Students and Security Should Carry Guns on Campuses After massacres at schools across the country everyone should be able to feel safe in public‚ even if this means one must carry a gun. Citizens should be able to have the reassurance that they are able to fight back if an attack against them or a school massacre were to happen‚ especially since one cannot entirely rely on the police force. On average‚ the police takes 11 minutes to arrive at the scene of the crime. In those 11 minutes it takes
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Gun control is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ or use of firearms by civilians.1 Multiple countries around the world has control law set in place such as‚ the United Kingdom‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Australia and many more‚ but the United States of America is one of the countries that do not have those laws in place. Some say that it is extremely important to have those laws and some argue that guns are essential to everyday life and there
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America and the argument is that guns on campus are unnecessary‚ however‚ on (concealedcampus.org)‚ it stated that the college lifestyle includes alcohol and drugs. For example‚ a student may be drunk or high and that student may start harassing another person with no way for defending themselves. If that student being harassed had a firearm or a security guard had a firearm‚ the incidence could have been avoided. In order to prevent a drug addict or alcoholic obtaining a gun‚ I propose that there be an
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The issue of gun control has begun to become a big part of debates in the United States. A good bit of people believe there should indeed be stricter gun laws. These opinions are based off the amount of popular shootings in the United States over the past couple of years. In the year of 2016 there was a total of 58‚283 shooting incidents and only 385 of these were mass shootings. During the shootings about 15‚063 people died; 3‚321 of those who were killed were children (doc 1). A recent‚ well-known
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Gun Control Thomas Jefferson once wrote “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press‚ and that cannot be limited without being lost.” Gun enthusiasts often couple this with a quote from Ben Franklin‚ “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”Guns are one of the most dangerous inventions created by man‚ it is also one of the top killers of the world. But guns are not accountable for what they have been used for‚ it
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stop. In retrospect‚ what could possibly be done to stop occurrences such as an encounter with someone dangerous without a tool to fray the danger off? Some feel that the government should guarantee safety to all but these people rarely present a possible solution to the problem. With that being said‚ gun laws should not be tightened on law abiding citizens because it would cause the United States to be a more thriving environment for criminals. It would also cause the government to have a control over
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Gun Control: Why Guns Lead to Problems and Not Solutions Guns are a rather contentious topic to discuss. Chances are---if you haven’t been living under a rock---you’ve recently heard some form of televised debate on their legality at some point. One of the major topics being discussed in the 2016 Presidential campaign is the right to own a gun and how the legality relates to the Constitution. The very concept of gun ownership has come to be a symbol of masculinity‚ rebelliousness‚ and freedom from
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Nikita Youth Gun Violence Every time I look around someone is dying. Its so crazy how close this topic is to me. I chose this topic on a Tuesday and on the very next day (Wednesday) a close friend of mine was shot and killed. So as I write his Essay I can’t help but to think about him‚ his name was Alex Bland 21yr old. From the years of 2002-2006‚ 687 Chicago youth were killed by guns‚ and firearms are used in 10 out of 14 murder-suicide in Illinois. In 2005 71% (435) of the homicides and 36%
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Will more stringent gun control laws create less crime? Will stiffer gun control keep known criminals from committing their awful acts? Gun Control is law designed to impose legal measures to license‚ control‚ or restrict the ownership of firearms by members of the public. That means the government’s only responsibility is and should be to determine which citizens are able to get a permit to own and carry a firearm. They should do background checks for any mental illnesses‚ past criminal activity
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dangerous to operate. A myriad of brakemen operating on railroads died. By 1880‚ railroad worker death rates were second only to coal miners. Many states had safety laws in place‚ but that meant that interstate railroads had limited safety. So Congress created the Railroad Safety Appliance Act. The original act was called “An Act to Promote the Safety of Employees and
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