Concealed carry in the United States

Mass Shootings The anti-gun crowd would like us to believe that with more guns, comes more gun violence, but since more and more states have allowed people to carry a side arm, crime has declined. Can these things be a mere coincidence? Perhaps, but even if that’s true, it still proves that allowing law abiding citizens to be armed does not increase crime, and suggest that it contributes to lowering it instead (Federal Bureau of Investigation, n.d.). Something else to ponder is where do mass…

“States That Have Stand Your Ground Laws” Many states have passed laws allowing one to ‘stand your ground’ in potentially life threatening or serious injury situations. These laws let the victim surpass attempts to retreat, and allow them to directly use self-defense if their life or serious bodily harm is being threatened. Some states retract from this a little, only making the law applicable when the victim is on their own personal property, such as their house, office, or even car. Other…

being deny their right to purchase a gun, eventually to all gun sales being made illegal in the United States. Something hard to believe and probably impossible to happen in the United States as the citizens of America strongly supports The Second Amendment of the United States; which states the right to bear Arms, meaning any American citizen has the right to buy a weapon. The people of the United States hold this Amendment very high, and there are associations that supports this right such as…

Gun Control: Would It Really Benefit America? Guns are a big issue in today’s world especially in the United States. The fact that people blame them for killing innocent children makes it even worse. An action that a person in their right mind would never think of doing, but not everybody is the same. Guns control is not is recent problem that has just started it goes all the way back to the first American Colonies. The people of the colony had the right to have guns for hunting and…

campaigning for political officers. According to many politicians reducing violence is the path to success for our democratic system. To accomplish this goal the United States would have to reduce the means by which many of these violent acts occur; weapons, specifically guns. The debate over gun control has been a key discussion point in the United States for many years. The controversy grew after the killing of the schoolchildren in Connecticut, in December of 2012. After this event the…

Literature Review on Gun Control Gun control has been a problem within the United States since the early 1900s. In today’s society with the spree of public shootings, the gun control movement has made its way back to headlines. Throughout American history, it has been a right that every law-abiding citizen the right to own a firearm. Though this Second Amendment was created in 1789 and hasn’t been ratified since 1791 the government is pushing to try and change this law for countless reasons.…

The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights states clearly that the people’s right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed on. This has led to one of the most complicated and volatile issues in America today. People on both sides of this issue have strong beliefs. Some argue that when our founding fathers wrote the bill of rights, the guns were not as deadly as the ones available today. Supporters of the Second Amendment today argue that people’s right should not be infringed on no matter…

Bigelow an avid gun owner, and owner of a concealed pistol licence (CPL), he said that he believes that “teachers should be allowed to carry a gun for safety reasons”. By this he means that in order to protect the students inside the school a teacher who would like to carry a handgun, or have one locked inside their classroom should be aloud to do so. He continued by adding this statement, “The 2nd amendment is necessary for the sustainability of a Free State.” So in order for teachers and…

Today in America, there are as many guns as there are people. Handguns are easily attained, sold, and concealed, which is beneficial for both those who wish to solely use it for self-defense, and those who plan to use it for wrongdoings. On April 20, 1999 the latter was what caused the iconic school shooting at Columbine. It 's 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris leave their cars, parked so as to flank the exits of the cafeteria, and make their way through the small suburban high school…

In fact there has been an increase of the number of guns in The United States, and statistics have shown that violence with guns has not increased. It is a popular belief that more guns means more violence. However this is not the case. In an article written by Nicholas Kristof for the New York Times he stated that since…