Guns on Campus Essay

(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.)- SIUE Chief of Police Kevin Schmoll told a divided group of about 30 residents and students that the new Firearm Concealed Carry Act will allow them to carry firearms in public-unless they are on campus. The law includes several prohibited areas that will not allow concealed carry. These prohibited areas include government buildings, stadiums, and university campuses, said Schmoll while speaking in the Morris University Center on Thursday. “The right to bear arms is right…

The first point discussed in Marta Cerezo Moreno’s The Controlling Force of Rome in Coriolanus and Julius Caesar is how Rome does not function as just a location where the play is set, but in fact the framework of the plots would collapse because the plot is directly related to the location. The city of Rome is constantly attacked by the Volscians in Corialanus, defended by the plebeians, praised by its people and feared by its enemies. Rome is symbolic of the characters Corialanus and Julius…

Rock, jazz, country, hip hop, and gospel music all have their place in history. What they are, when they came to popularity, and what significance they hold can be found in common knowledge. There is one music genre, however, that cannot be so easily defined. This genre has rejected norms and surprised masses at every turn, yet many people do not hold an appreciation for it. This music, alternative rock, deserves much more than that. Those who put in countless years of dedication to this iconic…

Working Thesis: In the novel My Ántonia by Willa Cather, Cather portrays to the audience the American Dream for the Shimerda family, Jim Burden, Lena Lingard, Tiny Soderball, Peter and Pavel, as well as the sacrifices that they may have had to make to come to America and start a new life. Cather also uses a feminist approach in the novel because the novel is really Jim Burden’s story of Ántonia, Jim is the narrator of the novel, not Antonia. Although someone who is writing about the novel in…

"It's time to grow up."- The First Part Last pg.14. This Is a very important quote that leads to the answer to, did Bobby come of age? Who is Bobby? Bobby is the main protagonist from Angela Johnson's, The First Part Last, a young adult novel. This novel is about a teenage boy named Bobby, who got his girlfriend Nia pregnant, he must now raise a child along with his normal daily activities. So did Bobby come of age? Bobby did not come of age. The reason is this is due to how much he relied on…

impossible to make the weapons safer, and untrained students often hurt more than they help. Many people believe an armed America is a safer America. This is not true; however, since concealed weapons have been more readily available shootings and gun related crimes have increased. This applies to college campuses as well. Since laws have been passed, college shootings have increased. Then there is also the danger of mixing firearms and the alcohol fueled parties that are often occuring in…

State legislators are considering revoking gun-free school zones into a place where individuals in a classroom are allowed by permit to carry concealed firearms for safety purposes. This causes a fierce and rigorous debate amongst representatives from each side presenting their opinions to the government. In response to the gun debate, Obama held a speech due to the most recent gun shooting in Oregon on stricter gun control laws; discussing how laws should and will be changed due to all these…

child would be, or how many people they may kill or injure. Students are bringing gun for their self-defense, but they mostly do crime. College is place where students come for education to get better future. There should be prohibiting guns in college campus because of family, education, and good environment. Allowing guns in college campus will cause huge distraction amongst students. Prohibiting guns on campus will be benefit for both students and families. "A gunman opened fire at a…

article in the VSU student newspaper The Spectator titled, “Guns on Campus Will Hurt Not Help,” that students and faculty carrying guns on campus will do more harm than good. She presents a selected study from The RAND Corporation as well as citing a CNN article, balanced with a counterpoint to show that the cons outweigh the pros when it comes to high stress situations involving firearms. Harris compares the argument from Concealed Campus that students “need to know how to protect themselves…

Bang! The shooter plummets towards the ground. Guns should be allowed on all college campus’s throughout the United States, due to the fact more than 30,000 people are killed by firearms each year in the United States alone, according to the Huffington Post. If students are given the chance to protect themselves on campus the number of deaths will go down. This is why students all over the United States should be able to carry a concealed weapon on campus for the safety of themselves and others.…