Ban The Use Of Guns By Civilians

With the popular culture providing positive images of guns, the United States has a gun prevalence that is very rare in the modern world. While many people appreciate the “gun culture”, guns are heavily involved in violence in the United States. According to U.S. Department of Justice, since 1960, more than 750,000 Americans have died under firearms, including homicides, suicides, and unintentional injuries. The figure 1 provides a comprehensive survey of U.S. violent crimes for the period from 1993 to 2011.This figure illustrates that from 1993 to 2011, about 60% to 70% of homicides were associated with a firearm. Over the same period, between 6% and 9% of all nonfatal violence, with about 20% to 30% of robberies and 22% to 32% of aggravated assaults involving a firearm.

The answer to gun violence in schools is not to put more guns in them. Equipping teachers with guns, who are little more than civilians, is not the smartest idea. This would not help prevent the type of deadly mass shootings we've been seeing lately. All that would do is increase the possibility of innocent people getting caught in the crossfire. Even if teachers were allowed to have access to weapons they would have to be locked up some where safe. They couldn't hide the gun in a classroom because it would be too dangerous and too easy to gain access of. If a student is holding a teacher hostage they wouldn't let them leave to go get their gun and come back. So why wouldn't you want a security guard arriving to handle the situation when they would always have a weapon on them? But what if the teacher did have te weapon on them and a confrontation happens in front of the whole class? Imagine the emotional distress it would cause the students to have all had to either watch their teacher or their classmate be shot to death. It wouldn't be worth it. Think about how you would feel if you had a child and had to send them to school everyday not knowing if their teachers are mentally stable

“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined. ” -George Washington. School shootings have come to the forefront of our thought, especially in recent years, and people across the country are seeking the best way prevent future incidents. On one side you have those that believe more strict gun control laws and a higher presence of gun free zones is the optimum solution. This argument can be supported by the article "More Guns on Campuses Won’t Make People Safer, Researchers Say" By Jon Schuppe, where he quotes researchers from John Hopkins university stating that "Increasing gun availability in campus environments could make far more common acts of aggression, recklessness or self-harm more deadly and, thus, have a deleterious impact

Malcolm X once said, “Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the gun down” (Malcolm X: "The Ballot). However, the news rarely accounts for when a gun has saved someone from potential danger. Every day, gun murders are broadcasted and dramatized on the news. Reports put emphasis on the guns, effectively making firearms look accountable for these evil acts. Indeed, devastation and destruction are what catch the public’s attention and get news channels high ratings. These broadcasts consequently convince the general population that controlling and even banning guns is going to stop the existence of violence. The United States does have the highest gun ownership rate in the world by a significant amount. On the contrary, the United States

America is a country, to put it frankly, that loves its guns. The right to bear arms is one solidified by this nation’s constitution, and many American’s exercise that right boldly. Just how many guns are available to Americans today? The ATF stated that as of 2009, the estimated total number of firearms available to U.S citizens was approximately 310 million: 114 million handguns, 110 million rifles, and 86 million shotguns (Krouse 1). With the US population currently at a little over 300 million people, this means that there is a gun for nearly every man, woman and child in our country. So there are a staggering number of guns in America, but what does this suggest? To reach a meaningful conclusion with this data, we must once again

As a student at a public high school, it is scary knowing that at any time something wrong could happen. Schools have some safety precautions, for example code red drills and having a locked door before anyone can actually get into the school. But recent events have shown that schools are definitely not the safest place considering 17 people were killed at a high school in Florida on Valentine’s Day. The government can ensure that it will never happen again if they make a few changes. If there are new and improved gun laws, then everywhere will feel safer and people will be less afraid.

Imagine yourself in school. It is your 7th period class and you are just waiting for the bell to ring to finally go home. The day has been totally ordinary until you and your classmates hear a loud gunshot coming from outside the window. Students are screaming and running frantically around the room. Teachers are rushing around doing all the procedures they learned from past drills. Except this is not a drill. This is real. You and your classmates huddle in the corner. Outside the school you hear more gunshots. Would this situation be different if teachers had guns? The answer is no. Teachers and staff at schools shouldn’t be armed with guns.

Schools are generally considered a safe place and have been for years. Not only safe from violence, but safe to express thoughts and opinions without fear of retaliation or ridicule. Allowing firearms into an environment such as this, will most assuredly make schools feel more like a war zone, not a safe zone. It will feel more like a prison, not a school. Students will become silent with their thoughts, ideas, and opinions and their opportunity for mindful growth will decrease. Teachers are supposed to be counselors and advisors – safe people. Allowing educators to carry guns makes them the appointed defenders of our schools. But what if the principal (or teacher) doesn't act quickly enough? What if the teacher does not believe in pulling a gun? Or couldn't find the key to the locked drawer containing the gun? Perhaps the teacher wasn't in the building when a threat presented itself? There now becomes a culpable non-defender, someone who does not do his or her duty and now another target for finger-pointing, excuse-making, lawsuits, or

In this society it’s so easy to have access to firearms. Studies have shown that there has been 16,082 incidents of gun violence since the year has started, and it is rising every day (http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/). A number of people own firearms, but when individuals with a history of violence, mental illness and substance abuse it’s easily accessible. Due to our weak gun laws death and violent situations will increase.

There are many reasons why allowing teachers to carry guns to school will not stop violence. Allowing teachers to carry guns in school is just an overreaction. Time Magazine says, “Less than 2% of youth homicides occur at school.” This means that as tragic as a school shooting is; it is also rare. The students might copy the teachers and bring more guns into school. It will be easy access for someone to steal the guns. Schools will no longer be a safe trusted place to learn, it will become a prison with teachers at the rule. How do we know we can even trust these teachers with guns around our children? Why not find an alternative way to stop school violence?

As far as overall gun violence is concerned, according to the FBI's 1998 Uniform Crime Reports, the overall violent crime rate in the US decreased about 7%. Robbery alone declined by 11%, the lowest since 1969. In addition, murder dropped by 7%, the lowest since 1967. More significantly, despite the fact the number of firearms and handguns owned by individual Americans continued to increase from 1997-1998, the FBI also reported the rate of firearms used to commit murder and robberies decreased in 1998. (1998 Uniform Crime Reports). These facts conclusively prove that firearms owned by peaceable citizens do not lead to increased murder or violent crime rates. In fact, they demonstrate that armed citizens lead to reduced rates of violent crime. When the gun is in the hands of a well-rounded person, it is no more of a weapon than your every day curling iron.

Allowing teachers to be armed can save your child’s life A 2013 research article in the Wall Street Journal reported that the average police response time to an emergency call is eleven minutes ( ProCon.org). During that time, a countless number of students can be killed, because they are defenseless. If you look at the Columbine shooting, you can see that it only took 16 minutes for the perpetrators to kill twelve students, one teacher, and wound 20 people (History.com Staff. Now, imagine if that one teacher had a gun. They could’ve taken down one or more of the perpetrators and lessened, or wiped away, the death toll. They could’ve gotten to the shooters before others were killed.

Conclusion: →The way I see it, guns are our last hope before we loose everything to the American political system. Guns maintain a sense of protection, pride and liberty. Guns provide citizens with the means to protect themselves from intruders, rapists, psycho killers, and even government tyranny. Control of guns is unnecessary if we can attribute more attention to those who actually need it, i.e. unstable

Guns in schools can lead to a more dangerous environment for students. Having weapons in schools can be very dangerous, because they can hurt students as well as teachers or

Gun violence is a topic that unfortunately happens too much in the United States. People need to understand that while sure ‘Guns don’t kill People, People kill people’ guns make it a hell of a lot easier for a person to kill another person. If our government used its power to be able to control the type and number of guns people can buy, our country would be a whole lot safer.