Concealed carry in the United States

Some student will be carrying guns without legal papers to carry them. The crime in the New Orleans campus is not as bad as the violence that took place at another campus. We should all remember that a bullet has no name on it. When the students leaves class late at night, they could be killed over little things…

shooting on Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Seung-Hui Cho, a student there at Virginia Tech, shot and killed 32 people and wounded many others before taking his own life. Till this day, this shooting is one of worst school shootings that this nation has ever witnessed. Because of the school shootings that have happened, students and families want to legalize students to carry around a gun on campus with a concealed carry permit. They believe that legalizing…

thinking about safety, we might attribute safety to an environment that is free of risk and hazards. College and university campuses are safer than other zones in America (Students For Concealed Carry 642). However, the atmosphere that campuses are known for can change with the induction of guns into school. Carrying concealed weapons hold a risk to not only the students, but to the professors as well. To keep our campus setting free of the peril, we must not allow guns to enter the grounds in…

The Second Amendment states, “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” (Madison). But when does self-defense cross the line to murder? "In 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans in homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings.. This is the equivalent of more than 85 deaths each day and more than three deaths each hour" (Statistics). In order to properly own and operate a gun a…

Senate Bill 11 was signed on June 13, 2015, permitting people with a concealed handgun license to carry a firearm while on public university campuses. The law allowing concealed carry on Texas college campuses goes into effect on Aug. 1. Kyle K. Bonath, Texas Tech police chief, said he has 25 years of experience in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Legislation probably passed the law for campus carry because average police response time is two minutes on campus,” Bonath said, “and we are…

areas with less to normal gun laws. They feel that their new gun control laws will stop mass killings while at a high school somebody went into a school with a knife and stabbed 25 students and nobody could stop him, except for a parent who was concealed carrying. First off let us talk about what gun control actually is. Gun control is any regulation or law on certain types of guns and accessories. The gun control activists are looking for an all out ban on “assault” weapons such as an AR-15 and…

The laws governing firearms and the use of firearms differ between local, state, and federal agencies. These laws tend to be governed by how the economy feels at one particular time or another in that new laws are proposed by law makers according to what is going on in the social market in different economic circles. This helps the capitalist economy by allowing training to be developed so that people who wish to carry a firearm may purchase a slot…

background can create biased opinion on the topic of public safety and crisis situations. Beginning with his thesis statement, the author is misleading. He states, “I agree that allowing guns on campuses will create problems, not solve them.”(Villahermosa, 615) Yet the previous statements concerned legislature considering bills that would allow concealed weapons on college campuses, and not anything definitive. Then, the author has confidence in his delivery of why he holds his position, but he…

be allowed to own them?” This controversial topic has now started to influence college campus policy, regarding whether or not students should be able to carry concealed weapons on campus. Throughout this paper I will be tailoring to three different audiences; academic, civic, and a personal audience. My thesis statement is as follows: concealed weapons should not be allowed on college campuses because it will only increase violence. Therefore, guns should be banned from college campuses. With…

students being allowed to carry a concealed gun on campus. Some believe this will cause an increase in violence and accidents on campus. In contrast, other people believe this well help deter it. Ultimately, if someone truly plans to do wrong with a firearm, they will ignore the law. Why should other students be left defenseless? The person that is going to commit a crime does not obey the law. On the other hand, the student that spends the time to go through a legal process to carry a firearm…