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    Is it considered safe or a threat to let teachers carry weapons on campus? Teachers carrying weapons on campus has been a controversy for a while now, with one side of society believing it should be acceptable, and the other side believing it should not even be thought about. People believe that the unarmed man will is more prone to die than the armed man, as for the others they believe that there is too much potential for deadly violence. Since the well know shooting at Sandy Hook elementary took

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    How To Concealed Carry

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    A. This world is a considerably dangerous place. Self defense seems to be the only way we as people can survive situations that require skills and intelligence, concealed carry is one of the ways in which we can defend ourselves. It also has proven to be effective if the person posses the mental stability and a good moral compass as well as good marksmanship. B. To get a carry permit there is a minimum age of 21 and the person getting the person must have a clean background, the background check

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    Concealed guns increase crime. Some states allow to carry guns for public safety. Concealed guns in public is a terrible idea for so many reasons. As a result, concealed guns owner increase crimes and death of innocents. To being with, carrying concealed guns increase crimes. ‘’A 1995 study of five major cities found that gun-related homicides increased by an average of 4.5 per 100,000 people states that allowed concealed carry. Also, another study conducted over 33 years found that concealed

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    key cards could not enter the building. This prevents any unauthorized personal to enter the building and endanger the faculty and students. The reason why schools need metal sectors is to make sure faculty or students are not carrying a dangerous weapon with them.  Also, the schools should bring in a Police Officer so the kids can be educated by a person who knows about safety and protection. This will give students a better knowledge of gun safely. Another, idea is to have a gun drive in the local

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    Gun Control Essay

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    many different laws and regulations on weapons in the United States. However, to fully understand American views on guns, one must go back to the beginning of American history itself. The history of gun control in the United States started with the American Revolution. To gun rights activists, Americans derive a fundamental lesson from the revolution: The ultimate defense of

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    persuade people to become pro or anti-gun advocates, people write articles on gun control. Think Concealed Carry Makes You Safe? Think Again is an article about concealed carriers not being able to protect themselves. Texas Concealed Handgun Carries: Law-abiding Public Benefactors is an article about the change in arrest rates since Texas allowed citizens to carry concealed firearms. The article Think Concealed Carry Makes You Safe? Think Again, explains why loosening conceal and carry laws are bad

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    Sandy Hook Shootings

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    In February 2012, Thomas Lane shot three people at the Ohio Chardon High School. Lane had stolen the 22-caliber handgun from his uncle, who purchased it legally. In October 2011, eight people were killed by Scott Evans Dekraai in Seal Beach, California. He used a number of different guns, all legally purchased. He had a restraining order that had banned him from purchasing any guns just a year earlier, but it had expired by the time of the shooting, allowing him to legally purchase his guns. In July

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    violence. Assault weapons, in particular, have caused too many deaths and the government needs to put a ban on assault weapons. First and foremost, assault weapons have claimed the lives of too many people in the world. Take a look at the Umpqua Community College, Colorado movie theater and Sandy Hook shootings. What all of those shootings have in common, is that an assault weapon was used by the perpetrator. Mass shootings like these, just show how powerful and dangerous assault weapons are. These assault

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    Accidental Shootings

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    Florida not being included into those 45 states, has an estimated 1.4 million concealed weapons permits meaning they are legal able to possess a handgun that is stored away and not visible to others. Well if you allow all of those permit holders to just walk around in the clear day with a gun, there’s going to be a higher risk factor of “accidental” shootings or other related issues due specifically to the simple access to a weapon. On the other side of the accidental issues that can occur, you may be in

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    Carrying a concealed handgun in public is permitted in all 50 states as of 2013. The entire United States has experienced an increase in CPL (Concealed Permit License) sales after mass shootings including the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Colorado Movie Theatre Shooting, and the mass shooting in Oregon Community College, and mass killing spree in Virginia Tech. These incidents have raised the bar for concealed weapons and have led to an increase of overall gun sales. Many people say that carrying

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