Caitlin Johnson
Mrs. Pietrantonio
English 12- 3
28 October 2015
Concealed Weapon Research Paper
Imagine being in a building and finding out there is a gunman present. Wouldn’t you feel safer having a weapon to protect yourself or the others that are in attendance? Media often times shows only the bad in people owning concealed weapons, instead of showing the positives that they can a achieve.Guns, when used properly and appropriately, can serve as a form of protection and have saved many people, along with with allowing people to feel safer when running into a situation that makes them or others around them uncomfortable. Too often concealed weapons are looked at as the problem or issue in a crime, rather than the people carrying them. There are many ways to prevent people that are not responsible, nor sane enough from owning weapons. Due to media, along with unstable people, carrying concealed weapons is looked at in a negative way rather than positive, thus leading to many feeling that weapons do more harm rather than good.
Carrying a handgun is a right, a right that the people in our country fought for and are still fighting to ensure. …show more content…
Police officers are not always right around the corner to help, and other times it is too late for them to help anyway.The average police response is at least 11 minutes. In most places the response time is much longer than that. Within this amount of time a person can be strangled, shot, abused, or even worse things could happen in just a short amount of time.There are many times that it would be useful to have a plan to be able to protect yourself or others in a time when emergency units have not yet responded.For example, there are times when teachers wish they would have had something to protect their students. In respect to the Newton school shooting Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas spoke willingly about his opinion on not fewer guns, but more
Mrs. Pietrantonio
English 12- 3
28 October 2015
Concealed Weapon Research Paper
Imagine being in a building and finding out there is a gunman present. Wouldn’t you feel safer having a weapon to protect yourself or the others that are in attendance? Media often times shows only the bad in people owning concealed weapons, instead of showing the positives that they can a achieve.Guns, when used properly and appropriately, can serve as a form of protection and have saved many people, along with with allowing people to feel safer when running into a situation that makes them or others around them uncomfortable. Too often concealed weapons are looked at as the problem or issue in a crime, rather than the people carrying them. There are many ways to prevent people that are not responsible, nor sane enough from owning weapons. Due to media, along with unstable people, carrying concealed weapons is looked at in a negative way rather than positive, thus leading to many feeling that weapons do more harm rather than good.
Carrying a handgun is a right, a right that the people in our country fought for and are still fighting to ensure. …show more content…
Police officers are not always right around the corner to help, and other times it is too late for them to help anyway.The average police response is at least 11 minutes. In most places the response time is much longer than that. Within this amount of time a person can be strangled, shot, abused, or even worse things could happen in just a short amount of time.There are many times that it would be useful to have a plan to be able to protect yourself or others in a time when emergency units have not yet responded.For example, there are times when teachers wish they would have had something to protect their students. In respect to the Newton school shooting Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas spoke willingly about his opinion on not fewer guns, but more