Harmanjot Kaur Professor Edmunds English 105 (1pm) Writing Assignment 1 Should K-12 Teachers be Allowed to Carry Guns on Campus? Out of all of the places you have determined do you really think a school is a secure place where your child could be. Well not all of the time? Let’s take Sandy Hook Elementary School for an example. None of the 20 children and 6 teachers ever imagined that they weren’t going to live and see tomorrow. If they had known all of this wouldn’t have happened. Their beautiful
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Concealed Weapons on Campus: Opportunity or Epidemic? “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution has started many debates over the years. The right to bear arms is an issue that many are passionate about because of the impact it may have on public safety. College campuses across America have been debating the issue of allowing concealed
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Eight states currently have laws that allow students and faculty to carry concealed weapons on campuses. In 24 other states‚ individual colleges can decide whether or not to allow firearms on the premises. (“Death Statistics Belie Impact of Children’s Gun Injuries”) The debate involving if concealed weapons should or should not be allowed on college Universities‚ has been active since the early 90’s. In fact‚ school shootings in the United States have occurred as early as the 18th and 19th century
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Resolved: Concealed weapon laws should be repealed. Concealed carry is the right to carry a handgun or other weapon in a concealed manner and the current concealed weapon laws vary from state to state. Carrying-concealed-weapons (CCW) laws have nothing to do with private firearms ownership in the home. They relate solely to allowing individuals to carry their concealed guns almost anywhere in the community. Currently‚ 48 U.S. states have some form of concealed weapon law. In 39 of these states
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Allowed to Carry Weapons? Journalist face many risk while covering stories in battle zones. This has imposed the idea of journalist carrying weapons for protection against the attacks they face. In the article Rash Report: Press Under Fire and not just War Zones‚ it was reported‚ “852 journalist have been killed because of their job‚ defined “motive confirmed” plus 320 deaths as a “motive uncomfirmed” (Rash). Many people feel that journalist should be able to conceal a weapon on a risky job‚ others
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Concealed weapons shouldnt be banned nor prohibited My thesis is‚ about having concealed weapons and how they shouldnt be banned. Nor prohibited in any place they are utility used for safety of you and others around you. It is also in our constitution to own one. And as far as i’m aware there has been no real reason to use it for other things. The first reason‚ They’re being banned for no reason in the state of Virginia they have passed a law that you may carry a gun without a permit they are
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recently growing within the topics most discussed is whether professors and students on college campuses should be allowed to bring concealed handguns to school. Concealed carry permits allow keeping a gun in public in a concealed manner‚ which can either be on the persons being or in a close proximity. There are many different reasons why having a concealed weapon could be beneficial to college campuses nationwide‚ and why we should be allowed to take our registered guns to school. Do you know
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Concealed Carry Weapons on Campus: Ethnography Project Over the course of 20 years‚ there have been numerous school shootings‚ which has resulted in thousands of lives ending to quickly. Which leads me to my central focus of this ethnography project. I wanted to determine how students across the country attending different universities felt about implementing a safety course‚ which will allow a student the ability to conceal carry a firearm on campus. In the criminal justice field‚ individuals are
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Abstract In this paper‚ I will explore the controversial question of whether teachers should be allowed or required to carry weapons on school campuses. The question of whether the topic should be entertained has come up time and again after tragedies occur‚ the timeline of which will be summarized herein. The recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ that devastated the nation on December 14‚ 2012‚ has wrenched this debate crudely back into the spotlight. I will investigate
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Teachers Authorized to Carry Weapons in Classrooms In the past year there have been fifteen school shootings in the United States. That is an average of one in every five weeks‚ targeting students‚ teachers and or administrators. States like Colorado have had five deadly school massacres in the state’s history. Due to these facts‚ the idea of teachers being permitted to carry a concealed weapon on a school campus is a beneficial one. Teachers across the nation have been speaking up‚ claiming that
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