Prior to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October of 2014, one officer requested a Taser to better diffuse the conditions. No officer near the scene had another non-lethal way to deal with the situation at hand (Give Cops). This is exact testament contributes greatly to the need for gun control laws–even in law enforcement. There are those who support gun control laws in the United States and there are those who oppose gun control laws. Gun control laws should not violate a citizen’s right to bear arms, however, these laws should exist in order to assure security for the country as a whole.…
You just dropped your kid off for school around 8 in the morning. You tell your child “I love you” and send him into school. When pulling out of the school parking lot u see a suspicious van pull into the school, you don't do anything and keep going on your way. Then 30 minutes later you get a phone call from the police……. To be continued.…
The United States of America is no stranger to tragedies. Whether it be the Columbine High School Massacre or the shooting at Virginia Tech, America has been plagued by terrorism and the murder of many civilians. Although often thought to be unstoppable, I have constructed a plan to end the reign of terror. By instating strict gun control, intensive outpatient therapy for military veterans, and allocating money for more intense security in public spaces, the United States government can efficiently protect the citizens from the atrocities that have plagued the country in the past.…
By Federal law gaining legal access to a gun is a process simpler than a refinancing a family home in the United States. Our government states that under federal law a licensed gun dealer cannot sell any handguns and/or ammo to anyone that is under 21 and can’t sell long arms (Shot guns/ rifles) to anyone under the age of 18 but an unlicensed dealer cannot sell handguns to anyone under 18 and can sell long arms to anyone regardless of age. Everyday there are up to nine deaths under the age of 21 daily, leaving us with an issue that has been here for such a long time but has been continuously ignored and overlooked because most people go about finding solutions for guns in extreme ways. It’s not about getting rid of guns but controlling how…
With those two things in mind, shouldn’t a person have the right to defend themselves to the fullest extent that they can? IV. However, it is not possible to defend yourself to the fullest in Wisconsin due to the fact that the current law prohibits civilians from carrying weapons. V. The solution to this is to legalize the right to carry a concealed weapon.…
Caitlin Johnson Mrs. Pietrantonio English 12- 3 28 October 2015 Concealed Weapon Research Paper Imagine being in a building and finding out there is a gunman present. Wouldn’t you feel safer having a weapon to protect yourself or the others that are in attendance? Media often times shows only the bad in people owning concealed weapons, instead of showing the positives that they can a achieve. Guns, when used properly and appropriately, can serve as a form of protection and have saved many people, along with with allowing people to feel safer when running into a situation that makes them or others around them uncomfortable.…
Public shootings or mass public killings have been an epidemic that our society as a whole has had to deal with since the beginning of time. Throughout all these events one thing has often been the same, they had planned it beforehand before they executed the deed. People seem to think that banning guns will in turn solve the conflict that we face currently but that is a very ill conceived notion. The solution to this problem is to enforce stronger gun laws and regulations. For example they should put a limit on purchasing guns without a background check to look for any mental instability and a gun ownership license.…
Concealed carry has been debated over for almost a century. With the birth of our country, our founding fathers putting in our amendments that as citizens of the United States we have the right to bear arms. It is also debated, and we have to question, to what extent the right to bear arms goes. Many people argue that there should be restriction on concealed carry, and that our founding fathers could not predict how the future would turn out. Therefore there should be precautions put in place.…
The Gun control act has been around since 1968 since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The act was set to prevent certain people like fugitives from buying guns. This act also required retailers and individuals to obtain a Federal Firearms License. All background checks must be run through the (NICS), witch is part of the FBI. Background checks have brought concern of second amendment rights as well as who should be able to have a gun.…
“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” This is a big quote that many people believe and so should you. When a drunk driver kills someone nobody blames the alcohol they blame the human for drinking it then driving. But why is it that when someone kills somebody they blame the gun, not the person behind it. All of this results into people wanting more gun control laws.…
Close to noon on November twenty-seventh after Thanksgiving, a gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle in a waiting area in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic as he chanted “kill the baby killers,” (Helling, 42). The fifty-seven-year-old Robert Lewis Dear murdered three people and left nine seriously wounded. Gun control rights are one of the most argumentative moral issues in today’s society. The argument over the right to bear arms according to the second amendment has been a challenging conflict for many years in America. It has been a contentious concern along with other issues such as abortion and capital punishment (Saenz, 476).…
The institution of education, a school, is meant to promote the fundamentals of enlightenment or at least prepare the younger generations for the real world. There are times where the grade school world clashes with that of the real world. In these instances, whether it is a fire, a shooting, etc. it is the duty of the instructor to protect and attend the welfare of their apprentices. Primarily focusing on the school massacres that involve concealed handguns and assault rifles, should the instructor be able to have proper tools to provide protection?…
In the United States there are currently eight states that do not require you to have a permit to carry a concealed handgun. These states include Alaska, Kansas, Arizona, Maine, Vermont, Wyoming, and West Virginia. While there are some differences in the laws between the states the general idea of this law is that residents of the state who are over the age of 21 and have not lost their firearms rights do not need a special permit, but instead the Second Amendment counts as their permit, to be allowed to carry a gun in a concealed manner such as in a holster that goes on the inner-waist band of the wearer’s bottoms. I believe that eliminating the permit process is not beneficial to the society as a whole and that the removing permits takes…
The world we live in today is changing into a very scary place for normal, peaceful, people like you and I. Why is it that fear of personal harm or death by some stranger, something that we think about on a daily basis? Is there a way to stop it? How can we feel just a little safer in our everyday lives? The idea of going out to a movie or to a public place and feeling safe has long gone because of criminals and mentally ill people who think its ok to terrorize and kill the weak and helpless. I feel like it’s time to stand up and protect ourselves any way we can.…
Imagine that you are walking down the sidewalk and you turn around to someone who had picked you up and carrying you to an alleyway, but you could not help yourself because you did not know how to defend yourself or you were too scared of the consequences that would be shot towards you if you did. Like Pfender was brought to an old country road and men were trying to push her around when she pulled a knife, that is when they went after her. So she had gotten ahold of one of the men 's gun and fired a warning shot, but he was still coming towards her, so she shot him. She also could have been dead if she was not able to defend herself.…