Guns on Campus
Ronald Anderson
ENG 101
23 June 2013 Guns on Campus
The rise of Gun violence in America is at an all-time high and as a result gun ownership has catapulted alongside this rise. Today our institutions of higher learning are faced with a new threat to the welfare and safety of student and that is the paranoia of some students and teachers who feel the need to “protect themselves” by carrying a firearm. This is the beginning of the end; the traditional college experience as we know it is on the verge of a Wild West show down in the class rooms.
The American college experience is characterized as a traditional pathway to success. From middle school all the way to high school students are prepared for college and for many families this is seen as a rite of passage for the younger generation to go to college. College is a place where lives are shaped forever by hard work and dedication for four years; however, there is a sad reality that some people never get the chance complete their matriculation due to Gun violence on campuses sometimes unprovoked and senseless acts. Currently in the America many states banned guns from colleges; however, Gun violence is becoming very common place and the reason is not because people are becoming more violent. The reason is directly attributed to the relative ease in obtaining a firearm without a back ground check; consequently, anyone can get their hands on a firearm and now some students and even teachers want to be able to carry a concealed weapon on campuses across the nation.
There seems to be a belief that if students are armed it will in some way reduce the threat of gun violence since everyone is loaded. In the news, most if not all of the school shootings are concluded with the gunman being killed or apprehended by the authorities and not student or teacher. The simple reason is that people in fear for their lives are too busy trying to escape and not fight back and in the heat of a campus wide
ENG 101
23 June 2013 Guns on Campus
The rise of Gun violence in America is at an all-time high and as a result gun ownership has catapulted alongside this rise. Today our institutions of higher learning are faced with a new threat to the welfare and safety of student and that is the paranoia of some students and teachers who feel the need to “protect themselves” by carrying a firearm. This is the beginning of the end; the traditional college experience as we know it is on the verge of a Wild West show down in the class rooms.
The American college experience is characterized as a traditional pathway to success. From middle school all the way to high school students are prepared for college and for many families this is seen as a rite of passage for the younger generation to go to college. College is a place where lives are shaped forever by hard work and dedication for four years; however, there is a sad reality that some people never get the chance complete their matriculation due to Gun violence on campuses sometimes unprovoked and senseless acts. Currently in the America many states banned guns from colleges; however, Gun violence is becoming very common place and the reason is not because people are becoming more violent. The reason is directly attributed to the relative ease in obtaining a firearm without a back ground check; consequently, anyone can get their hands on a firearm and now some students and even teachers want to be able to carry a concealed weapon on campuses across the nation.
There seems to be a belief that if students are armed it will in some way reduce the threat of gun violence since everyone is loaded. In the news, most if not all of the school shootings are concluded with the gunman being killed or apprehended by the authorities and not student or teacher. The simple reason is that people in fear for their lives are too busy trying to escape and not fight back and in the heat of a campus wide
Cited: . "Guns on Campus Goes beyond Being a Bad Idea." Yourwestvalley.com. N.p., 06 Mar. 2012. Web. <http://www.yourwestvalley.com/opinion/article_e816854e-67b5-11e1-90db-001871e3ce6c.html>.