Banning Guns Cannot Prevent School Shootings! Imagine yourself at the scene of the Virginia Tech shooting. You hide under the desk that you were sitting at peacefully just moments ago. Gun shots ring though the air as you sit curled up on the cold floor, wondering who the next victim of the evil rampage will be. Don’t you wish you could have had a gun in this moment? Don’t you wish you had a way to defend yourself against the murderer?…
Lott concludes with “Right-to-carry laws reduced the frequency and the severity of mass public shooting; and to the extent to which mass shootings still occur, they took place in those areas in the state where permitted concealed handguns are not allowed,” (2), so carrying guns reduced the amount of attacks on people while in other places that do not allow guns are still being attacked. It is the necessity of allowing students to carry guns for their safety to reduce the risk of being…
Children at Sandy Hook Elementary School were helpless when Adam Lanza walked in with three guns and shot twenty kids and six adults. As a result for not letting teachers carry some type of weapon, teachers and student are getting shot. The only Thing that students have for defense is any object that is in that room, but that doesn't compare to a gun.…
A graduate student leaving an evening class walks along the poorly lit sidewalk to the parking lot—it is a long, cold walk in the pitch-black night, and the student grows wary as shadows begin lurking in the distance. Suddenly, someone jumps out in front of the student, immediately threatening her with force. Before the student can react, she is raped and robbed. This is a very scary scenario, and one that happens on the SCSU campus every year. It seems like every week we get an e-mail citing another attack on students somewhere on or near campus. However, all of these attacks could be prevented if we allow students to carry guns as a means of self-defense.…
Having guns on campus would not be a very healthy learning environment. When students sit in a classroom, they should not have the fear of one of their classmates pulling out a gun. If students are too busy thinking about guns being on campus, it could distract them from actually working. This issue might even extend to not wanting to go to school because they feel unsafe and uncomfortable. Also not a very healthy teaching environment for teachers. The teachers might be scared that a student would pull a gun out on him or her…
In recent years, there have been many school shootings. Students and faculty deserve the right to carry a firearm to protect themselves. There have been many occasions when the campus police were not able to protect students and faculty. The second amendment gives the right for Americans to bear arms. However, firearms should not be allowed on college campuses because people will feel unsafe, some individuals do not know how to use a gun, and officers will become confused.…
There are some problems with mass shootings, but with a little bit of changes those problems can be solved. There are many problems in the world today and mass shootings is just one of many. Mass shootings are deadly tragedies that happen to innocent people. Mass shootings are normally carried out with a person with a mental illness or some sort of disease.…
Guns are a double-edged sword when it comes down to it. Guns provide many people the ability to feel safe and protected, while other guns are constant reminder that some freedoms are taken too far. Guns privileges are abused, misused, and mistreated. Young people glorify toting weapons like it’s a new fashion statement. Missing the fact, that what in reality is causing uproar and panic amongst everyone else. That is why I feel like guns should not be allowed on college campuses.…
Of those 160, 39 have been at places of education with 12 on college campuses. Other places include mostly gun free zones such as places of business, government and health facilities. Most recently Umpqua Community College was devastated by a shooter who opened fire on their campus. Despite the campus being a gun free zone ten lives were lost due to gun violence(3). We might ask ourselves why this tragedy took place. Why did our laws not prevent the shooter from hurting innocent people? It is my understanding that laws are only followed by those willing to follow them. Placing a “gun free zone” sign in front of a college only signals that the people on campus are unprotected. Someone who is determined to take as many lives as possible sees this as an easy target. With a low chance of resistance they would be able to accomplish their goal. We should ask ourselves how secure we would feel if we were told we had to leave our front doors wide open and place a “Do not steal” sigh in front of our homes. Since the tragedy Umpqua Community College has hired County deputy Scott Batsch to patrol the campus (4). Although it is unlikely a shooter would strike the campus again the presents of an armed person reassures the safety of those who work at and attend the college. In order to make a gun free zone safe you need those who are…
This paper will determine whether guns have a place on college, and school campuses. The conclusion that the paper reaches is that students who have guns will be tempted to use them, especially at universities and colleges that are full of drug use, stress, and anxiety. The mixture of guns into a formula like that is simply not conducive to a safe environment. This paper will take evidence from experts, as well as state rulings to show the two sides of gun control in regards to school campuses in order to answer the question: Should guns be allowed on college campuses?…
Although many people seem to believe that the permitting of concealed carry will stop the mass killings like the one at Virginia Tech, according to USA today “The gun lobby's push to allow concealed firearms on college campuses gained traction after the massacre at Virginia Tech in 2007, when a deranged student killed 32 people in a matter of minutes. Pro-gun groups insist that an armed student or professor might have saved the day. But that notion is as far-fetched as it is alluring. The odds that a student or professor with a gun might be in the right place at the right time — with the skill, nerve and presence — to deter a criminal are incredibly slim. The notion also assumes that everyone with a concealed gun permit is well trained. Not…
The concern for the safety of your child in a college campus or university will most likely be your number one priority. In the case that you do not have a child and you are that person in the university, you might always want to watch your back. According to a “statistical analysis of more than three decades of data, in 2011 the United States entered a new period in which mass shootings are occurring more frequently.” (Cohen) Now off course, the research that has been done by Cohen includes mass shootings from ages varying from six to twenty-one years old although another article by the “EverytownResearch.org” website reveals how out of all of the school mass shootings in the United States, the majority of the mass shooting incidents that have happened in different colleges or universities. Because younger Ed campuses like elementary, middle and high schools are particularly small in comparison to the majority of all college campuses and universities, it is easier for security guards including school police to be in most places or get to a dangerous situation faster than in a higher Ed campus. A university…
Even though there are training classes on how to shoot guns and shooting ranges where people can practice, shooting a gun in times of emergency can be quite difficult due to adrenaline. According to scientific studies, “a dump of adrenaline into the blood stream causes the Ciliary muscle in our eyes to relax, flattening the lens of the eyes, causing our ability to focus on close objects like gun sight, to be lost (“Slight Alignment”).” On one account, a veteran college police officer reports, “Training that our university and college police get is not nearly enough to make campuses safer (Wagoner).” This renounces the claim that students and staffs would be able to protect themselves from armed perpetrators if they were allowed to carry guns on campus. This is critical because if trained professionals struggle to do their jobs (stop offenders with a weapon) under pressure, what makes people think untrained individuals like students or teachers can? It clearly indicates that allowing guns on campus to individuals with permits will not guarantee the safety of college campuses any more than it does now, without concealed carry. Hence, guns should not be allowed on college campuses because shooting a gun under pressure requires specialized training or even more;…
“Bang bang you’re dead,” was a common saying when playing cops and robbers as a young kid. The recent string of shootings on college campuses has people and states looking at passing a law making it legal to carry a gun on college campuses. The people trying to get the law passed say that letting someone carry a concealed weapon will allow the weapon carrier to protect themselves if a shooter comes to their campus. Those against allowing a person to carry a gun on campus want to protect people from gun accidents. Guns on campus would definitely make me think twice about doing violence on a college campus. It should be legal to carry a gun on campus.…
The second reason why we should not allow guns on college campuses would be because some student could be emotionally traumatised from an experience involving guns. Such as Danielle Vabner, a UT student who “lost her 6-year-old brother in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting” joined a rally to support the need of Gun Free colleges. Especially if the intention was “to harm others”, this person could potentially feel triggered by that situation when in the presence of a gun.…