Matthew Mercado Mrs.Mcgrath English 11R 3 November 2013 Gun Control Research Paper When you hear about all of the tragedies that have occurred over the last few years relating gun violence one of the first things that come to mind is how they can be prevented. Gun regulations could limit the number of shootings and gun related deaths in the United States. If we take guns off the streets to obvious result would be a decline the average number of deaths caused by shootings in the United States per
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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 guns are more
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becoming another statistic in the rising violent crime rate produced by guns. This has become an all too familiar scenario for families living not only in Chicago‚ but inner cities throughout the United States. Mainstream media would like for everyone to believe that it is the gun that is to blame for these crimes‚ while politicians use these unfortunate events to push their anti-gun agendas. Many legislators have addressed the issue of gun violence with ideas from stricter laws‚ to all out bans on certain
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Outline—Gun Control in Schools I. Introduction II. Parents Feel Safer III. Stopping Threats IV. Saving Lives V. Conclusion Tylor Fontenot 3rd Block English III 29 April 2014 A national telephone survey finds that 62% of Americans with children of elementary or secondary school age would feel safer if their school had armed guards (Pavlich). Many people (parents) believe that if schools had armed guards on campus they could stop the next mass murder at schools. These are some of the reasons that
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possible solution to the problem. With that being said‚ gun laws should not be tightened on law abiding citizens because it would cause the United States to be a more thriving environment for criminals. It would also cause the government to have a control over the people like never before‚ going against what our forefathers tried to prevent. A government that controls the people with no way for the people to fight back. Many people would say‚ if gun laws were made more stiff‚ there would be less mass
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In America‚ the problem is not that we have too many guns; the problem is that we don’t have any guns in the right places. Federal buildings‚ banks‚ and corporate buildings all have armed security. Which is logical‚ but why not in schools? Children and their safety should be more important than the money in the bank or the secrets in some CEO’s office. For some reason‚ certain people just find the idea of arming teachers as an out-of-this-world solution. It shouldn’t be a surprise that school shooters
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Gun Rights/Gun Control I will be conducting my essay on gun control/gun rights. I honestly don’t think that hunters need springfield semi-automatic rifle or a semi-automatic rifle similar to an ak-47 with a 30 round clip! If you go on cabelas.com you will see that they are selling guns labelled as self and home defense‚ but they are semi-automatic shotguns! you could buy a semi-auto gun on the internet to ship to you for a low cost of 300 dollars. A student‚ mentally ill person or just flat out
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educational issues teachers‚ school administrators‚ parents‚ and students face each and every day ranging from acceptable dress codes to Common Core standards to teacher assessments to effective sex education‚ but none as life threatening as the issue of gun control. Many schools across the nation have been the unfortunate victims of violent crimes. In 1999‚ 12 students and one teacher were fatally shot at Columbine High School in Colorado. In 2007‚ 32 college students were shot and killed at the Virginia
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make an optional shooter think twice before attacking the school. The people who watch the cameras can alert the campus police that the active shooter had a gun and give his or her last location on the school campus. Arming teachers with guns can lead to a decrease in active shootings at school sufficiently. Arming school teachers with guns can reduce many active shooting activities across USA school campus which can also save someone life from a
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Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice http://ccj.sagepub.com/ Peers and Gun Use Among Urban Adolescent Males : An Examination of Social Embeddedness Deanna L. Wilkinson‚ Marquette S. McBryde‚ Brice Williams‚ Shelly Bloom and Kerryn Bell Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 2009 25: 20 DOI: 10.1177/1043986208328449 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ccj.sagepub.com/content/25/1/20 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and
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