Guns Should Be Allowed On College Campuses

School should be a place of peace and opportunity, but gaps in the system of gun control threatens the safety of faculty and students. School shootings have killed a total of 297 lives, young and old (Slate Magazine). Gun control has been a continuous nationwide debate for many years. It seems that no one wants to take a stance against guns unless they are personally affected. In order to take control of the matter and prevent more incidents from continuing schools need to change. To achieve a safe environment in schools need to educate faculty, safe and students, heighten security, and assess mental health issues.

Dear Mortimer I am writing this paper to persuade you to rethink your position concerning the preemption of firearms regulation regarding college campuses. All over the world violence occurs when we least expect it. As the human race evolves, so does the technology we use. We have acquired the ability to kill a man without being in his general vicinity. With just the slight movement of my finger I can end someone’s life. One small confrontation could lead to a terrible travesty. In the United States alone, we have seen many shootings in educational buildings from the students themselves. When you put guns in the hands of students, you are asking for death. People may say it adds protection to people wearing guns, but what about the people without them? I strongly believe that if this bill is allowed to continue we be seeing a large number of shooting in buildings of education, which is unacceptable. One small miscommunication between two armed students could start a firefight.

Allowing guns on campuses has to be one of the most absurd solutions conceived to regulate safety. Firearms have no place in the hands of staff and students on campus. The idea is totally blown out of proportion because many universities actually considering concealed carry believe the impact will be less crime and more safety, but what exactly does it mean to allow a weapon on college property? People that are for campus carry argue that those with a firearm will be able to defend themselves against any incident that is bound to happen, but what happens when they pull out a gun? How will students, staff, or law enforcement react? Guns on campuses are not a good idea due to the fact students aren't fully mature enough to carry a weapon, they will become inhibited in

Gun control is a major topic in today’s society and it is broken into many subcategories that all have different arguments and views. A few examples are The Second Amendment is not an unlimited right to own guns, more gun control laws would reduce gun deaths and more gun control leads to fewer suicides in the United States. The gun control category I am focusing on in this essay is, should teachers and students be able to carry firearms on a college campus. I chose this since I am currently attending college and this could have an effect directly on me or ASU. The idea of teachers and staff being able to carry firearms on a college campus has come up many times in the media recently due to the rise in mass shootings. Many states are now looking at this problem and voting on it. This topic is always heavily debated due to the many different sides and varying beliefs on gun control and safety. The NRA (National Rifle Association) has a heavy influence on the united states and who should be allowed gun and what legislation is passed. The gun control topic of firearms on a college campus has become politicalized and is commonly drawn into political debates and has become a political tool for winning elections. Some states have already voted and taken action on this new idea and have allowed staff to carry guns on campuses and in cars parked and locked in secure parking lots. Another major idea that is constantly brought up with campus carry and firearms on campuses

Should teachers and students be allowed to have guns on campus? According to Tierra Francois, guns allows her to feel safe on campus. She also says if teachers had guns it would allow her to feel safe in the classroom. Kenzie Kesselring believes that guns on campus is not safe with all the debates that happen on campus and people snap and you never know what's going to happen. She also says that students might have the fear of the other students with

The main reason for guns in school is to protect the kids. But the kids don’t want it around them. In a survey done by DoSomething.org, 7 out of 10 kids said they would feel less safe with a firearm in the building. While at Texas A&M, 57% of the students enrolled voted against teachers carrying weapons. Also, students are safe at school already, 93% of violence against college students happen off campus.

The issue of gun violence in schools has been a critical issue on the forefront of national politics in the previous years. There have been way too many school shootings in the United States and even in other countries. Governments are trying to come up with strategic solutions to fix this major issue. Many politicians and human rights activists have been advocating for better gun control and better ways to keep students more protected in schools. Some people believe that school faculty should be allowed to carry weapons as a measure of increased security. Gun control is a problem that must be tackled by rethinking the presence of guns in our society and not making the problem worse by adding more guns and allow an outlook of using guns to

Gun control nowadays seems to be a huge problem and prominent topic of discussion due to the horrific events happening all over the nation from convenient stores to college campuses. A Boise State professor of biology and criminal justice, Greg Hampikian, decided to voice his opinion about control through an article published by the New York Times. After his state legislature passed a bill that permits guns in state colleges and university campuses. Hampikian mocks the state legislature and uses sarcasm and irony throughout the article, but eventually gets his point across towards the middle and end of the article on the topic of allowing hand guns to be on campus.

To be completely honest, when I approached this final paper on the syllabus, I was apprehensive. When it comes to the topic of guns in general, I have very mixed feelings. However, since this assignment has been administered, I suppose that it is time for me to make an opinion and stick with it. On the issue, of being allowed to carry handguns on college campuses, I am in favor of this law passing. I do, however, have some restrictions in making this statement. Those restrictions will come later.

Shouldn’t we have a right to protect ourselves? What if we are in danger and no security is around? In approximately one year here has been 23 shooting on college campuses. So statistics show that there is a need for students to protect themselves. Students and staff will feel safe. since school shooting are so prevalent should college students carry guns to protect themselves or depend on the campus security.

Conflicts between students do occur, and in one of those an irrational action can be taken resulting in using a gun. Even with rules, there are people who are not mentally prepared for the rules; “We’ve already seen so many instances where people get hurt because there are guns in schools” (Fernandez 4) Even though there are regulations such as only licensed people are eligible to carry a concealed gun, there isn’t anything that has been stated that there will be checks if that is their gun. There are 50 percent of people who support having guns on campus that will obtain one by someone who is eligible, and take it to campus without being checked if it’s their gun. Someone who isn’t mentally stable is able to obtain a concealed gun without having to purchase one, or was unstable after they bought a gun and can just snap; “The 25 year-old architectural engineering major and ex-Marine–who had previously complained of searing headaches and depression” (The UT Tower Shooting 1). Charles Whitman was mentally unstable that led him to commit the fatal action. To avoid an experience like this there should not be concealed guns on campus. Although there have been past experience of a student bringing a gun, there are other alternatives such as metal detectors or more security. A gun is thought to be used in self defense, but college is the moment of stress and anxiety among 18 to 25 year-olds in which they still make irrational actions; “Opponents say the notion that armed students would make a campus safer is an illusion” (Fernandez 1). Students stress out over exams which will cause them to do extreme actions, such as using their gun in a class discussion. Guns will not make the campus safer it will just increase the risk of a shooting to

Guns should be permitted in colleges because there has been an increase of shooting at dorm and other locations on campus. While many people think guns being permitted on the campus would increase it even more. Doing this can bring it down by the targeted victims being able to defend themselves against the attacking person.

Hi I am a college student at Palm Beach State College in Florida West Palm Beach. One time I went to a guns store in which you can also practice how to use a gun. I was fourteen years the first time that I used a gun. I went to the place with my sister, three cousins and my father. The truth is that it was fun to use a gun, although we all knew it was dangerous to use one if we had not have any experience with it beforehand. Parting from this root, a debate that has recently arose and that we all as college students should be concerned about and follow closely is weather fire guns should be allowed in campus or not. Some people agree to allow guns on colleges and other do not agree. The Florida legislature debated a bill to allow concealed handguns on college campuses. Also, quoted from the introductory material on pp. 626­627, these three essays examine whether the students and faculty should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on college campuses. All of the essays examine this question in great detail; however, I believe the question of guns on campus centers on three issues: Do handguns detract from the learning environment on a college campus, do handguns on campus create additional risks, and do untrained concealed carry permit holders create additional dangers on campus?

1. According to the writers, the firearms policy of the great majority of colleges and universities both public and private is to ban guns. It is important for them to indicate the predominance of this policy because according to them this is the only way to keep those places safe.

On September 17, 2006, a gunman shot and wounded five Duquesne University basketball players after a school dance; this is the first shooting at this university in its 128 years. On April 16, 2007, a gunman killed at least 33 people in the Virginia Tech Massacre. On February 14, 2008, a man shot and killed five students in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall (Brady Campaign, 2012). Due to the dispute that has surrounded guns and violence on campuses in the recent years, the question of whether or not individuals on campuses should carry firearms is a controversial debate. Two major perspectives delineate this matter; one side feels as though allowing guns on campus is a basic right. The other side feels as though banning guns on campus would reduce the amount of violence (AASCU Government Relations, 2017). Universities should not permit guns on college campuses.