Concealed carry in the United States

This image signifies the teachings of children and gun safety. Through history, kids have been trained about guns and in what manner to use them. As time passed, parents became scarce of guns and increasingly protective of their children. Instead of proceeding with gun education, parental figures shielded adolescents, and left it up to the television, friends, and games to teach them as well as being told NO. Gun control wouldn’t be such a problem if our children were well educated in the field…

The ability to carry a concealed handgun in the US has shifted around over the history of the country. Some people think the practice should be banned because it heightens the criminal rate, or because concealed handguns permits do not stop criminals from acquiring guns. Others think it should be allowed because good honest citizens should not be stripped of their right to protect themselves against criminals. Concealed hand guns should be allowed because honest citizens should be able to…

the argument from Concealed Campus that students “need to know how to protect themselves from an immediate threat” (Harris), to a study completed by the RAND Corporation that concluded “on average, officers hit their targets only 30 percent of the time” (Harris). This statistic…

Fired Up on Campus Three out of every four americans support ¨laws allowing law-abiding citizens to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon¨ (¨Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?¨). With this in mind, we should allow Licensed Concealed Carry of firearms on public universities because it improves the reliability of security guards, protects the staff, and reduces the likelihood of school shootings. In the first place, guards need to be equipped with firearms in order to…

questioning the laws. The legislative passing a law allowing college employees and students to carry guns is not the greatest idea. All college students shouldn’t be allowed to carry hand guns. The law should remain as keeping concealed licenses then traversing into open-carry license. There’s a great debate on rather teachers should have the right to be armed which in my opinion could lead to a negative impact. The state shorting the training to obtain a handgun permit is not the smartest…

little to no expert training. Nevertheless, a police officer is not always there to protect citizens from incidents. In most cases, a police officer will get there after the delinquent has shot or wounded someone. If trained citizens were allowed to carry firearms, it would make the job for the police significantly easier and it would prevent numerous incidents from happening. Correspondingly, according to SIRS Issues Researcher, a newspaper article, titled “Company…

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…

The people that are against the right to bear arms will say things like that is what the police is for ‘’but in fact, concealed carry permit holders have better safety records than police officers, and more criminals are killed by citizens defending themselves than are killed by law enforcement.” Majority of people keep guns in the home to protect their selves and family from…

of guns, type of ammunition, and locations. Some people believe that certified citizens with their conceal carry license are still not certified to protect themselves or others, that they might mistake someone for a criminal or shooter, and that it will produce…

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (Google.com). This is the Second Amendment, which has captured a lot of people 's attention. This is because of the argument over whether there should be stricter gun control laws to protect civilians, or if there should be less. The argument for more gun restrictions say that if less people are able to get guns, or if it is harder to obtain them,…