As a college student‚ a new law will soon take effect that will affect me personally: campus carry. The University of Texas stated that in the state of Texas‚ “S.B. 11‚ also known as the ‘campus carry’ law... provides that license holders may carry a concealed handgun throughout university campuses‚ starting Aug. 1‚ 2016” (“Campus Carry”). Individuals that support campus carry believe that an armed student or faculty member could stop a potential shooting. Writers Adam Nagourney and Julie Turkewitz
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study. That should be the only reason that student should worry about. However‚ with the “New Campus Carry Law” passed‚ student now need to aware of avoid some circumstance which could bring them to face the death line. This new law I could say is not fair to everyone. At first‚ its can’t be 100% student will carry gun into campus when people need to be at least 21 years old who obtained a concealed handgun license (CHL) to have a gun. So‚ all the freshmen who attended college or university
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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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I will talk to you about how allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons will be a good idea. I will talk about the advantages of allowing teachers to carry a concealed weapon‚ how allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons is helping other countries‚ and why Gun-Free zones aren’t working. Let’s start with the advantages of allowing teachers to carry a concealed weapon. There are three main advantages for allowing teachers to carry a concealed weapon. The three advantages are casualties will
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Most issues in the United States tend to be sore topics. One of those issues is gun laws/ gun carry laws. In the state of Kansas an open carry law is in the works of getting passed. Kansas already has an open carry law but it has restrictions on certain businesses and buildings. With every issue there are people who agree with this law then there are people who disagree. Personally I think that there needs to be more consideration‚ planning‚ testing‚ and observing before a law like this gets passed
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Thesis Statement: Gun control decreases crime. If gun control is regulated‚ then we will have less crime. Access to firearms makes killing easy‚ efficient‚ and impersonal‚ which increases the lethality of crime. Josh Sugarmann‚ the Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center has once said‚ "We recoil in horror and search for explanations‚ but we never face up to the obvious preventive measure: a ban on the handy killing machines that make crimes so easy.”Allowing untrained people to carry
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killing 14 of them‚ from the clock tower (Gubler). In the New York Times article “Philosophizing With Guns” Simone Gubler talks about the “campus carry” bill that will come into effect on the 50th anniversary for Texas colleges. This bill will allow students to carry guns with them‚ in certain areas‚ on campus. Gubler is uncertain about letting students carry guns on campus‚ and I have some of the same concerns about the situation.
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Should Texas Reevaluate the Campus Carry Law? If allowing students to bring handguns to their campus‚ will that promise to maintain and facilitate the safe environment that a college campus already has? If campuses were to experiment this‚ then they would see that it could result in a negative effect. Due to the increase of campus shootings and violence on campus‚ the state has signed the campus carry bill and will take effect on August 1‚ 2016. Texas should definitely reevaluate this law because
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Weapons Should college students and teachers have concealed weapons? A concealed weapon‚ or a concealed carry (CCW)‚ is when an instrument or device‚ used for attacking or defending in combat‚ is hidden when in public. College students that are 21 years old‚ or above‚ can legally hold a concealed weapon. In order to carry a concealed weapons‚ one must purchase a permit and be a resident of their state or country. Schools shouldn’t allow concealed weapons because weapons are too dangerous for college
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the University of Austin‚ the state’s campus carry law has taken effect. Professors at the University have filed a lawsuit against the state proclaiming the new law violates their academic freedom. Concerned they will no longer be able to express themselves freely‚ they fear they will have to confine controversial topics to avoid debates fueled by emotion which could result in injury or death. There is little training required to obtain a license to carry‚ therefore‚ it is easy to see how this new
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