Concealed Carry. Opening: Picture yourself sitting in your favorite restaurant just minding your own business with your family eating a peaceful dinner. You glance at the table next to you and see a handgun showing from under a person’s coat. I know not everyone would agree with me but I would instantly be a little worried‚ regardless of if the man looked harmless or not. WI law passed on July 8‚ 2011 would permit this. Many people believe that concealed carry is a law that should never have
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author discuss about whether guns should be allowed on campus. In the article‚ they talk about two opposing sides‚ where one side supports the campus carry law and the other disagrees with the campus carry law. State representative Jonathan Stickland said‚ “An armed society is a safe society‚ so any time you have gun control‚ there is far more opportunity to become victims”. While there is another side where they do not support the campus carry law. An admiral named William H. McRaven said‚ “I have
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passing a law making it legal to carry a gun on college campuses. The people trying to get the law passed say that letting someone carry a concealed weapon will allow the weapon carrier to protect themselves if a shooter comes to their campus. Those against allowing a person to carry a gun on campus want to protect people from gun accidents. Guns on campus would definitely make me think twice about doing violence on a college campus. It should be legal to carry a gun on campus. In Arizona‚ the law to make
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Kelsie Mays English 1105-24 Professor Baumgardner 7 April 2014 The Right to Conceal and Carry A young woman driving home from a friend’s house on a winter evening hits a large pot hole in the road. After she pulls over to the side of the road‚ she exits her vehicle and discovers that she has a flat tire. She now realizes she is stranded in an unfamiliar neighborhood at night. After calling for help she sits in her vehicle and waits for the tow truck to arrive. Suddenly‚ a strange man pounds
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Conceal and Carry Gun Control Wisconsin and Illinois were the only two states that didn’t have any laws that allowed a person to legally carry a concealed weapon. On June 21‚ 2011‚ Wisconsin passed a Concealed Carry Law‚ “concealed carry is when a person is carrying a weapon‚ typically a firearm‚ on or in close proximity to their person” (www.concealcarry.org). It wasn’t easy to pass the bill with many opposing views‚ but it is easy to judge without knowing the facts. Conceal and Carry Gun Control
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On April 16th‚ 2007‚ Seung-Hui Cho‚ a student at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ went on campus and proceeded to shoot and kill 33 people‚ injuring 32 others before he killed himself (Shapira and Jackman). According to Christine Hauser and Anahad O’Connor‚ staff writers for the New York Times‚ “the shootings at Virginia Tech came in the same week‚ eight years prior‚ as the shootings at Columbine on April 20th‚ 1999.” In more recent years‚ mass shootings
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Should it be lawful for Adults To Carry Concealed Handguns? Concealed Carry: A License To Protect Dressed in black fatigues and a military vest‚ a heavily armed Adam Lanza walked into a Connecticut elementary school Friday‚ December 14‚ 2012 and opened fire‚ Within minutes‚ 26 people were dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School 20 of them children. The shooter also was killed by his own hand. With the death toll at 26‚ the Newtown shooting is the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history
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Guns on College Campus Should guns be allowed on college campus? Kenton L. McGowen Abstract This paper will determine whether guns have a place on college‚ and school campuses. The conclusion that the paper reaches is that students who have guns will be tempted to use them‚ especially at universities and colleges that are full of drug use‚ stress‚ and anxiety. The mixture of guns into a formula like that is simply not conducive to a safe environment. This paper will take evidence from
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administrators and professors should be allowed to carry concealed guns or not. Whereas some analysts have continually defended the opinion that guns should be allowed on college and campuses grounds‚ majority have nullified any single idea of having concealed weapons on campuses as this is a direct threat to the security of everyone around. For the safety of students‚ bills meant to allow public colleges and universities to allow hidden and loaded guns on campus should not be passed. Allowing guns on campuses
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Because of the recent violent crimes going on college campuses‚ many pro-activists have suggested that teachers and students should be allowed to carry a concealed weapons permit on campus. Some claim that their rights have been violated because most college campus forbids the use of any firearm or weapon on campus. The right to carry a gun is not the problem here‚ but rather or not people would allow guns on college campuses. It is our right‚ as the Constitution states‚ to grant citizens the right
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