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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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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been killed with more than 500 people injured. Yes‚ we have laws‚ but laws mean nothing when nothing is done about the guns. A good place to start is the “carry law”‚ background checks to be random and frequent‚ and automatic rifles need to be discontinued for the public to use freely. Carry laws are used in America to determine who is fit to carry and conceal a weapon. There is not one federal government law‚ but different laws state to state. “Firearm owners are subject to the firearm laws of the
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Concealed Weapons Many wonder whether or not any forms of weapons should be approved on campus grounds. College staff‚ students‚ and families‚ may worry about their safety on campus while attending college. Safety tends to be ensured through protective weapons. A big controversy among the society of college‚ is whether or not concealed weapons should be allowed. Some people believe that teachers/faculty should be allowed to posses a weapon for protection on campus‚ others believe that both teachers
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Gale database‚ in one year roughly 200 people have been murdered with concealed weapons in one state alone. D. Today I’m going to talk to you about the carrying of concealed weaponry‚ why it’s bad‚ and why pro concealed carry statements are false. _____________________________________________________________________________________ II. To begin with I’d like to analyze some of the key arguments
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Urteaga PAGE 7 Joshua Urteaga Rhetoric 306 November 24‚ 2016 An opinion article addressing students who support campus carry; to be published in the Daily Texan . Daily Texan readers are generally aware concealed carry on college campuses‚ but have many different opinions about it. Many don?t know how many people are affected by campus carry. Armed Education: Is Campus Carry the Answer? In recent years‚ gun violence has become an increasingly controversial topic. There are occasionally news
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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 concealed handgun license
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bombarding the American population with false statistics‚ hand picked heart-rending news stories‚ and misinterpreted information it can be easy to see why the hatred and misunderstanding for guns and pro-gun laws‚ for instance‚ campus carry‚ are so rampant in America. Campus carry is an important law that if an individual so chooses‚ can allow a person to express their right to bear arms‚ provide a means of self-protection‚ and will not bring a significant change to everyday life. With the proper and
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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
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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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