Concealed carry in the United States

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    economics, analyzed FBI’s data to justify the outcome of states that are fore and apposing gun restriction. Professor Lott and David Mustard,…

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    Texas Law states that “a person can also shoot someone they if they reasonably believe deadly force is necessary to prevent someone else from trying to kill or seriously injure them, or there is the threat of certain crimes such as sexual assault or aggravated kidnapping” (Schwaller, 2015) This was a law set to protect what one considers valuable, whether it be his or her own families or even just to protect oneself from harms way. In 2007 there was a man who saw his neighbors’ house being…

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    By comparison, the criminal homicide rate in the United States was 5.7 per 100,000… (SFGS 634).” In other words, a person is far more likely to be killed off campus than on.(check for plagerism) The opposition group, Students For Concealed Carry states the use of this statistic by SFGS is to make “an astoundingly naïve leap in logic,” by equating the relative safety of college campuses with the scarcity…

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    Bakersfield Police. He had a concealed weapons permit and had presented it before his arrest. Since Williams had a permit with him at the time of arrest, it was considered an illegal arrest. Williams “is preparing to file a government claim against the Bakersfield Police Department” focusing on violation of civil rights, false arrest, and false imprisonment (Christian, 2014). Williams’ rights were limited because he did not meet all of the criteria in order to carry a concealed weapon on school…

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    rights to bear arms. Without researching the topic, I would believe it could be beneficial to carry a concealed weapon around in case someone was in trouble. I could also see it being a terrible mistake if it got into the wrong hands, too. Therefore, I will research if carrying concealed weapons such as guns, or if gun control would be a good or bad option for the U.S. First, to put it simply carrying concealed weapons could help save somebodies life. In Gius article he uses…

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    In the United States there are currently eight states that do not require you to have a permit to carry a concealed handgun. These states include Alaska, Kansas, Arizona, Maine, Vermont, Wyoming, and West Virginia. While there are some differences in the laws between the states the general idea of this law is that residents of the state who are over the age of 21 and have not lost their firearms rights do not need a special permit, but instead the Second Amendment counts as their permit, to be…

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    Should Students be allowed to Carry Guns on Campus? About twelve states allow concealed guns on campus either in the pocket or in a locked car on the parking lot beside the fact that a number of people get killed in different colleges. Just recently, on October 1, 2015, nine innocent lives were killed and another nine wounded on Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR. Campus should be a safe place for students, and they should feel safe when they are going to get an education. However many…

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    April 16, 2007, a senior at Virginia Tech killed 33 people and wounded 15 (Johnson, par. 5). Eighteen schools in the United States allow adults to carry loaded guns to school (Lu, par. 4). Many people could feel hesitant about their classmates carrying guns to school. Should concealed carry of guns be allowed on college campuses? Our attentions on this issue has risen due to the recent shootings and acts of violence on college campuses. Guns should not be allowed on college campuses because…

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    un Control: Gun Laws Should be Less Strict The Second Amendment states that people are allowed to carry a handgun as long as it is concealed”(“Should Adults Have”). People say that crime will go down because a criminal is less likely to not attack someone who is armed because they know that they have a chance of getting hurt as well.(“Should Adults Have”). Although this is something good, people who disagree say that it will causes more gun injury accidents and more crime like…

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    Throughout the course of the years, there has been a series of gun shootings in schools, universities, and public places. Unfortunately, these gun shootings have ended with a profuse amount of casualties instilling fear and melancholy in our society. Although several individuals firmly believe that guns are essential in the quest for survival and it is their right to bear arms, they do not realize the potential dangers of a gun in the hands of a ludicrous, impulsive individual. In a modern era,…

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