Second Amendment Argumentative Essay

College students and others who visit college campuses should be able exercise their Second Amendment by being able to conceal carry on school property in order to protect themselves from danger. Many mass shootings, assaults, and rapes have occurred in the last few years on college campuses and in nearby communities. If people were allowed to protect themselves from attacks with a firearm, it would significantly reduce the number of attacks in "Gun-Free Zones", so the United States government should allow campus carry.
As American Citizens, we have the right to carry a firearm or firearms with us for protection. This is more commonly known as the Second Amendment. This has come into controversy over the past few years as more and more people want to remove guns from other citizens in order to "make themselves feel safer". This movement has started a mass debate
Does this only apply to adults who are out of college? No, it does not, or at least it should not. Everyone has the same rights. Students should not give up their rights in order to have a college education. In an article on Red State on September 11 of 2014 it writes, "Government officials have created illogical and arbitrary lines of demarcation where it is deemed perfectly acceptable for legal and responsible Americans to carry firearms but illegal for these same citizens to do so on many campuses"(Restoring). The government officials should not have taken away as much of their citizens’ rights as they have. The Second Amendment reads, "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). This applies to every citizen in the United States. Not just those who are not in "Gun Free Zones". However, if a person were to carry on campuses they would have to be licensed and they should have to tell the school so they were aware of who has a