Lopez was definitely in the wrong in bringing a gun to school, but it should have been up to the state to punish him and Congress should not have gotten involved. I too think that this case kept or court system in check too. If the Court had agreed with Congress then I believe it would have increased Congress’s power. This case showed that Congress could not get away with saying it fit effected the interstate commerce.…
Throughout its history, the United States has had a fascination with guns. Americans have used guns in times of war, for protection, and for hunting. Americans also use guns when they are intent on killing people. When violence happens in school shootings, drive-by shootings, assassination of public officials, or in the workplace and shopping malls, Americans demand something be done. This demand fuels the debate between gun rights and gun control activists. It fuels the debate over the interpretation of the Second Amendment. It fuels the debate on allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons in gun-free zones. This makes us ask the question: Should guns be banned from college campuses? Two recent college campus massacres have triggered a renewed interest in this debate. On the morning of April 16, 2007, a deeply troubled young man named Seung Hui Cho used two pistols to murder thirty-two students and faculty members, as well as killing himself, at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia (Feldman 284). The second incident happened on February 14, 2008 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. The twenty-seven year old gunman, Steven Kazmierczak, walked into a lecture hall with three handguns and a shotgun and fired fifty-four rounds from the weapons. He fatally shot five students and himself and wounded sixteen others (Goldman). These two incidents have brought the gun control vs. the gun rights debate back to the college campuses. The heart of the debate focuses on whether allowing concealed weapons in a college classroom setting can save lives if a similar catastrophe happens again. Activists across the United States are joining forces to make their voices heard. One such group, Students for…
Cavanaugh, Michael R. "Student Attitudes Toward Concealed Handguns on Campus at 2 Universities." American Joumal of Public Health 102.12 (2012): 2245-2247. Web. 22 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519323/>.…
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.…
Teachers in 18 states are now carrying guns in school! After a recent study in the news that left many people questioning about, whether teachers should carry guns at school or not. My opinion is that they should not bring guns to school because it could accidentally go off. If this occurred it could affect a child's learning long term and their home life. This could also attract teachers for the wrong reason.…
When you think of Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary School do you think of an average school or do you think of the tragic, mass murders that took place by gunmen? School shootings have started to increase more and more over the last decade, this also rising in colleges across the country. The question has been posed “Should students be allowed to carry a gun on campus?”. As the Constitution states in the Second Amendment, we as Americans, should have the God given right to have a gun to protect themselves from danger. Today’s society is willing to put people’s rights aside to make up for some people’s discomfort of having guns on campus. This is understandable as school shootings happen for people owning guns, but allowing students to carry a gun on campus also allows them to protect themselves and others in a crisis instead of having to wait for campus security or other law officers to show up. Being able to have a gun on campus could help save more lives than banning them. As some states are starting to pass the law allowing students to carry a gun as long as it’s concealed, it is starting many controversies as to whether it is what is best for our states. With many questions coming up with this debate, passing the law would allow students to use their right, protect themselves and others in dangerous situations, and even possibly decrease the opportunities for…
One thing that has been happening in schools is open fire, killing and wounding others weather that is the teachers or students. Tragedies like these are some of our worst fears no one would ever want to be stuck in the middle of a school shooting. So let's stop this from happening with giving teacher the rights to carry concealed weapons. The reasons we are going to let this is happen is because teachers will be prepared for an incident to happen, some people live to far away and it would take a long time before the police get there, students are going to feel more safe knowing that their teachers are armed.…
After various shootings in schools and colleges, gun control laws have been a debate all over the country and all over the news. However, many state legislatures have already decided to obligate colleges and universities to allow “concealed carry”. While on one side laws are being passed to keep guns away from the public, on the other side, guns are being permitted in college campuses. Allowing people to carry guns in college campuses is not the way to keep students, faculty, and staff safe, because the students will have to face additional risks, a healthy learning environment is at stake, and citizens allowed a conceal carry permit aren’t always righteous.…
Imagine a student or instructor being allowed to bring a gun to campus. Imagine what would happen if that student or instructor were having a bad day or had a major disagreement with someone. The possibility that something disastrous could happen is quite real. Measures should be enacted that address such a situation. By banning guns on campuses, tragedies can be prevented. Guns should not be allowed on college campuses because they will increase violence, raise the number of accidental shootings, and create a mood of fear on campuses.…
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.…
After the tragedies that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School, guns have no place in our nation’s schools. allowing college professors to possess guns on campus will only lead to more gun deaths and injuries, not less. Federal and state laws that prohibit guns at schools and pose harsh penalties for gun possession, in contrast, help keep our children and educators safe. College and Universities are generally safe havens from gun violence.…
In America, the problem is not that we have too many guns; the problem is that we don’t have any guns in the right places. Federal buildings, banks, and corporate buildings all have armed security. Which is logical, but why not in schools? Children and their safety should be more important than the money in the bank or the secrets in some CEO’s office. For some reason, certain people just find the idea of arming teachers as an out-of-this-world solution. It shouldn’t be a surprise that school shooters are effective and successful when they meet no opposition from within the school. When in the right hands, guns can be a great life saving tool; and, when in the right places, it can be a deterrent to violence.…
This paper will determine whether guns have a place on college, and school campuses. The conclusion that the paper reaches is that students who have guns will be tempted to use them, especially at universities and colleges that are full of drug use, stress, and anxiety. The mixture of guns into a formula like that is simply not conducive to a safe environment. This paper will take evidence from experts, as well as state rulings to show the two sides of gun control in regards to school campuses in order to answer the question: Should guns be allowed on college campuses?…
In the article, “Texas Lawmakers Pass a Bill Allowing Guns at Colleges”, written by Manny Fernandez and Dave Montgomery, from the The New York Times, the author discuss about whether guns should be allowed on campus. In the article, they talk about two opposing sides, where one side supports the campus carry law and the other disagrees with the campus carry law. State representative Jonathan Stickland said, “An armed society is a safe society, so any time you have gun control, there is far more opportunity to become victims”. While there is another side where they do not support the campus carry law. An admiral named William H. McRaven said, “I have all sorts of guns. I just don’t think bringing guns on campus is going to make us any safer.” Texas lawmakers made an egregious mistake when they passed a law, allowing guns on college campuses.…
“Bang bang you’re dead,” was a common saying when playing cops and robbers as a young kid. The recent string of shootings on college campuses has people and states looking at passing a law making it legal to carry a gun on college campuses. The people trying to get the law passed say that letting someone carry a concealed weapon will allow the weapon carrier to protect themselves if a shooter comes to their campus. Those against allowing a person to carry a gun on campus want to protect people from gun accidents. Guns on campus would definitely make me think twice about doing violence on a college campus. It should be legal to carry a gun on campus.…