Firearms from handguns to shotguns to rifles are usually a topic you hear about on the news. It is always somehow a debate about the safety of guns. Guns kill people or guns are a basic citizens right. The Second Amendment is a part of the constitution and nobody can take that from us says the right. Some believe that the right to bear arms is outdated and needs changed, while others are so set on the Second Amendment it’s almost as if it is their religion. Some take the right to bear arms further and have concealed carry weapons permits. People who want to defend themselves adequately have CCW permits because nothing stops a bad guy with a gun, than a good guy with a gun. Having a CCW permit allows you to respond to an emergency faster
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Gun-Free Zones are an easy target for people who are looking to commit a crime. Gun-Free Zones allow criminals the assurance that if they show up with a firearm they will easily have the upper hand on any student, professor or visitor of that gun free zone. In the instance that Gun-Free Zones are lifted, it will have a positive effect on the people who have to sit in that area due to knowing that others would be armed responsibly. If a shooter wanted to pick a target, they would pick one with the fewest possibilities of being retaliated against. Gun-Free Zones are a prime target for mass shooters, because it is the path of least resistance. The Columbine shooters targeted their high school because there were no armed guards, and it was a Gun-Free Zone. In that particular shooting, had an armed guard or a teacher who was licensed to conceal carry, that shooting could’ve been ended much sooner. However according to CNN “SWAT teams entered the school 47 minutes after the shootings started. Five hours passed before law enforcement declared the school under control.” (CNN Library, 2016). That is a strong example why not only are police response times extremely slow in an active shooter situation but a CCW holder could have responded much quicker and brought the death toll down dramatically. “An analysis of mass shootings in the United States since the year 2002 shows that gun wielding mass killers are more likely to strike where the Second Amendment …show more content…
University campuses should be treated no different compared to the other public areas when it comes to concealed carry weapons licenses, and they should recognize the right to bear arms for the safety of students, professors, and faculty. Mass shootings and crimes can be dealt with responsibly without waiting on police to respond in due time. Gun-Free Zones do not work as they should, and are a target for mass shooters and criminals. Students attending a university are expected to do so many things and be responsible, however when it comes to having a CCW, people lose their minds. Allow students to conceal carry firearms
Gun-Free Zones are an easy target for people who are looking to commit a crime. Gun-Free Zones allow criminals the assurance that if they show up with a firearm they will easily have the upper hand on any student, professor or visitor of that gun free zone. In the instance that Gun-Free Zones are lifted, it will have a positive effect on the people who have to sit in that area due to knowing that others would be armed responsibly. If a shooter wanted to pick a target, they would pick one with the fewest possibilities of being retaliated against. Gun-Free Zones are a prime target for mass shooters, because it is the path of least resistance. The Columbine shooters targeted their high school because there were no armed guards, and it was a Gun-Free Zone. In that particular shooting, had an armed guard or a teacher who was licensed to conceal carry, that shooting could’ve been ended much sooner. However according to CNN “SWAT teams entered the school 47 minutes after the shootings started. Five hours passed before law enforcement declared the school under control.” (CNN Library, 2016). That is a strong example why not only are police response times extremely slow in an active shooter situation but a CCW holder could have responded much quicker and brought the death toll down dramatically. “An analysis of mass shootings in the United States since the year 2002 shows that gun wielding mass killers are more likely to strike where the Second Amendment …show more content…
University campuses should be treated no different compared to the other public areas when it comes to concealed carry weapons licenses, and they should recognize the right to bear arms for the safety of students, professors, and faculty. Mass shootings and crimes can be dealt with responsibly without waiting on police to respond in due time. Gun-Free Zones do not work as they should, and are a target for mass shooters and criminals. Students attending a university are expected to do so many things and be responsible, however when it comes to having a CCW, people lose their minds. Allow students to conceal carry firearms