arming teachers to defend our nation’s students Since the establishment of public education in the United States‚ schools have provided a sense of security and belonging to their students. Although sitting through lectures and doing homework may not be the most exciting thing in the world‚ students will always have a lunch to eat‚ a roof over their head‚ and a supportive teacher or counselor that they can talk to. Despite the “safe” environment and presence of authoritative figures on school campuses
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Laws Pertaining to Adolescents and Gun Violence Richard Moreno The University of Southern Mississippi Article Two: A Critical Reflection Exploring a different perspective on gun violence by adolescents‚ Richard E. Redding and Sarah M. Shalf explore the legal approaches for curbing student’s use of guns in their article The Legal Context of School Violence: The Effectiveness of Federal‚ State‚ and Local Law Enforcement Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence in Schools. This article not only examines both
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If you recently picked up a newspaper or turned on to see the news you may have question what is happening in our schools and begin to think whether our schools are still safe places for children. Recent school shootings have set feared in many parents about their children’s safety in our schools. Since last year number of school shootings by students have occurred regularly. On Tuesday February 29‚ 2000 in Mount Morris Township‚ Michigan a six-year old boy shot his classmate to death in their first
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Should concealed carry be allowed in schools Schools should allow legally licensed concealed carry permit holders to continue carrying on and in schools. Concealed carry minimizes or eliminates school shootings‚ and it can decreases crime rates. People carry everywhere else so why not on campus? In the wake of the Newtown shooting and other mass shootings throughout the United States‚ many people feel opposed to guns‚ which is the entirely wrong reaction. Because if guns had been outlawed
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The gun laws in Colorado allow the people to carry concealed weapons if they pass a test and a background check. I believe that this law is not doing enough to stop shootings from happening. According to Procon.org‚ “Carrying a concealed handgun increases the chances of a confrontation escalating and turning lethal.” If this continues than people who have no criminal history would be allowed to carry firearms. The downside to this is shootings are much more likely to happen because there are more
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All in all‚ if the school didn’t have rules it would be chaos. They have these rules to make sure we are safe. They also have rules to maintain order so that teachers will be able to teach their class. Yes‚ the school does have the right to regulate freedom. To start‚ the reason schools have this right is to keep its students safe. Schools prohibit weapons like knives‚ guns‚ and other objects to make sure no one gets hurt or even killed. Also‚ the school doesn’t allow drugs because the effects may
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Huong Nguyen Teachers used as first line of defense? Summary: This article is about our legislation considering the idea of allowing teachers to carry guns in a classroom. It tells us the cons about how it can affect anyone from students‚ teachers‚ and the school itself. The article also uses important people like Sheriffs‚ Governors‚ and Senators opinions on the topic to bring in the attention of other citizens. Most of the article covers the negatives and covers those against it. It is trying
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world‚ you would think that a school is the safest place for a child to be. Sometimes this isn’t the case. In this speech‚ 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
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firearms were due to mental illness. The number of guns entering the United States continues to grow with approximately two hundred million privately owned firearms in the United States as of 2000 and more than seven million added to this number every year. It is easy to purchase a gun without having to go through background checks. Guns sold privately or at gun shows do not fall under the federal government’s gun regulations. About forty percent of gun sales fell through this “loophole” where private
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The history of guns in America is a long one‚ but they were first introduced to the world long before they were introduced to the United States. According to Linton Weeks‚the first guns in the world were most likely cannons used in the fourteenth century. There were also hand cannons carried by European soldiers (Weeks). This expresses that guns have been around much longer than the United States has. After cannons‚ there was the muzzle loader. Muzzle loaders had a fierce recoil ignited by a matchlock
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