Ronald Anderson ENG 101 23 June 2013 Guns on Campus The rise of Gun violence in America is at an all-time high and as a result gun ownership has catapulted alongside this rise. Today our institutions of higher learning are faced with a new threat to the welfare and safety of student and that is the paranoia of some students and teachers who feel the need to “protect themselves” by carrying a firearm. This is the beginning of the end; the traditional college experience as we
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Anti-Gun Vs Pro-Gun Firearms‚ are they good‚ or are they a safety hazard to everyone in this world? Are they so dangerous that no one should be allowed to own them or are they so necessary that we cant live without them? Are we to strict on the laws involving firearms? This argument has been going on for many years. Guns have been around since the beginning of our nations time. Knowing this‚ why would we ever think about banning the right to bear arms? In the past decade more and more crimes
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Gun control has been a controversial issue for years in the United States. Some say that with stricter gun control laws there will be less crime. Others disagree stating that there would not be less crime with stricter gun control laws‚ and that it is our constitutional right as Americans to keep and bear arms. But which party is correct? Too much gun control would impose on our rights as a free people and not necessarily result in the desired outcome. But if there were too little gun control and
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Peaceful resistance‚ as with all forms of protest‚ have both positive and negative effects on America’s concept of a “free society” but upon inspection‚ one can see that in time‚ it is positive. Forms of peaceful resistance can range from a conscientious objection to a law in the form of protesting‚ to simply writing a representative to express one’s opinion on a law. Each of these are opportunities for citizens to exhibit their constitutional rights to organize‚ free speech‚ and perform their civic
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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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hope to accomplish so that I can help people in their everyday lives. To be an OB GYN it takes years of schooling in order to even understand the job they actually do and how hard they work. By the time an obstetrician/gynecologist graduates‚ he or she will have completed lots of years of schooling. After high school you have years of schooling you still have to do afterwards in order to get
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Guns on College Campus Should guns be allowed on college campus? Kenton L. McGowen Abstract This paper will determine whether guns have a place on college‚ and school campuses. The conclusion that the paper reaches is that students who have guns will be tempted to use them‚ especially at universities and colleges that are full of drug use‚ stress‚ and anxiety. The mixture of guns into a formula like that is simply not conducive to a safe environment. This paper will take evidence from
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How To Build A Peaceful World I am so grateful that I have had the opportunities that I have had to study and learn from so many wonderful people. I also appreciate all the wonderful writers on Hub pages for sharing their thoughts and ideas with everyone. I start off with these lines of respect and appreciation because I see more respect and appreciation needed in the world. The real topic of this writing is how to build a peaceful society. My scope is the planet that we share called Earth. Planet
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Crime has been a major issue in society. Gun crime has been on a rapid increase‚ leaving families to bury their loved ones‚ children without parents and in the case of Sandy Hook Elementary school‚ twenty five innocent lives lost. With resent activities‚ gun control has become an issue of constant debate. The issue of constitutional rights to bare firearm may need to be revisited in other to control the flow of firearms in the hands of criminals. Gun crimes are on the rise in the United States and
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Your brain is primal and animalistic. Every single thing you do or think is because of a primal instinct. Even writing papers for school assignments can be traced back to a basic need for survival. Ask yourself: Why do you write papers for school? Because you will get good grades so that you can get a better job with a better degree to make more money so that you can afford food‚ water‚ and shelter. Basic needs for survival. It’s that simple. Although to take it one step further‚ the ultimate‚ subconscious
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