Concealed carry in the United States

allows the students and faculty that are Concealed Handgun License (CHL) holders the right to carry their firearm with them on campuses across Texas. The exception being, Private Institutions have the right to opt out or designate “gun free zones” on the campus. Texas Wesleyan being a private institution would fall under the previously mentioned exception if they should choose to do so, but they should not. The University should allow CHL holders the right to carry.…

Carrying a Concealed Weapon Victimology Florida International University By Melinda J. Persaud November 25, 2014 Introduction According to Florida statues you must have a license to carry a concealed weapon. In order to obtain a license you must be at least twenty-one years of age, not suffer a physical infirmity, and must be a resident and citizen of the United States or a permanent resident (Statues & Constitution). There are many more regulations in order to get a license.…

seriously hurt, or even worse, dead. Owning a concealed handgun would help prevent many of these disasters from happening. Lives could even be saven; a lot of people do not own a firearm because it's illegal to own one without a permit. Anderson, Dave People should still have them to protect themselves from any of those causes that mentioned above, such as murders, robbery, and abduction. Owning a weapon would stop people from getting hurt. In the states where it is legal, the murder and robbery…

Concealed Weapons on Campus The Second Amendment, the right to bear Arms, has recently been in the spotlight due to the ongoing elections and the candidate’s opinions on it but also because concealed weapons have recently been permitted to be on campus at universities. The act went in effect for Texas 4-year colleges and universities on August 1, 2016 and for Texas 2-year and junior colleges on August 1, 2017 (“Laws Concerning Carrying Concealed Firearms on Campus in Texas”). What many people do…

The controversy that surrounds an open-carry law that allows those who are licensed to carry concealed weapons on college premises have been going on for quite some time. The way people will have to interact amongst their peers and their sense of safety on campus will be altered with the new law. Guns on campuses will have it drawbacks such as limit of speech, crime rates increase, or a simply misunderstanding turning deadly. The process on which those wish to obtain a permit or license of will…

Reasons Why Concealed Carry Should Be Allowed Anywhere In society today there are several issues where the majority of the people are divided especially here in America. Several of these issues deal with guns and gun control alone. The people in today’s society do not agree on plenty of issues regarding guns and gun control. One of these issues is about concealed carry and where it should be allowed and not be allowed. Luckily for the people who support the right to legally carry your own gun…

The right in which a person has to carry a concealed weapon has come to decreasing crime. Throughout multiple surveys and studies a lot of promising facts based upon the facts of a person carrying a concealed weapon have been proven to being true. Some fact that could help to prove the past statement could be shown by the statement that there have been: “1600 fewer murders, 4200 fewer rapes and 60000 fewer severe assaults” alone in the state of Pennsylvania (Reynolds and Burnett 30). So in turn…

Guns - Protection or Problem? Do you own a gun? Do you know someone that owns a gun? In the United States, gun ownership creates political as well as social issues. Time and time again the same question always reemerges; are guns the reason for so much violence and criminal activity or are the guns protection from the violent and sometimes deadly criminal activity? Gun control laws in the United States continue to create a political firestorm with statistical data supporting arguments both…

Constitutional Carry or Permit Free Carry refers to the right of law-abiding citizens to open or conceal carry a handgun in every state with or without a permit depending on state laws. Despite some misconceptions, this has nothing to do with purchasing a firearm. Currently, eleven states recognize constitutional carry and twenty-two states have or plan to introduce legislation to enact constitutional carry. The Federal Government has also put forth legislation regarding this issue. Many argue…

revolving around the right to carry a concealed handgun. Concealed carry laws throughout the United States have sparked controversy in both sides of this battle. Whether it would be the people who support concealed carry arguing over one state’s laws, or the people who are against it trying to prevent the laws from spreading. Although many people argue and say that the concealed carry laws have caused more crimes than prevented them, the right to carry a concealed handgun is protected by the…