Guns on Campus In the article “Students Should Have the Right to Carry Guns on College Campuses” by David Burnett (2012), Burnett wrote in his article that campuses are not always safe. Student should have the right to carry concealed weapons to protect themselves and defend themselves. Owing a gun will not only save yourself from shootings but also save other lives of people. Although it is harder to obtain a gun because of these shootings. A student carrying concealed weapon feels a lot safer walking on campus and would be able to protect themselves from harm. Guns were created to protect yourself and a person with mental illness should never be allowed to have a gun. In the article “Students Should Not Be Allowed to Carry Guns on College
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When students get stress, some become extremely violent and will go on rampage. This make some student cannot control their emotional stress level resulting to hurt others. Carrying guns would be very dangerous in school especially when someone make offensive comments about their classmates’ race, gender, religion, and ethnicity. There could be any student carrying a gun not knowingly in their classroom. Many students are not mature enough to what’s the right thing to do and would attempt to use their concealed weapon to threaten and harm someone who made the insensitive comments against them. This makes allowing guns on campus becomes extremely dangerous to other students as well as to the whole school. Evidently, according to the statement by IACLEA's Board of Directors believes "concealed carry” initiatives do not make campuses safer. There is no credible evidence to suggest that the presence of students carrying concealed weapons would reduce violence on our college campuses. There is no credible statistical evidence demonstrating that laws allowing the carrying of concealed firearms reduce crime. In fact, the evidence suggests that permissive concealed carry laws generally will increase crime....” from Burnett’s
When students get stress, some become extremely violent and will go on rampage. This make some student cannot control their emotional stress level resulting to hurt others. Carrying guns would be very dangerous in school especially when someone make offensive comments about their classmates’ race, gender, religion, and ethnicity. There could be any student carrying a gun not knowingly in their classroom. Many students are not mature enough to what’s the right thing to do and would attempt to use their concealed weapon to threaten and harm someone who made the insensitive comments against them. This makes allowing guns on campus becomes extremely dangerous to other students as well as to the whole school. Evidently, according to the statement by IACLEA's Board of Directors believes "concealed carry” initiatives do not make campuses safer. There is no credible evidence to suggest that the presence of students carrying concealed weapons would reduce violence on our college campuses. There is no credible statistical evidence demonstrating that laws allowing the carrying of concealed firearms reduce crime. In fact, the evidence suggests that permissive concealed carry laws generally will increase crime....” from Burnett’s