Gun safety

people take the proper safety precautions. Below is a list of gun safety tips for the home: Keep The Firearm Pointed In A Safe Direction Many serious injuries or deaths occur when people accidentally discharge their guns. You can keep something like this from happening by keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. This means the gun should be pointed in a direction that even if person accidentally discharges it, it will not cause injury. Keep The Gun Unloaded Your gun should be unloaded…

Self defense is more than just carrying a gun for safety or knowing how to fight back. It revolves around being aware, thinking smart, and taking extra precautions for safety. Everyday habits that people don’t even think twice about could be the one reason that makes them a target. Any scenario is possible no matter how harmless a person seems. Having knowledge in self defense plays a big part in keeping citizens from being potential targets to actual victims. According to The National…

Guns and Mental Health The mentally ill teenager sits in his room for hours in a row while thoughts saturate his mind like a tidal wave beating at the shore of a deserted island. He has no medicine, but he reaches for the gun his dad gave him for his seventeenth birthday. He hides the gun in his backpack and goes to school. The only recognition he receives is in tomorrow 's newspaper as a "cold-blooded killer." In light of recent school shootings executed by mentally ill people, gun control…

President Obama’s initiative is flawed and will ultimately fail. Even though the President Obama’s initiatives are good and he has the intention to control gun violence, his initiative will not work because the world is changing. The president’s plan includes a proposal of, “a $500 million investment to increase access to mental health care by increasing service capacity and the behavioral health workforce.” This proposal is good because it will help combat the general increase in suicide…

true intent of gun laws today? People face this dilemma as they struggle to choose between freedom and safety. The gun laws regarding getting a license in the US varies for each state. This is because there is no federal law that requires license to own guns; however, states like California and New Jersey require permit to buy gun while other states like Illinois and New York require a license to own a gun. These licenses are not valid for all guns. New Jersey allows all types of guns while New…

every 12 hours a person is assaulted in U.S? The FBI shows us that more than 1.2 million people had any kind of gun event in 2013. Also it is known that in 2012 there were more than 14.000 murders by fire arms (1). Even though it is true that there have been several incidents caused by the use of fire arms, the facts mentioned earlier show us that the American people are looking for free gun ownership mostly due to self-protecting reasons, such as to have safe houses, to be prepared against…

Have you ever heard of a time when an officer of the law has had their own gun drawn on them right in the middle of a physical altercation with a suspect? Let me present you this scenario of a police officer by the name of Ken Jackson. It has been a normal day similar to any other for Officer Jackson. He was making his usual traffic stops making sure all the civilians commuting to work that day had a valid driver’s license and registration. The day was going very smoothly for Jackson until he…

the use of firearms. If you are a firearm owner or use firearms on a regular basis, then it is expected that you are properly trained in the correct way to use firearms safely. Here at C.P. Tactical Solutions, we offer firearms training, firearms safety training, and firearm training designed specifically for females. Whether you are interested in using a firearm or you just want to learn how to use one, taking firearm classes taught by specially trained instructors is crucial to understanding…

after being shot by his friend when they were playing with a gun. I believe gun safety should be taught to all kids in schools. According to Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett, "With children, you need to take the mystery away from firearms, education is one of the better things when it comes to weapons." That way, it's not a mystery and they don't have a desire to try and discover what a gun is." All children should be educated in gun safety because knowledge does not kill people, ignorance…

Jason Brannick Starsha Blankenship ENG 111-30H 11/3/2015 School Safety Not Gun Regulation As always with the unfortunate event of a school shooting people cope with the loss of loved ones and stay somber for a spell, but as the dust settles from this tragic event the usual debate of gun laws begins anew. This debate although important does not focus on what truly matters when trying to mitigate the occurrence of school shootings. The subject of discussion that will lead to progress in the…