carry concealed weapons onto college campuses has always been an area of contention. In 1990, Congress passed the Clery Act which created gun-free zones in primary and secondary schools. Around that same time many states passed laws prohibiting weapons on college campuses as well. (Lyons, 2017) In recent years there has been a stronger focus on college related shootings and deaths which has re-ignited the conversation regards concealed weapons on college campuses. The most prominent political value
country’s laws and regulations regarding gun control and how to prevent these horrible tragedies have been a highly debated topic. As more and more innocent lives are lost it is clear that something must be done to put a stop to not only mass shootings, but gun violence in general. The most recent solution, proposed specifically to decreased gun violence on college campuses is campus carry. Campus carry is allowing people to carry concealed firearms on college campuses (Doubleday). Many states have already
At Virginia Tech one student took the lives of 32 students including himself. Since then gun laws have drastically been changed because of what happened on that fateful day. As of today guns are banned on most college campuses. Though in the near future this could easily be overturned. Though could having guns on college campuses pose a greater threat than to protect its students and faculty? College campuses are reportedly much safer and report much less crimes than cities or towns. Though according
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” declares National Rifle Association 's President Wayne LaPierre. But, does this statement really hold true on college campuses? Considerations of allowing a student or others to conceal and carry a firearm on college campuses causes a tremendous amount of controversy in the U.S.. The heated debate surrounding campus carry began after the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech reported Dennis A. Henigan, former Vice-President of the
Gun Control: Weapons on Campus Bruce Willis once stated, “If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who would have guns would be the bad guys”. This introduces the controversy of whether guns should be allowed on college campuses throughout the United States or not. There have been multiple public shootings on campuses throughout America, but there is no definite solution to stopping these catastrophes from occurring. Many politicians and citizens are asking themselves the
workplace and at schools and colleges, I do not think professors and administrators, let alone students, should carry guns”. In his second paragraph, he lays out reason as to why he feels this way and shows that he can be considered an expert in firearm safety. Giving information into his background reinforces his position and add to his argument against arming people on college campuses. Some may be surprised that he is against having armed professors and students on campus because of his background
of America, there is a rising epidemic happening and its gun violence and the violence will not only rise, but triple if guns are permitted on college campuses and inevitably cause a ripple of issues. With several campus shootings, the most fatal being in 2007, the shooting that occurred at Virginia Tech University, a number of states are pushing harder to consider legislation about whether or not to permit concealed guns on college campuses and to obliterate the existing firearm regulations. This
When pondering guns we tend to think whether the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, would be taken away. Whether or not to allow concealed weapons on college campuses has been a debated topic for many years. Whether we should allow conceal and carry on campuses seems like a hard debate for many reasons, one such as whether it would be safe to allow college students to be armed with weapons. Several colleges lately have been allowing conceal and carry on their college campuses. Conceal and carry
years 2013 and 2015, there has been 84 shootings that have occurred in schools in which the one possessing the weapon was a student (Julie Underwood, Mixing guns and Schools). Due to the recent mass shootings, there has been various gun control debates whether to prohibit guns in public places such as schools or decreasing restrictions on owning a gun. One of the deadliest shootings that has occurred, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 in which there was a total of 28 dead deaths- 20 children
“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