Gun-free zones hinder both students and teachers, not criminals. Because of gun restriction laws implemented on schools, teachers and law abiding adults are unable to legally carry guns for protective purposes. However, if it were required that teachers took training courses about guns and kept a gun inside of their classrooms, then a multitude of deaths could be prevented. Gun-free zones, especially with regards to schools, should be removed since criminals are not compliant beings, the arrival time of police is often delayed, and police are not always enough to efficiently stop a shooter, allowing teachers to have guns.
A great number of people value the belief system that banning guns entirely from schools decreases the risk of school shootings. …show more content…
Because teachers are not granted the right to defend themselves and others, children and adults across the nation are left at the mercy of murderers. The Second Amendment does not apply to schools, and many people believe it is not necessary at all due to a society where “well-trained police forces provide personal security” (Malcolm, 2016, p. 4). However, the right to bear arms is incredibly important and necessary even in a police protected environment. The system of school lockdown procedures is fatally flawed, leaving students anxiously hiding under desks in dark classrooms, potentially awaiting their demise, as if their hunter is unaware of its victims’ whereabouts. Sadly, the “first ones [at the scene of a crime] are the perpetrators and their victims” (LaRosa, 2005, p. 2), not the police. Life or death situations are almost always hectic, fast-paced, and under a crunch for time. Ambulance drivers and cops both must provide their services as quickly as possible. If it were possible to have the skills and equipment of paramedics within people’s homes or various locations, then lives could be saved before the arrival of an ambulance. People would logically love to have the power to save their own life or others’ lives without having to wait for an ambulance, so why should teachers not have the power to save lives without being forced to wait for the police to arrive? …show more content…
The dangers associated with allowing teachers to have guns on the property creates “diminished safety for students, faculty, staff, and visitors” (The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, 2000, p.2). The most prominent concerns reasonably revolve around both “mental illness… and the misuse of firearms” (Malcolm, 2016, p. 1). Higher risk levels of injuries and fatalities occur when firearms are used improperly, and a vast number of people are uneducated on the proper handling of defense weapons. Perhaps a teacher’s mental instability could be unleashed on an irritating student by an easily accessed bullet rather than a simple scolding. The opposing side is very skeptical of the sanity and morals of teachers and their possession of guns in the classroom. Although on a rare occasion there may be an iniquitous teacher, the vast majority are benevolent people who are willing to save lives. In various deadly situations of the past, teachers have saved lives by the means of a gun. Because a gun was easily accessible, a Missouri teacher stopped a shooter who “killed two students and wounded seven others at a high school” (Malcolm, 2016, p. 6). However, due to current gun-free zones, the likelihood that a teacher has access to a gun is very slim. By providing every teacher with a gun, more situations like that of Missouri would occur, rather than more situations like the Connecticut shooting at
A great number of people value the belief system that banning guns entirely from schools decreases the risk of school shootings. …show more content…
Because teachers are not granted the right to defend themselves and others, children and adults across the nation are left at the mercy of murderers. The Second Amendment does not apply to schools, and many people believe it is not necessary at all due to a society where “well-trained police forces provide personal security” (Malcolm, 2016, p. 4). However, the right to bear arms is incredibly important and necessary even in a police protected environment. The system of school lockdown procedures is fatally flawed, leaving students anxiously hiding under desks in dark classrooms, potentially awaiting their demise, as if their hunter is unaware of its victims’ whereabouts. Sadly, the “first ones [at the scene of a crime] are the perpetrators and their victims” (LaRosa, 2005, p. 2), not the police. Life or death situations are almost always hectic, fast-paced, and under a crunch for time. Ambulance drivers and cops both must provide their services as quickly as possible. If it were possible to have the skills and equipment of paramedics within people’s homes or various locations, then lives could be saved before the arrival of an ambulance. People would logically love to have the power to save their own life or others’ lives without having to wait for an ambulance, so why should teachers not have the power to save lives without being forced to wait for the police to arrive? …show more content…
The dangers associated with allowing teachers to have guns on the property creates “diminished safety for students, faculty, staff, and visitors” (The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, 2000, p.2). The most prominent concerns reasonably revolve around both “mental illness… and the misuse of firearms” (Malcolm, 2016, p. 1). Higher risk levels of injuries and fatalities occur when firearms are used improperly, and a vast number of people are uneducated on the proper handling of defense weapons. Perhaps a teacher’s mental instability could be unleashed on an irritating student by an easily accessed bullet rather than a simple scolding. The opposing side is very skeptical of the sanity and morals of teachers and their possession of guns in the classroom. Although on a rare occasion there may be an iniquitous teacher, the vast majority are benevolent people who are willing to save lives. In various deadly situations of the past, teachers have saved lives by the means of a gun. Because a gun was easily accessible, a Missouri teacher stopped a shooter who “killed two students and wounded seven others at a high school” (Malcolm, 2016, p. 6). However, due to current gun-free zones, the likelihood that a teacher has access to a gun is very slim. By providing every teacher with a gun, more situations like that of Missouri would occur, rather than more situations like the Connecticut shooting at