legal for college professors and other staff members to carry weapons on campus. It’s been said that Texas has already made it legal. There are so many questions I have‚ with me being a college student myself. I’m not sure I agree that guns should be paraded around by our professors. After the tragedies that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ guns have no place in our nation’s schools. allowing college professors to possess guns on campus will only lead to more gun deaths and injuries‚ not less
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been killed with more than 500 people injured. Yes‚ we have laws‚ but laws mean nothing when nothing is done about the guns. A good place to start is the “carry law”‚ background checks to be random and frequent‚ and automatic rifles need to be discontinued for the public to use freely. Carry laws are used in America to determine who is fit to carry and conceal a weapon. There is not one federal government law‚ but different laws state to state. “Firearm owners are subject to the firearm laws of the
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In the beginning of the novel‚ Barlowe has alway been an outsider‚ not really fitting in with anyone at Old Fourth Ward. He did not hang out much‚ he had not figured out how to live yet. Although Barlowe was not associated with a group such as the drunks or the elders‚ “these were his people. They were all he had‚”(17) but nevertheless they were the people of Old Fourth Ward. Barlowe has always had issues with accepting himself but the citizens of the neighborhood help him realize that they have
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Ha‚ from “Inside Out and Back Again” and refugees in the transcript “Forgotten Ship” feel inside out through the process of them trying to leave their home country and escape to a new‚ safer country. For example‚ “The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice‚ plump and nutty‚ makes me imagine the taste of ripe papaya although one has nothing to do with the other.” (Lai 78) Ha has not had freshly cooked rice or any hot food in a number of days so is giving her a feeling of inside out because she is
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The Things I’d Carry In the novel The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ soldiers would do just about anything to stay sane and alive during the Vietnam War. Some men would have carried things with them during the war. These same men would carry things to remind them of home‚ others would carry an item to help them feel better during their hardships. What these men carried was something to hold onto‚ moreover not an item but of a memory or a dream. Soldiers would do just about anything to stay
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Open carry is an ongoing topic of dispute amongst the entire United States. Some states are lax with their gun laws while some are stricter. The controversy over gun control is all over the media‚ especially because of the ongoing occurrences of shootings. The behaviors of these individuals are not at all alike but they all are committing these heinous acts against innocent people‚ some even children. Each one seems to have a different agenda‚ such as terrorist acts‚ and others are just random people
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enforcement should carry a gun on campus‚ and not the general public. School shootings are infrequent‚ and college campuses usually considered very safely while allowing concealed weapons on campus. Still I agree that a few students that are trustworthy‚ responsible and should be permitted to carry‚ you change the rules for some and not allow others. I trust there are many people with a concealed weapons permit that should not be able to do so. But if this does happen‚ the campus should keep a record
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Topic: Freshmen should or should not be required to live on campus. Having a college degree can market a person job opportunity in the workforce. Colleges are schools that offer advance education beyond the high school level. For some students‚ living in campus housing can be a life-changing and positive part of the total University experience ( http://daytonabeach.erau.edu/student-life/housing/). It can offer a chance to grow as individuals‚ safely network‚ expose diversity‚ and act as
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Guns on College Campuses Imagine a student or instructor being allowed to bring a gun to campus. Imagine what would happen if that student or instructor were having a bad day or had a major disagreement with someone. The possibility that something disastrous could happen is quite real. Measures should be enacted that address such a situation. By banning guns on campuses‚ tragedies can be prevented. Guns should not be allowed on college campuses because they will increase violence‚ raise the number
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Censorship on Campus Publications Censorship on college campuses have always been a controversial topic. In the United States‚ the government can not prevent the publication of a newspaper‚ even when there is reason to believe that it is about to reveal information that will endanger our national security. Some college schools‚ however‚ have limitations on what should be published on their campuses. These restrictions have caused a lot of outrage from students who believe in free speech and
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