Concealed carry in the United States

institution of higher education in this state may establish rules, regulations, or other provisions concerning the storage of hand guns in dormitories or other residential facilities” and the president of the institution “may establish reasonable rules, regulations, or other provisions regarding the carrying of concealed hand guns by license holders on the campus of the institution”. In layman's terms, any person with a concealed weapons permit may bring a concealed weapon to their college…

Do concealed weapons pose a threat to society? Being able to carry a concealed handgun has created a conundrum that has been debated over for quite some time. The proponents argue that concealed guns can be an effective means to limit crime while the opponents claim that concealed weapons can cause an increase in gun related violence. Despite the different views from both sides, adults should have the right to be able to carry a concealed handgun. One of the main reasons adults should be…

Throughout the world the United States is viewed as a country of gun lovers. Our love of guns was largely rooted at the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Within the passing 239 years since that day, personal gun ownership had steadily increased and along the way thousands of lives have either been saved or taken due to that very fact. “Every year in the U.S. there are nearly 30,000 gun deaths” (Pollitt, 1). The average U.S. citizen is able to buy a handgun when they…

Would Concealed Carry Deter Violence on Campus? How many people do you see every day that carry a gun on them? I am betting that you don’t see anyone besides police officers. If people get into a car crash and the driver was drunk, do we blame the car? No we blame the driver so what’s the different with guns. Gun are not the problem that we are having, it’s the people that give guns a reputation. People carry guns not to cause or even seek to find trouble, but just that slim chance that your…

until 2013, and then the numbers went back up. There was a time where carrying a concealed weapon made communities safer, but today, communities are not safer just because people are allowed to carry a concealed weapon. I’ll be using primary data to find the reasons why laws allowing citizens to carry a concealed weapon does not make communities safer. When I am in a public place and I see someone carrying a concealed weapon, I don’t feel safer than if they didn’t have one. I actually…

history of our country occurred on the college campus of Virginia Tech. A student killed dozens of innocent students and wounded many more. This incident had caused there to be a nationwide debate on whether concealed carry should be allowed college campuses. The argument was that with concealed carry campuses will become safer even though, classrooms should never be a place for guns. Guns should not be allowed on college campuses in order to create a healthier learning environment and limit the…

allowing students to carry concealed guns on campus, as it was expected, many people were protesting about how bad was the law, how it would be more damage than good, how it was not a good idea. But the truth, it that is the total opposite. Guns should be permitted in schools. It is not in discussion that guns are a way of protection and defense when being threatened.Unfortunately, many people often use guns in the wrong way, that is why you should have the right to have a concealed gun to…

Introduction July 9, 2013 marked a monumental day in the history of the United States of America. This is the day that Illinois’s ban on concealed carry was ruled unconstitutional, allowing the citizens of Illinois the ability to conceal carry a weapon. With this ban lifted people can now conceal carry in all 50 states. The debate of gun control is a debate stemming from the second amendment of the constitution. In recent years, large movements to allow people to conceal weapons in public have…

Fighting Fire with Fire Gun violence in the United States is climbing at a tremendous rate and we are constantly reminded of that each time we turn on the news and see that there was another shooting where there were multiple deaths or a murder-suicide occurred. Over the last couple of decades, law makers and gun control activists have been on a frenzy trying to enact dozens and dozens of aggressive gun control laws in an effort to try and reduce the number of crimes associated with gun…

It is a fact that firearms in the hands of law-abiding and responsible individuals can and do save lives and can lead to a lower crime rate. The topic of concealed carry and firearms is a highly debated topic in America today. In the recent Presidential election the topic of firearms proved to be an important issue to many Americans, the NRA spending more than 26 million dollars on pro-Trump advertisements (Reinhard 1). This is also a dividing issue in America today as there are many people who…