No Guns on College Campuses
On April 2007, one of the deadliest killings in the history of our country occurred on the college campus of Virginia Tech. A student killed dozens of innocent students and wounded many more. This incident had caused there to be a nationwide debate on whether concealed carry should be allowed college campuses. The argument was that with concealed carry campuses will become safer even though, classrooms should never be a place for guns. Guns should not be allowed on college campuses in order to create a healthier learning environment and limit the risk of suicide.
Guns should never have a place in the classroom. In college, students are encouraged to debate on controversial issues in class. Many of which can often bring up confrontation between students. Now imagine equipping some …show more content…
It is a leading cause of death among college students in the United States. For example, in “Why Our Guns Are Safer without Concealed Handguns”it explains, “Suicide attempts are successful more than 90 percent of the time when a firearm is used”(635). Evermore, with allowing a student to conceal carry it will dramatically increase the number of suicides on campuses. Plus According to Skorton and Altschueler, Guns give the student a better chance in succeeding when attempting suicide(630). In other words, introducing guns to people who are susceptible to suicide is just not logical. Keeping them off campus will affect the suicide rate negatively. Suicide is unfortunately a huge issue on college campuses
Guns should not be allowed on college campuses in order to create a healthier learning environment and limit the risk of suicide. Even Though people might argue that they are need to protect ourselves in case of another shooting, i believe there are other ways to do that than allowing concealed carry. By allowing concealed carry we will be prone to more accidents and it will also affect the suicide
On April 2007, one of the deadliest killings in the history of our country occurred on the college campus of Virginia Tech. A student killed dozens of innocent students and wounded many more. This incident had caused there to be a nationwide debate on whether concealed carry should be allowed college campuses. The argument was that with concealed carry campuses will become safer even though, classrooms should never be a place for guns. Guns should not be allowed on college campuses in order to create a healthier learning environment and limit the risk of suicide.
Guns should never have a place in the classroom. In college, students are encouraged to debate on controversial issues in class. Many of which can often bring up confrontation between students. Now imagine equipping some …show more content…
It is a leading cause of death among college students in the United States. For example, in “Why Our Guns Are Safer without Concealed Handguns”it explains, “Suicide attempts are successful more than 90 percent of the time when a firearm is used”(635). Evermore, with allowing a student to conceal carry it will dramatically increase the number of suicides on campuses. Plus According to Skorton and Altschueler, Guns give the student a better chance in succeeding when attempting suicide(630). In other words, introducing guns to people who are susceptible to suicide is just not logical. Keeping them off campus will affect the suicide rate negatively. Suicide is unfortunately a huge issue on college campuses
Guns should not be allowed on college campuses in order to create a healthier learning environment and limit the risk of suicide. Even Though people might argue that they are need to protect ourselves in case of another shooting, i believe there are other ways to do that than allowing concealed carry. By allowing concealed carry we will be prone to more accidents and it will also affect the suicide