Concealed Carry Research Paper

On April 16, 2007, college students on the Virginia Tech University campus witnessed the most deadly mass killing by a single student shooter in the United States history. A senior student killed a whopping thirty-two students, along with wounding seventeen others on the university’s campus. Meanwhile, in 2008, five people were killed and twenty-one were injured on Northern Illinois University campus by a former graduate student. These horrific events brought a nationwide debate and controversy on gun legislation, with one main goal in mind-- how to make college campuses safer. On one hand, the Students For Concealed Carry promote permitting concealed carry on a campus setting for a defense and self protection tool. On the other hand, organizations like Students Against Concealed Carry advocate a banning of concealed carry on college campuses in order to halt the suicide and homicide rate, and create a safer environment (which is expected when a student is at college.) Although some believe that concealed carry should be allowed on college campuses, evidence clearly shows college campuses should ban concealed carry. …show more content…
Some believe concealed carry is a necessary defense tool that should be allowed on college campuses. “On college campuses, some studies show the homicide rate is one in one million students” (Should Guns Be Allowed on College Campuses?). This proves there is a rarity of college campus homicides, students will feel safer with a concealed carry weapon. In addition, the Second Amendment is the constitutional right to bear arms-- on and off campus. However, the allowance of concealed carry on campuses is a danger to students. Despite the uncommonness of campus shootings, the prominent mass shootings show a single person can take down a multitude of people with one