Essay On Guns In Schools

Gun control has been an issue that is discussed in schools, political debates and is always a basis for anyone running for the presidential office. Should teachers and faculty be allowed to carry firearms in schools to protect the students? There are always two sides to the issue. Digging deeper on both sides of the issue and to find good clear reasoning is important in order to decide what is right, not just to agree with a political parties opinion. I plan on setting my own views aside on this as well sense I have a strong notion towards pro guns in the school. Firearms in the schools bring up large debates among many people. First side of this debate is pro firearms. Take a look at it this way, for the most part anyone can get a firearm anywhere, whether it be from home, someone off the street, a pawn shop and so on. Then you apply school bullying in the school and in today’s cyber world you can …show more content…
Do to the school being in a rural area placing it further away from police protection. Adding teachers to the with firearms would greatly increase the ability and response time in resolving a hostile situation. According to the Washington post from 2007 till 2015 some of the deadliest shootings have occurred. From the six of the shootings from 2007 two of them were in schools. The schools that were affected include the Sandy Hook Elementary School and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting better noted as a massacre, when having children involved you want to know that they are safe. When you send your children to school it is supposed to be a safe place with no worries. Any more with all of the shootings and violence using well trained teachers and faculty, would have the potential to minimize casualties in school shootings and possibly detour shooters due to not know who or how many teachers or faculty are carrying a