owners of the concealed handgun license (CHL) to now freely display their weapon at the side of their hip or shoulder as long as it is inside a holster. In order to actually be able to openly carry a handgun in Texas you must: be at least twenty-one years of age‚ have a clean criminal and psychological record‚ and also complete the classroom training; while passing a shooting test. So imagine walking down your neighborhood or public park and seeing someone with a loaded handgun at the side of their
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criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere. However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and some suburban communities of America are setting new records for homicides by handguns. Larger Metropolitan
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Date: 5/28/2012 Re: Effects of city handgun bans on crime and violence. Summary: Recently‚ Congress struck down federal regulations for gun background checks and the purchase of assault weapons‚ while New York City has pledged to have the toughest laws in the nation for illegal handguns. Evidence suggest that simply banning the possession and purchasing of illegal handguns‚ will have a minimal effect on gun crimes. As it becomes harder to purchase guns‚ in both the primary and secondary market
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PATROL RIFLES: ARMING OFFICERS TO SUCCEED Sergeant Scott Buziecki North Aurora Police Department A Research Paper Submitted to the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff & Command Class #175 Naperville‚ Illinois December 9‚ 2002 Executive Summary The North Aurora Police Department currently allows officers to carry their choice of 9mm or .45 caliber pistols; no long guns are available. The Firearms Training Unit has proposed that the department adopt the
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private-gun ownership in the near future. Just imagine if every handgun owner was made to dispose of their gun‚ how much more peaceful the U.S. or rather the world would be? Ownership of private guns is being banned one step at a time. The recently enacted Brady Bill mandates a national five-day waiting period and background check for all handgun purchases (Wollstein par. 1). Maryland has just passed a law that requires a state license for any handgun purchase and limits purchases to one per month. Also‚
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realizing that the college of Charleston had armed guards‚” (1)‚ meaning if the college allowed the students to carry guns the shooter would have never thought of attacking the college. Lott mentions that “Oregon laws [allows] permitted concealed handguns on university property‚ but public educators have undermined the law by putting bans in faculty and student handbooks. For students and faculty‚ the threat of expulsion or termination is surely threat enough. Faculty members may lose not only their
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training for those teachers that do carry‚ background checking on the individual applying for the concealed carry license‚ and the schools are limiting the number of teachers with guns. Some people need to realize that the effect of teachers carrying handguns could have a positive influence on the environment and safety of their children. Such as Mckinley reported from superintendent Thweatt‚ “The critics of our plan will say things like: ‘Guns and kids don’t mix’. They will say things like: ‘It’s
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crime. "Switzerland‚ through its militia system‚ distributes both pistols and fully automatic assault riffles to all adult males and requires them to store their weapons at home. Further‚ civilian long-gun purchases are essentially unregulated‚ and handguns are available to any adult without a criminal record or mental defect. Nevertheless‚ Switzerland suffers far less crime per capita then the United States an almost no gun crime" (Kopel 2002). Gun rights activists say that "Guns do not turn ordinary
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also think there is no reason why anyone would need a concealed handgun on their person. There’s something called law of attraction where if you have a certain energy toward something and look for it all the time‚ it will happen. Such as carrying a handgun‚ for example‚ it may make you more comfortable to put yourself in more dangerous situations‚ which in return maybe culminate with you using the gun. If no one were able to carry a handgun‚ there would be no reason to carry one yourself. The worst part
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). Thus‚ guns should be considered as beneficial tools that protect our lives. Guns can be an instrument to protect lives‚ nor it is to kill. CNBC.com states that all 50 states allow citizens to publically carry handguns. Six states and Washington do not allow people to carry open handguns in
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