Pros And Cons Of Campus Shooting

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Based on the article link below, the pros arguments are, first, on campus shooting happened wherein the perpetrators are the only ones who have gun, and the victims have no way to defend themselves. Second, champions of right to bear arms on campus said that, targets of these shootings are places where people are likely unarmed. Third, right to bear arms give people security. (RT) On the other hand, a study was conducted, and there was no evidence to support that the perpetrator selectively pick schools to kill people. (RT) Similarly, from the two videos below, they did simulations of six students ranging from no gun experience to a well exposed student of different kinds of firearms. The study was conducted to see how effective the right

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