Concealed carry is neither safe nor a deterent of crime. Some of the senators claim they can be used for self-defense. But the truth is that Concealed handguns are not an effective form of self-defense. A Nov. 2009 peer-reviewed study published in the American Journal of Public Health by Charles Branas‚ PhD‚ found that someone carrying a gun for self-defense was 4.5 times more likely to be shot during an assault than an assault victim without a gun. Attackers often surprise victims‚ making it
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have rifles and shotguns but not handguns. It is very hard to commit suicide with a rifle or shotgun. It is very hard to hide a shotgun or carry it unnoticed unlike a handgun. Handguns start more escalations in a fight. Some citizens are not a fan of handguns let alone being able to carry them in public. 75% of people support law abiding citizens being able to carry a handgun in public (according). Police are too far away sometimes so you might have to take things into your own hands (research). The
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was gun control‚ this is worthy of research‚ because this topic can be debated. Gun control is an issue in American today. Should there be more laws for gun? There are people that are against guns and want them gone. What should the laws on concealed carry be? Guns are apart of American culture. The National Rifle Association has a big impact on keeping the guns laws down. A gun can be helpful in many aspects. A gun can be use for self defense‚ and to prevent a crimes. Guns can be used for hunting
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the gun laws that allow citizens of Ohio to carry fully loaded concealed weapons to public areas. The law also stated that offices and schools weren’t allowed to let people know who ’s carrying a concealed weapon. She argues that the law focuses more on the citizen who is carrying a concealed weapon‚ rather than those who do not. She ’s states on why she ’s against the law because it puts people in more unnecessary danger‚ and that if people were to carry weapons she would want to know who. Schultz
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Due to the recent rise of school shootings on college campuses‚ debates on whether guns should be allowed on college campuses or not have started. Students should be allowed to carry guns on college campuses because people should have the right to self-defense wherever they may be‚ gun-free zones only protect killers since the laws ensure they will face no resistance‚ and merely the appearance of a firearm dissuades an attacker. The first reason why guns should be allowed on college campuses is people
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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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them from advancing into the room. Many people frown upon teachers being able to carry a handgun on school grounds‚ but if they only knew that the thing they frown upon could possibly be saving their kids life. It makes perfect sense that teachers should be able to carry a handgun if and only if they go through the proper training and tests. There are many steps that must be taken for someone to obtain a concealed handgun license (CHL). In the state of Texas getting a CHL is not as easy as it
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nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/07/us/gun-control-explained.html?_r=0. Accessed 19 Jan. 2017. "Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?" ProCon‚ 28 June 2016‚ gun-control.procon.org. Accessed 19 Jan. 2017. "Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?" ProCon.org‚ 24 Aug. 2016‚ concealedguns.procon.org/. Accessed 27 Jan.
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ourselves? Our obedience to the law can kill us. I firmly believe that my fellow students and the faculty of my college should have the ability to protect themselves from those who would do them harm. Students and faculty with a legal right to carry concealed weapons should be allowed to continue those rights on the campuses of colleges and universities across America. As stated in the 2nd Amendment of the Bill of Rights‚ “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State
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criminal‚ the man in front of you has pulled a gun from under his shirt and fired at him. But what if that man wasn’t allowed to carry a gun? Would an innocent life have been taken? Or would a criminal have gotten what he wanted‚ again? Everyday scenarios like this one actually come to pass. But still‚ there is an ongoing debate on whether we should or shouldn’t have concealed carry of weapons(CCW) . While many people believe CCW shouldn’t be legal there are many reasons
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