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    This year alone the city of chicago has recieved 83,183 applications for the ability to conceal and carry weapons through out the state. Imagine your self on a sunday afternoon at the park with a relative or loved one, on a weekend. as you enjoy the weather and you feel as you were paralized and your soroundings start to get blurry caused by a gun shot. you look around unaware of what just happened and try to react, you hear to get down and the devistation through the voice of an injured individual

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    Concealed weapon carry has been a very debatable topic for a while now. Yes, many bad people would be able to get their hands on one, but how do we let those people spoil it for the rest of us? Those are the exact types of people we need to be protecting ourselves from. These people are the reason we need to have concealed carry, to protect ourselves. I’m here to give you reasons why concealed carry should be permitted to those qualified. I’m here to say, don’t let one bad apple spoil the bunch

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    adults should not have the right to conceal carry their firearm on campus because they are not mature enough to handle the responsibility that comes with carrying. The debate of carrying a concealed weapon has been a headline in the news for the past few years now. So many young adults are getting their concealed carry permit now a days. The steps in purchasing a firearm are very simple and easy. All one has to do is pay $8 to their local NC Sheriffs department and after a quick background check, they

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    Concealed Carry Weapons I took a look at gun control and how society feels about it. I looked at if people thought that you should have a permit to carry a weapon. I looked at age, income and if they owned a gun. This is a small survey that looks at my classmates thought. This survey was conducted by Survey Monkey. 1 PURPOSE In this survey I was looking at how people felt about concealed weapons. I wanted to take a look at some of their thoughts on who should be allowed to carry. How age affected

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    Carry Concealed Weapons In our society carrying concealed weapons seem to be a major issue. Authorities should allow anyone to carrying weapons after they pass a background check and complete training classes. In his essay” Letting Teachers Pack Guns will make America’s School Safer” Lott, argues that citizens have the right to protect themselves. I agree with him because accepting this law people can defend themselves from criminals before police arrive. Also legalizing hidden weapons will help

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    It has been legal to carry a conceal weapon since 2013 when Illinois became the last state to allow concealed weapon permits. After it passed a poll concluded that 52.3% of their population felt less safe after it passed in 2013. According to a 2010 poll over 55% of our population felt less safe when learning that it’s legal to carry in public places. You have to be a certain kind of person to be able to properly carry and operate without making it obvious or having the risk of an accident. Some

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    argument of having concealed weapons in schools in order for the teachers or students in college to protect and defend themselves and others when the time came. While some argue that it is the best way to keep everyone safe and how it is our right to bear arms, others will agree that it may just cause more shootings and more deaths. Concealed weapons should not be allowed in colleges, because it will make them available for students who should not have a weapon, having weapons does not mean people

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    a group known as Students for Concealed Carry on Campus began a movement to legalize campus carry for colleges in the U.S. Lawmakers then put in place laws that would allow students and faculty to carry weapons to better defend themselves (The Secret History of the Campus Carry Movement). As of 2016 Texas became the ninth state to allow concealed carry on public universities for holders of gun permits. Nevertheless, the debate over whether to allow concealed weapons in schools remains a hot topic

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    regulate carrying concealed weapons (CCW) have been wildly debated in the California and the US. There have mainly been two different types of laws. One is a type of legislation known as “may need” laws, which issues licenses to people who are in absolute need of carrying a concealed weapon. The other is known as “shall use” laws, which is a lot more lenient for people and makes it easier for the general public to get a gun. This law gives state authorities to issue concealed weapon licenses to any

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    Concealed Carry for Chicago Concealed Carry Weapons have helped the crime rate drop almost 22%(Washington Times)! Concealed Carry Weapons are viewed in many different ways. People who are looking for protection and safety want to know the pros and cons about concealed carry weapons. In the city, many crimes are committed. The concealed carry weapon issue is important because some people want to learn more about them and the good reasons behind concealed carry weapon. Concealed Carry Weapons

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