The debate concerning the laws of concealed carry on college campuses has been going strong since the Virginia Tech tragedy on April 16‚ 2007. Concealed carry should be allowed on college campuses. On one side‚ people oppose the right of concealed carry on campus stating reasons such as this one presented by Concealed Campus‚ “It’s unlikely that allowing concealed carry on college campuses could help prevent a Virginia Tech-style massacre because most college students are too young to obtain a
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gun is not necessarily enough‚ but to conceal and carry a gun is of vital importance. To be allowed to have a conceal and carry permit any person must be 21 years or older and pass state and federal background checks‚ while also having to be fingerprinted. Conceal and carry isn’t allowed on many school campuses and the campuses do not take into account if the person
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As commonly known‚ protection means a thing‚ person‚ or group that protects. In this case‚ protection is a firearm. Across the United States‚ conceal and carry is a law that allows a trained licensed owner to possess a weapon for protection in times of desperation. In this generation‚ school employees should be allowed to conceal and carry‚ because the potential dangers that schools face could be stopped in a moment’s notice to protect all from harm. An attempt to stop a mass attack is more helpful
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universities and colleges to carry handguns on campus. When the topic of discussion about if gun would be allowed‚ “The bill that the Republican governor allowed to become law had little opposition in both houses‚ easily passing 69-24 in the House and 28-5 in the Senate last month. The law will go into effect on July 1.” (Ghianni). The bill that now allows guns on campuses comes with many rules too. Students aren’t allowed to carry guns. Only full-time faculty are permitted to carry the weapon. This excludes
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Should concealed carry be allowed in schools Schools should allow legally licensed concealed carry permit holders to continue carrying on and in schools. Concealed carry minimizes or eliminates school shootings‚ and it can decreases crime rates. People carry everywhere else so why not on campus? In the wake of the Newtown shooting and other mass shootings throughout the United States‚ many people feel opposed to guns‚ which is the entirely wrong reaction. Because if guns had been outlawed
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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
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on Campus Eight states have now been granted permission to carry guns around college campuses‚ but does that mean it is safe? Even when some students feel safer with a gun‚ it could actually cause more harm than good. Javier Auyero‚ a professor of Latin American sociology at University of Texas‚ Austin‚ says campus-goers will actually be faced with riskier environments if given permission to freely carry a gun around campus. It would certainly not be convenient for the allowance of campus carry
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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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Banning guns on campus Concealed carry vs. colleges is a story about don’t allow guns in campus. The gun control and gun rights is becoming a more and more popular topic after few gun shooting tragedies happened in schools‚ people are starting to worry about the security in schools. This story is part of editorials and debates in USA TODAY‚ and this story is published on September 27‚ 2012. There is no exactly author’s name in the story. In the beginning‚ the story has an introduction about students
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Annotated Bibliography: Guns On Campus Cavanaugh‚ Michael R. "Student Attitudes Toward Concealed Handguns on Campus at 2 Universities." American Joumal of Public Health 102.12 (2012): 2245-2247. Web. 22 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519323/>. This Article discusses weather or not the carrying of a concealed handgun should be allowed on campus‚ And the explanation to the safety of the students and how they feel about it. Studies have shown that students carrying
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