In today’s time‚ open carry is discussed by both politicians and the common man‚ but should it be allowed? Would open carry add to the danger that is already present in society today‚ or would it help in reducing crime and many other dangers that exist today? While both sides of this argument can be valid‚ open carry should be considered because of the following: it helps to reduce crime‚ it will help common people from getting in trouble because of what they are carrying‚ and it helps protect police
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Johnson April 20‚ 2013 Teachers and Guns in Schools In this day and age‚ more children are being subject to violence through a variety of sources and medium. For example‚ video games such as Mortal Combat‚ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas‚ Call of Duty and one of my favorites only because I like military aircraft‚ Air Combat‚ have a lot of graphic detail‚ abusive language‚ violent themes and emphasis on just one goal‚ killing & murder. These children do go to school‚ yet the significance isn’t
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Harmanjot Kaur Professor Edmunds English 105 (1pm) Writing Assignment 1 Should K-12 Teachers be Allowed to Carry Guns on Campus? Out of all of the places you have determined do you really think a school is a secure place where your child could be. Well not all of the time? Let’s take Sandy Hook Elementary School for an example. None of the 20 children and 6 teachers ever imagined that they weren’t going to live and see tomorrow. If they had known all of this wouldn’t have happened. Their beautiful
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elementary students hidden under desks around the classroom‚ and the teacher is begging the children to stop sobbing. Down the hall the sound of gunshots ring out the sounds of people screaming and begging for help can be heard. The shooter is moving closer and closer to the area and all the innocent soon to be victims are defenseless. There is nothing in that classroom that is going to stop what is about to happen. Now imagine a teacher with a handgun that could at least scare off the shooter‚ or deter
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Guns on a school campus is an issue with two clear sides‚ those who support allowing concealed weapons and those who rally for gun free zones. David Burnett supports the idea of allowing students to carry concealed weapons. Burnett’s central argument is that gun free zones leave students defenseless. Darby Dickerson disagrees‚ saying students do not understand the responsibilities of owning a weapon and should therefore‚ not be allowed to carry them on campus. Both Burnett and Dickerson have valid
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opinions on guns being allowed on campus. Some think it would cause more conflict and some think that it would protect the students just in case of an incident. I think guns should be allowed on school campus as long as there’s a fair amount of rules applied. My first reason why I think guns should be allowed to be carried by teachers on school campuses is because it could save lives. The thing about this though is that if there was a school shooter on the campus‚ would he suspect a teacher to have
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Guns Allowed In School Buildings “On [ Feb. 1]‚ Price Middle School located in Atlanta fell victim to yet another shooting in a rash of shootings that seem to be sweeping across the nation in the midst of the gun control debate” ( Landry). How can people make the choice to kill dozens of innocent children who just wanted to go to school and live their lives? More and more people are making these horrible decisions every day. There is one good solution to this epidemic‚ but parents and school
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Why Teachers Should Have Guns at School Children at Sandy Hook Elementary School were helpless when Adam Lanza walked in with three guns and shot twenty kids and six adults. As a result for not letting teachers carry some type of weapon‚ teachers and student are getting shot. The only Thing that students have for defense is any object that is in that room‚ but that doesn’t compare to a gun. Biden heads a panel to Obama for more control on the guns. Just because we have gun control‚ it won’t keep
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Why not allow teachers to carry guns if they’re able to? Even though most people think it is a horrid idea; the reality is‚ that increased publicity has caused people to react negatively. They need to understand that there is specialized handlers 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
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Should police be allowed to carry tasers? Do you agree? Taser is a device‚ which has electronic shock that use electrical current to disrupt muscle control. This essay will argue that police are within their rights to carry tasers. Police officers are one the most apparent weapons of the government‚ and they are delegated with significant power and judgment. They are the only members of society lawfully authorized to take life or impose serious injury to maintain order and implement the law.
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