 185,713 sold.” (Dec 1, 2016) Most would think that having a concealed weapon would help protect them but not necessarily. One may think it is a good idea to ban guns in some public areas. Julie Turkewitz and Troy Griggs said “There is an increased interest in handguns for the reason of safety because handguns can be so small they can be easily hidden places. One lady carries 2 handguns on her nearly all times she wakes up and puts one in her purse and the other in a belly band. The reason for that is her kids she wants to be able to protect them.” (Oct 15, 2016) Many people carry not just for their own protection but for their family to just like this lady just wanting protection for her kids. Los Angeles Times said “There is little that can be done once someone has armed himself and it is almost always a him and starts shooting up a school or workplace or a neighborhood said the Los Angeles Times. Supreme Court makes a law that forbids carrying firearms in sensitive places like schools and government buildings.” (Jan 17, 2017) Mostly every person does not plan on shooting or killing people but one can never know what could go over themselves and may turn on people.
“Ohio had a bill passed so students can't carry on public campuses. Ohio had an attacker and the man was killed within minutes of running his car into the building and pulling a knife on students. If there is a gun man and many students have guns and open fire on the shooter there could be cross fire that could kill innocent people.” (Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Dec 20, 2016, p.1). Some people think this but, if there was a designated person in the areas and there was an attacker the person carrying the gun could stop the attacker hopefully before the damage is done. Adrian Burns said( Nov 6, 2016, p.1) “Schools want to arm teachers to help defend the school. In Ohio there are 175 staff members with guns. They have the staff have guns just incase a student or someone comes into the build and starts shooting people the school wants the teachers to shoot the shooter before they kill more people.” That is if the designated person is not the one attacking people. Some people want to know who the designated people with the guns are but if everyone knows who is carrying the gun and if an attack began to happen, that criminal would be going after the person with the gun first so the attacker does not have a threat. Julie Turkewitz and Troy Griggs said “In the past 25 years violent crime has decreased dramatically. 44 million americans owned 192 million guns in 1994 and now it's 55 million americans own 265