In today’s time‚ open carry is discussed by both politicians and the common man‚ but should it be allowed? Would open carry add to the danger that is already present in society today‚ or would it help in reducing crime and many other dangers that exist today? While both sides of this argument can be valid‚ open carry should be considered because of the following: it helps to reduce crime‚ it will help common people from getting in trouble because of what they are carrying‚ and it helps protect police
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Open Carry: A Law to Scare and Protect The new Open Carry law in Texas has created a lot of heat recently. This law allows previses owners of the concealed handgun license (CHL) to now freely display their weapon at the side of their hip or shoulder as long as it is inside a holster. In order to actually be able to openly carry a handgun in Texas you must: be at least twenty-one years of age‚ have a clean criminal and psychological record‚ and also complete the classroom training; while passing
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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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Cited: Page “The Case Against Guns on Campus.” Keep Guns Off Campus. Brady Center. 2009 Web. 17 March 2011. Egendorf‚ Laura K. "Introduction." At Issue: School Shootings. Greenhaven Press. August 2004 Web. 9 March 2011. Lott‚ John. “Should Bans Against Carrying Concealed Weapons Be Lifted On College Campuses?” Fox News. Fox News. March 2011 Web. 20 March 2011.
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Guns On Campus Will having students carrying handguns on campus actually make students feel safer? Texas Senate recently passed a bill that all students at least 21 years of age with a license to carry concealed handguns will be allowed to carry their weapons on college and university campuses. Legislation allowing handguns on campus violates the sense of protection students feel when at school‚ leaving many questioning civility. In April of 2007‚ Virginia Tech experienced one of the deadliest
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Guns Must Be Allowed On Campus With college shootings on the rise‚ the recent debate between colleges is on allowing students and staff to conceal and carry on campus. College students and staff should be permitted to carry guns on campus with a concealed carry license‚ to protect themselves and others from sexuall assualt‚ combat school shootings‚ and make campus safer. The number of college students who are sexually assaulted is rising and not going away. “One in 5 women and one in 16 men are
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and 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
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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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Gun Free Campus Equals a Defenseless Campus. Campuses grow more vulnerable every day as the nation continues on its downward spiral. Since 2010‚ the country has witnessed over a hundred shootings committed on school campuses. Shootings on school grounds‚ whether it is an elementary or post graduate school is far from a new concept. During the 1990s’ Congress implemented multiple Gun Free School Zone Acts for federally funded schools to help create safer school zones by preventing any gun related
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Should Guns Be Allowed on College Campus? In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For CRJU 1100 Introduction to Criminal Justice Armstrong Atlantic State University Fall Semester 2009 Doctor Junseob Moon Date of Submission: December 5‚ 2009 Introduction “Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost $5‚000. Because if a bullet cost $5‚000‚ we wouldn’t have any innocent bystanders.” (Rock‚ 1999) Chris Rock got a big laugh when he expressed his
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