College Students Should Be Allowed To Concealed Carry

I am for college students being allowed to concealed carry on four year colleges and community colleges. I approve this because several members of my family have a concealed carry licence and not just anyone can get one. First you must be 21 years of age, you must be fingerprinted which will then lead to an extensive background check. Anything that you have ever done wrong will send up a red flag. If you have a “felony convictions, some misdemeanor convictions, including charges that resulted in probation or deferred adjudication; certain pending criminal charges; chemical or alcohol dependency; certain types of psychological diagnoses, and protective or restraining orders” these will prevent you from obtaining a liscens. If you pass through this the journey is not over yet. After finger prints you must completle a four to six hour …show more content…
Another reason is some believe that a taser is as effective as a handgun against an armed assailant, but in order to use a taser you have to be right next to the person where as if you have a handgun you can have a chance of keeping more space between you and your assailant. The same would go for pepper spray. More reasons against this law can be found on this website (http://concealedcampus.org/common-arguments/ ). They have some very good points and some that can be proved differently but the fact of the matter is that people obtain these lisences to feel safer where ever they go and they are there to protect they don’t have the same statue as a cop but if something goes wrong they are tried like a cop. There are tasers that have the power to kill somone with one shock how is that any safer then a gun. I believe in our second amendment and if someone goes through the process of getting the liscens they should have the right to carry on four year universitys and community college