Prohibiting Concealed Carry in the Workplace Strayer University When carrying a concealed weapon into a place of employment there are numerous issues that have been raised regarding the safety of the situation. Does the carrier create a hostile environment for their co-workers‚ or does the carrier’s possession pose a chance to disrupt the safety for the workplace staff. These are fair questions that should be addressed when considering concealed carry on the job. These are questions
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School campus’ have always been a large target for shooters and attackers. Students and teachers that have spent time to gain the trust of the government to conceal carry should also be able to holster on a campus without interruption. Many people will say having any weapons is a danger to students and any other pedestrians on campus but a law abiding citizen that has had training and known when a weapon should and shouldn’t be used could be vital to saving the lives of many during a life or death
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Campus Carry According to the Texas Department of Public Safety on August 1st of 2016‚ the right for an authorized licensed handgun holder to carry a concealed handgun on certain public‚ private‚ and/or independent university campuses was granted. Even though campus carry is permitted‚ open carry is still banned. Depending on the campus certain buildings may be prohibited to campus carry. When there is a building on the campus that does not permit the carrying of handguns‚ there will be a sign
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We Don’t Need Guns on College Campus‚ is an editorial written by USA Today (2015)‚ justifying why college campuses should be free of any firearms. According to a 2014 overview by the National Conference of State Legislatures‚ twenty states have banned concealed weapons on campus‚ the twenty-three others have left the decision up for the institutions. The authors support this evidence with the example of a Florida University shooting that took place last year‚ stating students will not be safer if
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ease‚ for some people‚ they choose to carry guns protect themselves against the guns. Even though people may see the people carrying guns for self defense as another threat with a gun‚ most of the people carrying guns don’t use the gun. But there have been cases of people that had to use their concealed gun they were carrying to protect themselves. One example of a person using their gun for self defense‚ is
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I-Search Paper on Concealed Carry INTRODUCTION The topic of concealed carry is something that a lot of people are talking about. Turn on the news‚ the radio‚ read the newspaper‚ surf the internet and the topic of conceal carry will be discussed. The reason it is so highly discussed is due to the effect that conceal carry will have on everyone regardless of race‚ age‚ and socio-economic background. As a resident of Illinois‚ the most recent state to adopt concealed carry‚ there continues to be much
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Firearms on Campus There has been an on going debate about whether or not college students and/or professors should be allowed to carry firearms on campus. The Law allows each state to determine if concealed weapons are allowed to be carried on campus. Many advocates of firearms are in agreement that firearms should be allowed on campus. In the past years‚ there have been shootings on college campuses that killed many and injured many. Allowing those who are licensed and trained to carry firearms
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questions to different students and recording the data in the table‚ it came to the conclusion that most students did not approve of the new Texas campus carry law that will be taking place by August 1st. From March 10 to March 11‚ I asked sixteen students the same question regarding the campus carry law and only five students approved the law being used in campus which is 31.3%. According to the Dictionary‚ “Margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey’s results
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April 2012 Final Exam Essay Concealed Carry for Students and Teachers? Allowing students to carry concealed weapons has become a hot topic over the last several years. Violence on college campuses has been around as long as colleges have‚ but it took the massacre at Virginia Tech to open people’s eyes to try to fix the problem. Violence may never be eliminated on campuses‚ but believing that it can be reduced by allowing teachers and students to carry concealed weapons is not the answer. There
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The debate concerning the laws of concealed carry on college campuses has been going strong since the Virginia Tech tragedy on April 16‚ 2007. Concealed carry should be allowed on college campuses. On one side‚ people oppose the right of concealed carry on campus stating reasons such as this one presented by Concealed Campus‚ “It’s unlikely that allowing concealed carry on college campuses could help prevent a Virginia Tech-style massacre because most college students are too young to obtain a
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