Persuasive Speech On Gun Safety In Schools

For over a decade, There has been an alarming rate of gun violence in schools from middle schools to college and many people have debated on how to stop this. Currently, it has been proposed that in order to combat school shootings, teachers should be armed with guns of their own. Although in some ways it may sound like a good idea, this is not an idea that would eliminate the issue nor make classrooms feel any safer. According to an article in the huffington post, they make it apparent to remind people that kids know how to get their hands on anything if they desired it bad enough. “ask your mother” Ken Corbett, author of the article states, “Better yet, recall how you knew where she hid the Christmas presents. Or where your father kept his

Ultimately, this comes down to which solution can fit best between the two groups of those that want guns and those that don’t. A solution that can be in favor of both sides is introducing guns into our children education at school. Not an education use obviously, but on how dangerous it is and what mechanisms to identify when they

“Should Gun Safety be Taught in Schools? Perspective of Teachers,” Asks the question if it is appropriate to teach gun safety in the classrooms of young children. It also asks who should be doing the teaching either the teacher or a professional such as a cop. Statistics show people who have guns in the home often leave them in reach of young children and increasing the risk of accidental deaths. Cecilia Obeng received her Doctorates in early childhood development & education at Indiana University in 2002 where she is currently teaching as a professor and the author of several books.

So, in addition to stricter gun sales and background checks, required gun training would also help reduce gun violence and unintentional discharges in the United States. It is not required for a person to have any gun training or gun knowledge to purchase a firearm. This can turn into a huge mistake, since owning a gun with no knowledge on how to use one can be more dangerous towards that person than protective. As Bill Moran, a former member of the United States Shotgun Team, believes, “Gun training would help prevent some accidents that occur while people improperly use guns” (Moran). A person with no gun experience can easily shoot himself on accident if not careful. Not only is not having gun knowledge hurtful to oneself, but it can also be hurtful to others. One obvious way is if that unexperienced gun owner accidently shoots somebody else with his gun, whether it is by accidental discharge due to a lack of knowledge of safety features designed into the gun or simply improperly shooting at a target without knowing what or who is around it. Another and less obvious way is by the uneducated gun owner’s storage of his weapon. By storing a gun unsafely, as leaving it where a child can gain access to the gun or leaving the gun loaded, children are at risk of injuring their selves. Required gun training would decrease gun related

According to the Washington Post, American children are nine times more likely to die from a gun accident compared to children in other countries. Gun safety is a hot topic that is constantly debated in the media between the differing viewpoints. However, raising gun safety awareness among children is something that every parent and responsible citizen can agree upon. Here are three reasons why children should learn firearm safety.

Should firearm safety be required in school? Many people debate about this but the truth is that if we had firearm safety there would be less accidents. For example, Wyatt Whitaker could have live; instead, he was not handling the firearm safely which lead to his death shortly after the accident.

From Elementary schools to colleges, this is happening. Over 49.8 million enrolled in public school in 2012. Although that may seem like a substantial amount of children,, the 297 that have lost their lives seems like more of an impact. Every year, more than 250 students in the Chicago Public Schools are shot, approximately 30 of these shootings are fatal. To deal with this problem, CPS CEO Ron Huberman launched the $60 million violence prevention initiative in September of 2009 a program that have received a substantial about of national attention as an innovative attempt to bring the violence rate down, and increase the education of the students most at risk for violence and destruction. During this study a graph was made to determine the factors of children that were more susceptible to being shot. For example if you have ever spent time in a juvenile detention center, raises the likelihood by 2.5 percentage points. I feel that conducting this test has helped determine some factors that could represent some problems and be better equipt with solutions. Some of the largest school massacres were at Virginia Tech, 2007 killing 32 people. Columbine High School 1999, 15 people dead. The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the horrific story we all remember in 2012. Where 28 people died. It's really unfortunate our world has come to this harsh reality of our society and its upbringing. Now people have said that teachers should have to get their concealed handgun license (CHL). In 15 midwestern universities they did a survey on whether or not to be able to carry a concealed handgun on campus, faculty and students. When totalled up 1,649 students 92% returned their voting ballots. The majority 78% of students was not supportive of concealed handguns on campuses, and 78% claimed that they would not obtain a permit to carry a handgun, if it were legal.That just goes to show and prove that people are uneasy about

Gun control was a very hot topic the last few years, which in turn have given guns a bad reputation to many people. Personally, I do not believe that guns are bad since they do not control what they do the operator of a gun controls what that gun does. The guns that I have one sitting under my bed and the other in the corner in the guest bedroom, and I can guarantee that since they have been put there they have not fired a single shot on their own. Guns have saved many lives in life or death situations, from preventing a school shooter from killing anyone else, to holding the robber up at someone’s home until the authorities arrive to deal with the situation, guns have also helped hunters provide food for their families since it was invented. There is no reason for someone to miss use a gun when there are classes that help them learn about guns and how to handle them. There are many courses offered to anyone that wants to learn how to handle a gun properly. In order to go hunting in South Carolina you are required by SCDNR to take a hunter’s education course and successfully complete the test before you are able to legally hunt. The NRA describes High-powered semiautomatic rifles and shotguns are used to hunt and are used in target shooting tournaments each year. [NRA] Before anyone is able to legally carry a pistol legally they are required to successfully complete the CWP class, and the person has to be at least twenty-one years of age. Teaching kid’s firearm safety at a young age ensures that they are more likely to remember how to handle a firearm when they are able to use one on their own.

As a kid, many things you aren’t commonly exposed to tend to frighten you. According to an article by Huffington Post, “...the presence of guns has the capacity to silence the voices of civics…” Guns are fearful to people of all ages. They have the power to ignite a bullet in and out of your body. How couldn’t that be scary? Not only are guns fearful to children, it also sets a bad example. According to a Texas resident, Raschella Lampkins, “It sends a bad message to students to think you can carry guns wherever.” It could lead students to extremely fearing their teachers or to feel that the teacher has an overbearing amount of power. Guns will continuously frighten students if they are allowed to be inside the school.

We are neighbors and this gun culture is also eventually going to effect us. I remember when in my previous school there was a lockdown when someone brought a gun to school. It was scary and shocking. It is not ok to be so comfortable with something like guns and weapons. I also sometimes think why is this mainly a problem in north America or first world countries? How come China or Japan doesn’t face this problem? Which makes me think that there is a glitch in our system. Is social media or movies advertising gun culture? Making it “cooler” or encouraging a trend? This has to be found and dealt with. Instead of glamourizing guns, what if we use media to show the real consequences of guns? The trauma and loss people suffer and that there are serious consequences to it. Orlando killer was shot by the cops and died, Alabama 14year old shooter student Hammad Memom was sentenced 30 years of prison after he killed his classmate Todd Brown, 14 years old. How are even guns accessible to school students? Their parents are also responsible for such events. I mean how come parents didn’t know about their son having access to a gun? If Hammad has any grudges or problems with Todd, he should have been able to talk to his parents or school staff comfortably before it escalated to killing the other student. I would say that our system is flawed and perhaps if we try to get to the root cause of such actions may be it won’t be a problem in the near future. I feel like setting up school information sessions and building that care relationship with children can help a lot. If these people are listened to before and have all the help available, they wouldn’t feel the need to pick a gun or even think about it in the first place. I believe when guns are not glamorized so much and not made to so safe, may be such people will not get encouraged or even think about them. People like Orlando

My initial point of view is adding more guns to a hostile situation by giving teachers guns does not solve schools security issues in trying to keep children safe. Spending valuable money should not go into training teachers on how to use a gun, it should go into educating all staff members and students on emergency drills and lock downs in case of a school shooting. Even upgrading security systems would be more helpful in a hostile situation rather than depending on one person killing another to save everyone.

Children are curious and they will play with guns which can result in the death of themselves or others. “A Ohio police officers two year old son is dead after shooting himself with his dads service weapon” (Phillips, 2016) The death of this child like many others are preventable if the gun had been properly secured. “Almost every accidental child involved shooting happened because the child found a unsecure weapon” (Howard, 2017). IF people properly stored and trained with their guns almost all accidental shootings can be

Are we just going to let someone strip us of our rights? Our freedoms? Especially the ones we have fought for since the beginning of the Revolutionary War. If we let them take this, what will they take next? I believe that gun control should not become more constrained because it would restrict self-defense, ruin family traditions and it would contravene the 2nd amendment of the Constitution.

Guns! Are they good or bad? Can they be illegal or legal? Why do we have guns? Should we ban guns? Guns are everywhere. We see police officers with them and also other law enforcement agencies. We have heard of them being in the news. We have mass shooting every year and we see it being more like a routine. Guns have been around for years and it all started from war fights. We use guns to fight war, prevent crime, and the second amendment, the right to bear arms. We range all different types of guns from semi automatic to shotguns, pistols, rifles, snipers, and so on. We have new guns being developed each year and exported around the world. Guns are so powerful that it can take you life away. We have seen the news lately about all these mass shooting. Anti-guns is the way we can stop this violence and to stop the killing of so many innocent people. If we stop legalizing guns, we can stop violence to be a continuous rampage.

           Carrying a gun poses danger to students. Weapons, like guns, can be misplaced in school, which can lead to the wrong hands. Young children are full of curiosity to touch everything and may accidentally pick up a gun. Children at an early age are not able to take their actions into consideration as they do not realize how powerful guns can be when it comes to hurting other people. Misplacing guns can cause innocent students to hurt themselves or others. More mature students are aware of how to use a gun prior to watching their parents, or watching a show on tv. Other students may have played violent video games in which guns are being used to murder other