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Topic: gun-control

The investigation of gun violence has piqued my interest a little bit. I have seen gun violence be constantly talked about on the news especially now will all these recent shootings. It’s a topic that needs to be talked about but there is no good solution that people can see eye-to-eye on. Aside from that this semester has not really helped me identify areas for further improvement because I already know what I need to focus and improve on which is maintaining my current GPA.
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Americans believe that the guns are a sacred emblem of the United States’ independence from Great Britain. However, Haynes asserts that mass shootings have unearthed debates on gun ownership, control and rights (1). Gun violence, which refers to the use of firearms in harming or killing individuals or groups of people has erupted debates on the ownership and issuance of unlicensed guns. Many argue that crime rates that are associated with gun violence can only decline where the US government controls the distributions of guns directly (Haynes 1).
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Opponents of this stance cite the second amendment of the US constitution, which recognizes the need for a well-regulated militia in any free state and protects against infringement of the right to keeping and bearing arms. Lose interpretations of the constitutional amendment have led to the conclusion that gun control is not unconstitutional. In contrast, strict interpretations hold that gun control prohibits the exercise of the second amendment right of bearing and keeping arms (Wagner and Machnowski 1).
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This paper is an examination of the ideological divide in gun control debates and the most sensible approach to gun ownership in the United States. The continuing debate on gun control makes it essential to identify policies stemming from the US Federal law, beginning with the second amendment. The Supreme Court has used the constitution in making significant gun-policy decisions in cases such as the District of Columbia v. Heller or McDonald v. Chicago where the second amendment upheld the right of individuals to possess firearms for self-defense (La Valle 1).
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The Supreme Court has upheld existing gun laws as constitutional with the effect being little change ever since the rulings. For many advocates of gun control policies, the focus remains on the patchwork of gun policies made in courts and states. These advocates neglect opportunities of convincing lawmakers to take touch votes (Wagner and Machnowski 1). Besides, the solidly pro-gun Republican majority has expressed little interest for conversations on the issue. Additional federal gun control proposals have increased following the trail of massacres in the United States. Many pundits believe the battle over gun control policy cannot be won in Congress but will take place away from the national spotlight through a patchwork of state-level decisions and precedents as well as legal cases throughout the country (Wagner and Machnowski 1).
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With the Supreme Court’s embrace of the second amendment rights and Republican control over the House of Representatives, new congressional action appears unlikely. Gun-related policy developments at the state level have occurred as a response to the lack of will by Congress. For example, the Ohio State Supreme Court handed gun advocates a victory in 2010 by ruling that Cleveland and other cities were barred from passing stricter laws on assaults weapon restrictions and hand-gun registration requirements apart from those of the state (Wagner and Machnowski 1). Even with the increased focus, state legislatures have only succeeded in passing prohibitions such as concealment in few states. Future federal gun control efforts will go through the NRA, which is famous for its muscular approach in influencing policy. The NRA has also spent billions of dollars on federal lobbying with its political action committee reporting millions of spending on mid-term election campaigns (Boylan et al. 3934). Gun advocates also hold key positions that hinder the passing of additional gun control measures in Congress.
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However, many others express their disappointment at lawmakers and special interest groups who use mass shootings as vehicles for pushing personal political agendas (Boylan et al. 3934). For example, the NRA has failed to mount major lobbying pushes to make sure that lawmakers agree with the view that guns do not kill people. Where shootings occur, the NRA is often passive and only asks for prayers for the victims and their families while making sure that anything else is inappropriate. Lawmakers echo the views of the NRA that access to guns is irrelevant to discussions on gun violence and that bringing it up after a mass shooting is irrelevant and disrespectful. The only legislation with a chance of becoming a law is a bill banning the manufacture and sale of high capacity machine guns (Haynes 1). Bold Supreme Court rulings encourage judicial scrutiny of gun control legislations that fail to pass Congress or state legislature.
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The Supreme Court ruling, which reaffirmed the second amendment, protects gun ownership rights regardless of their membership to the state militia (La Valle 1). Previous court rulings do not prohibit gun control laws but easily challenge their constitutionality. Many legal systems recognize self-defense as a right, but permit citizens to use handguns for purposes prescribed by law. The case has only opened up floodgates of litigations in state and lower federal courts with more litigations certain until the parameters become clearer (La Valle 1). Legislators evade discussions about gun control, especially where Bill Clinton strong-armed leaders into voting for the laws that cost most legislators their jobs. Democrats are aware of the move from making gun control a major plank in their domestic policy.
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Even with the cracked legislative windows, the possibility of congressional action remains somewhat remote. Years of intense local initiatives and legal battles have forced different groups to straighten their priorities (Haynes 1). Blaming objects such as guns take away the blame from individuals for their moral choices. Some supporters of gun control base their positions on the belief that legislations would reduce crime while others are motivated by their disdain for gun owners (Wagner and Machnowski 1). Even more are reluctant to condemn groups for their actions and make guns their substitute scapegoat. Rather than use guns as scapegoats, there is a need for the factual basis upon which policy is based. It does not mean basing decisions on facts about policies that are capable of reducing homicides or suicides (Wagner and Machnowski 1). It means basing decisions on the accurate understanding of trade-offs behind each policy.
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Fair and effective gun policies require knowledge of implementation challenges, the affected parties, implementation challenges, and unintended consequences, revision of policies for better affect, costs of legislation to the society and gun owners, and other issues defining the acceptability of these policies. The questions do not supersede individual and second amendment rights even though both should be considered in decision-making (Haynes 1). Gun control attracts heated and passionate debates whenever it comes up. The glimpse of the wide range of opinions on the topic reveals supporting and opposing voices on the subject. Opponents of firearm regulation and advocates for stringent gun controls cite constitutional, criminal, and criminological justifications that rationally support their stances with very little common ground. It is the belief of many researchers that the absence of a common consensus worsens the problem. The taboo and complicated nature of gun control is filled with emotions that prevent solutions to the problem of civilians hurting and killing others with firearms. Nonetheless, the two extremes need to welcome areas of agreement and use them as starting points in drafting sensible approaches for minimizing the dreadful harms that are associated with guns. Overall, rigorous and transparent methods are required alongside a commitment to non-partisan and objective policy analysis.
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Gun violence has skyrocketed over the past years, which has caused Americans to panic due to the lack of gun control laws. Gun control laws have been a debate for years and still is an ongoing issue today. Having gun control laws which require additional security measures to obtain firearms will result in a decrease of violent crimes. The Supreme Court vetoed the ideal that the Second Amendment’s purpose is to protect the state militias from the deactivation of weapons by the government, it was found that the Amendment allows people the privilege to maintain and remain battle ready detached from military administration, which uplifts above all other interests the right of law-abiding, accountable citizens to use arms in defense of their home (Blocher, 2012).
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(Reinhart, 2018).  Numerous of people feel there is no need for gun control laws. They often think the laws will violate their constitutional right to bear arms. The Second Amendment ensures individuals ideal to own a gun not connected with military personnel, and to utilize that arm for customarily legalized purposes, such as protection in one’s home. Legislatures are currently considering something very unique: pressing together enemy of firearm control laws that supplant private requesting by making it troublesome or illicit for private gatherings to keep weapons out of their homes, off their property, and generally out of their real or helpful possession.
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Perhaps most drastically, some have proposed or ordered laws expecting subjects to keep weapons in their homes. (Blocher, 2012) Traditionally, there has always been pressure for gun controls which was spawned by two situations: first, an enormous growth in the level of violent crime and, second, the assassinations of presidents and other politically prominent individuals (Singh, 2000). Many agree with the idea of eliminating mass murders, however, the question at hand still is, what laws can be created to decrease the mass shootings (Lewis, 2018).
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On June 1, 2015, Governor Greg Abbott signed S.B. 11 into law. The law makes it legal to carry a concealed handgun on college campuses and dormitories and describes the conditions in which citizens can do so. The law took effect on August 1, 2016 for four-year universities and extended to community colleges a year later. The law does not allow open carry, and carriers are required to have an LTC (license to carry). Professors and lecturers are not allowed to ban handguns in their classrooms, but university policy may ban them in their offices.
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The text states: universities are allowed to “establish rules, regulations, or other provisions” regarding “(d) storage of handguns in dormitories or other residential facilities that are owned or leased and operated by the institution and located on the campus of the institution” or “(d-1) after consulting with students staff, and faculty of the institution…carrying of concealed handguns by license holders on the campus of the institution or on premises located on the campus of the institution.
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This legislation, and others like it, are intended to prevent or stop public shootings: the old, “good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns” reasoning.[3] While the idea of “throwing more guns at the gun violence problem” seems preposterous, proponents believe those intending to carry out a mass shooting may be intimidated by the prospect of not knowing who is carrying[4] and that “gun-free” zones don’t work.[5] Critics argue that background checks are not stringent enough to weed out the “bad apples,”[6] and ultimately, more guns equate to more homicide and violence.[7]
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We are now nearing 3 years into the policy being put into effect, it is difficult to assess whether the policy has had any beneficial or deleterious effects. Active shooter events on college campuses are a rare event, and gun crime does not appear to have decreased in the areas surrounding campuses.[8] There have been reports of accidental discharge of firearms by LTC carriers in dormitories at Tarleton State University[9] and Texas A&M.[10] No one was injured.
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We can look to other states that have legalized campus carry for more insight. The John-Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research concluded that most research is at odds with the claims that allowing civilians to bring guns onto campuses makes them safer. They point out that in states with the laxest standards for gun ownership, 60% of incarcerated offenders of gun crimes were legal gun owners. They also found that “1) right-to-carry laws do not decrease mass shootings or the average number of people shot in those incidents; 2) the overwhelming majority of fatal mass shootings occur in places where guns are allowed; and 3) when rampage shootings do occur, very rarely are they stopped by gun-wielding civilians.” They also point to the trend that mass shootings are increasing in frequency in the same time frame that restrictions are being lifted on public carry. They further point out that public carry on campuses is especially problematic as the student body makes up most of the population. College-age people tend to take more risks, abuse more alcohol, attempt suicide more often and are more likely to engage in violent behavior.
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In my opinion, the law is an overwhelming failure, mostly because it’s pointless, at best, and dangerous, at worst. Universities have police forces for a reason. It’s likely that, should an issue arise, more students and professors with guns will just cause difficulties for, already on-edge, police officers. This, on top of the previously mentioned issues, shows the risks outweigh the benefits, and because those benefits likely don’t exist, this policy is the antithesis of good policy. The policy must reflect research if we want it to work. “Gut-feelings” or Hollywood fantasy have no place in governing the lives of millions.
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In a national survey, 94% of Americans answered “NO” when asked, “Do you think regular citizens should be allowed to bring their guns [onto] college campuses?” (640). This just shows how much students and faculty disagree with concealed carry. However, some people on campus feel safer if they have a gun. There are two sides of this discussion, there are people who say that it should not be legalized to have guns on campus because it would increase danger and violence at school while the opposing side says it should be legal because they feel that it would make them safer and that they would be able to defend certain situations at campus.
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If concealed carry was legalized some students and staff would go out of their way just to get a gun so that they could protect themselves too because if they didn’t have anything to protect themselves with their lives would already be in danger to defend themselves. According to “Casebook” there is a study that states, “Since 1990, there have been more than twenty multiple-victim shooting incidents on college campus” (633). What they are trying to explain is that the number of shootings on college campus are already at an all-time high and the increase of gun availability could increase the number of shootings even more.
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If students and staff showed up with guns on college campus, there would be more of a chance of gun violence than if there was not a presence of a gun at all. Students could feel pressured to go out and get a gun just so that they could protect themselves. Guns are not used for only protecting but they are used in other ways as well such as using them in harmful ways. According to Students for Gun-Free Schools (SGFS) there is a study in 2000 by Harvard that states, “Guns are used to threaten and intimidate far more than they are used in self-defense” (639). SGFS is pointing out that the use of guns is used to threaten or intimidate other people more than to use them for defending yourself, which means that students at school would most likely use guns to intimidate and threaten other students which would increase the likelihood of gun violence. Since having guns would create tension all over school campus it would create problems between students and professors. This could increase dangerous situations for both students and professors if one caused conflict for one another. Concealed carry on college campus would just create chaos at colleges and would be better off without guns since it would decrease gun violence and also not having a gun a necessity to have.
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Adding to the problem, allowing concealed carry will distract students and staff from their learning environment and they may not perform as well in class. If students had the right to have a gun, then other students may be on edge since the tension of a gun is in the room. Whether a student uses the gun or not students and staff would be distracted because they still feel unsafe in their environment. In an article found online, David Daniel, deputy chancellor of the University of Texas System says, “On some campuses, there was a very high level of angst, tension and it was a distraction from the core work of university’s…” (qtd. in Clark). Students should not have to come in to college campus worrying about someone having a gun on the, instead, students should be allowed to walk into college campus knowing that they will be safe and have nothing to worry about. Students may not be able to perform the task at hand at full potential because they are distracted from the fact that there is a gun on college campus. What this means is that even though the gun is not used the thought of the gun will affect the ability to work on an assignment or not. Not only does it increase tension and distractions to students and teachers, but it also doesn’t let students voice their opinion in classrooms without fearing to offend another student or teachers’ point of view. Creating different views on a subject or topic could create fear to students and staff and could potentially also make the learning environment harder to adapt to. Andrew Wilson, a student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law explains “Students must grapple with the stress of grades and careers…the potential for offence in legal classrooms is high and adding guns in the mix is dangerous.” (635). This basically implies that if students have bad grades or gets offended in a classroom the chance of someone pulling a gun out is higher than if guns weren’t in the mix. The stress of students creates dangerous thoughts that could lead a student making bad decisions. With adding guns into schools it could create a dangerous environment to students and at the same time not allow students to fully experience their education. The potential of offence in schools could also create dangerous environments for students and professors. Guns on campus could detract from their learning environment and their education could be affected as well.
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If concealed carry was legal to students on college, it could potentially increase the probability of suicides in college campuses. In a study found by SGFS says, “One study found that 24 percent of college students had thought about attempting suicide and 5 percent had actually attempted to kill themselves’ (641). What this implies is that not only is it dangerous to other people, but it can also be dangerous to the person who is wielding the gun. Most students cannot handle some situations and they think the easy way out is to commit suicide, and if concealed carry was allowed then the option of suicide would be likely. Adding guns to the mix of suicidal thoughts would just make the process of suicide much easier than if they weren’t present to the student. SGFS also states, “Suicide attempts are successful more than 90 percent of the time when a firearm is used” (641). As SGFS states the percentage of suicides in college could more likely happen and make suicide attempts more successful if the gun was presented to a student. The suicide rates are already high and adding guns to college campuses would just increase the chances even higher. If guns were legalized these suicide attempts could lead to actual suicides and therefore increase the probability of suicides.
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On the other hand, the opposition argues that concealed carry on college campuses could deter mass shooting sprees. They argue that having guns on campus could deter students and teachers from going out on massive shootings on college campus. According to Students for Concealed Carry (SCC) they state, “Campus shooters go on armed rampages because they misguidedly seek to make a point or attain infamy.” (652). They further point out that having other concealed carry holders might deter a few campus shooters and it could potentially prevent them from going on massive shootings. Bringing concealed carry on college campus could deter shooters, but it could also put the lives of students and staff at risk as well. SGFS points out two shootings that have had armed police officer and still went on shootings even if the police officers were present (642). SCC explains that even if there were armed police officers present and still did not deter the shooters it still led to fewer deaths. This might be true however if concealed carry was allowed it would still not deter other shooters from going on massive shootings even if other licensed concealed carry holders were present. The SCC also states, “The question of whether or not concealed carry would deter would-be-mass-shooters should not be the determining factor in whether or not it is allowed on college campus.” (653). This means that the SCC thinks that they should not just focus on the fact it could potential create mass shooters but to look at it as it could reduce the number of massive shootings. SCC goes on and explains, that if a person was allowed the same right to defend himself outside of the campus then why is a person allowed the same right while he is at campus (653). This shows that people inside of school should be offered the same amount of protection that they are getting while being on college campus. Although this makes a fair point guns being present on college campus would still not deter students and staff. The possibility of gun shootings would decrease if guns were not allowed on campus so why should we take the risk of allowing guns. Concealed carry on college campus would not deter students and staff instead it makes the chances of college shootings more likely if guns were in the presence of them.
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If concealed carry was legalized on college campus then it could create a dangerous and violent environment for students and staff, and we should take legalizing concealed carry on college campus more seriously and realize how much danger we could put our schools into. Students should realize how scary the situation could be if guns were presented to them inside of college campus and could put their lives at risk. The teachers and staff should also see that if concealed carry were involved it could also put their lives in danger at work as well. Since legalizing concealed carry could create so much chaos in schools it would be better to keep them away from schools. If 94% of American citizens already agreed it should not be allowed on college campuses, then why do they believe that it would be better with concealed carry on colleges now.
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The demand for self-defense is on a high rise, especially in the nonmilitary accessible zone like the campus. People need to be taught about protecting themselves from potential harms and also from assaults of any form in the campus. The argument on allowing concealed weapons on campus by college students, professors, and other college employees has not been properly dealt with. We could judge with common sense that allowing concealed weapons on campus will only make the problem worse and not better.
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There has been a sharp rise in students that considered suicide as the only option while going through stress and other psychological issues such as emotional trauma, anxiousness, mood swing and fear. In most cases students that are slow learners studying courses considered to be too tedious for them may see suicide as the only option to quit, especially if they are new on campus. Giving such innocent students access to a weapon will not only endanger them, but will also make them a threat to each other.
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Having firearms around makes gun crime likely to occur. It was Jon Schuppe that report about a research carried out by John Hopkins Group of researchers showing that most fatal mass shootings occurs in places where guns are authorized and that the people with guns were not able to stop this very act of violence. This is actually common everywhere if not all the campus where concealed weapons have been authorized even if the news of violence has not submerged to the attention of the masses.
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We could tell that all is not well; because someone who does not have the courage may find it difficult to report a fellow student to the appropriate authority. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures 16 states banned the carrying of a concealed weapons on a college campus and 23 states left the decision to ban or to allow concealed weapons on campuses to be made by each college or university individually (National Conference of State Legislatures). Sincerely speaking, violence may likely occur in these zones.
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Furthermore, the majority of students on campus during their first year of studies are between the age of 18 and 22. This age is recognized worldwide as a responsibility age. Most students at this time of their life tend to hang around with friends in parties, and also want to get high with alcohol. This could lead to self harm when taking excessively, especially by those with concealed weapons. It is like an officer that left his duty post to take alcohol and took more than he could handle, and was called to attend to ongoing attacks under such a state. He could pull the trigger but if he does; he might end up killing innocent Americans. If the police officer would do that, then a student could do worse.
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The map below is from the National Conference of State Legislatures published in 2016 showing the different states that ban concealed weapons on campuses. It also shows which states allows concealed firearms to be carried on campuses and which states leave the decision up to the individual schools. Nineteen states have banned concealed firearms to be carried on campuses, eight states allow concealed weapons on campuses and twenty-four states leave the decision to allow guns on campuses up to the educational institution.
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The rise in shootings on college campuses has opened a new front on the gun debate. After a student at Virginia Tech opened fire on Monday, April 16, 2007 killing thirty-two students and wounding many others (Beck), many students and families want to regulate gun availability on campuses by having a concealed carry permit. They argue that guns on campuses will make students safer, but because the Campus-Carry Movement is to some extent new, there has not been much evaluation of its impact on gun violence.
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Advocates for allowing firearms on campuses believe it will decrease mass shootings. These people also blame mass shooting on “gun-free zones” and argue arming more individuals can stop mass shootings. However, eighty- four percent of high fatality mass shootings happened in areas where there was no law prohibiting firearms. While twelve percent of all mass shooting involving six or more people between 1966 and 2016 have occurred in true “gun free zones”, people who are untrained in using a firearm cannot be expected to protect themselves or people around them (Beck).
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) has pushed for laws on gun rights and laws that force universities and colleges to allow guns on campuses. The NRA has proposed, campaigns and lobbied for the government to change laws on guns. For example, after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2013. “President Barack Obama supported reinstating the ban on assault weapons, and majority of Americans favored stricter gun control after 20 children and six adults were killed by a gunman using a semiautomatic weapon. The NRA started a ‘Stop the Gun Ban’ campaign even before the bill was introduced. It failed in the Senate, 60 to 40” (Gerhart). Even before the bill was introduced to Congress the NRA influenced the Senate to vote against the bill. Many States have rejected the NRA’s agenda, despite the push to allow guns on campuses (“Guns on Campus”).
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Advocates against guns being on campuses believe that guns will increase shootings in general. A study done by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reviews the evidence around the relationship between civilian gun carrying and violent crimes. As well as mass shootings and other factors that are unique to public safety on college campuses. The study also looked at the human brain. From adolescence to adulthood the brain goes through tremendous change and development in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Areas of the PFC are in charge of self-control, impulse control, and judgement. These skills are crucial for safe use of firearms. Risky decision making in adolescence and young adults comes from both the frontal and limbic balance in the brain. Changes between the connection of the PFC and limbic affect the emotional and behavioral regulation. The limbic areas play a key role in the systems that support emotions, reward systems, and drives. This may also help explain why adolescent behavior is biased toward motivation rather than inhibition (Webster). Because the PFC is one of the last parts of the brain to fully develop, it would be dangerous to put guns in the hands of someone who is still developing these skills. On top of the fact that the brain is still developing, the use of illegal drugs and alcohol that occur by some students increase risk of adding a deadly weapon to “the mix.” This is likely to lead to occurrences of accidental shootings and self-injury.
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The Second Amendment has become a huge part of both sides of the gun control debate. Both sides have cited what they feel the Founding Fathers meant when they created and wrote the Second Amendment. The purpose of the Second Amendment was to provide the constitutional framework for America’s gun laws. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (Hicks). The Founding Fathers intended that the Amendment’s primary justification was to prevent the United States from needing a standing army. Also, the authors of the Bill of Rights were not concerned with an individual right to bear arms (Shusterman). People who are pro- gun use the second Amendment as textual evidence to claim that individuals have a right to own guns. “Before the 2008 Supreme Court case District of Columbia vs. Heller, courts ruled that the right of an individual citizen to bear arms existed only within the context of participation in the militia. In Heller, the Supreme Court overturned that precedent, delivering gun rights advocates their biggest legal victory” (Shusterman). After the decision of the Supreme Court, “the second Amendment meant individuals had an inherent right to own guns for lawful purposes” (Elving).
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Officer Jesus Villahermosa, is a S.W.A.T. officer in Washington State and is the founder of Crisis Reality Training. Officer Villahermosa has responded first-hand to gun-related violence in schools. In an essay published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, he concluded: “I have been a deputy sheriff for more than 26 years and was the first certified master defensive-tactics instructor for law-enforcement personnel in the state of Washington. In addition, I have been a firearms instructor and for several decades have served on my county sheriff’s SWAT team, where I am now point man on the entry team. Given my extensive experience dealing with violence in the workplace and at schools and colleges, I do not think professors and administrators, let alone students, should carry guns… Adding a weapon … into the mix can quickly turn a constructive meeting into one filled with fear and intimidation” (Dickerson). In an article published by “The Chronicle of Higher Education” about the effect of guns on campuses and the freedom of speech, Jennifer Sinor tells the story of feminists and media critic Anita Sarkeesian who was scheduled to speak at the Utah State University, but after the faculty received threats against the school if Sarkeesian was allowed to speak there would be a school shooting.
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Administrators and public officials met with Sarkeesian and made plans to increase security, however, once Sarkeesian learned Utah State allowed guns on campus and the faculty could not guarantee a gun-free audience, she canceled her appearance. “In that decision, we witnessed one of the first clear examples of how laws allowing concealed weapons on a college campuses can thwart academic freedom and First Amendment rights to free speech” (Sinor). As of 2014, legislators in fourteen states have passed and introduced laws allowing concealed weapons on college campuses. Even after faculty members, public officials, and administrators have voiced their opinion that they do not want guns on campuses, they are not in charge of making the decision. Across the country, state legislators are regulating campus culture, and in doing so they are restricting university officials, threatening academic freedom, and interfering with the education of students (Sinor). Professors may even choose to change course content because of a perceived threat or they may retire early or quit their jobs at a college campus that permits guns.
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Gun rights and changes to policies concerning gun control laws have become a major part of newspaper headlines over the last few decades, and now it is time for people to take action. People need to educate themselves before they form an opinion about the topic. Rather than accepting an opinion because it is their political party’s view. Carrying concealed firearms on college and university campuses should not be permitted because it undermines the safety of the students and faculty. Families who are getting ready to send their children to college or those who already have a student in college should educate themselves on state’s laws about guns on campuses. Students and faculty should not be afraid to come to school to learn or teach because of a potential active shooter. The safest policy to limit potential violence is to prohibit students and faculty from keeping firearms on campus and allow trained law enforcement officers to provide campus security.
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The increasing number of shootings in universities and other institutions caused a debate with the issue of carrying concealed weapons on campuses. Mostly, the concealed weapon has been forbidden in schools, colleges and universities campuses. But some state laws allow students to carry their weapons on campus. Moreover, supporters of this idea are sure that it is a practicable solution to prevent mass shootings on college campuses. So, allowing college students and teachers to carry concealed weapons on campus is a big debate of US society that has its supporters and opponents.
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There are many risks allowing concealed weapon on campuses and because of it students and college employees should not be allowed to carry concealed weapons. Students shouldn’t get used to the presence of guns in their classrooms. It is no doubt that public safety is a job for professionally qualified police officers, not teachers or students with absence of expert training. Furthermore, colleges and universities have many individuals who are fighting with some mental health problems such as stress or depression. Therefore, such groups of people are under risk. College students with some mental problems are more likely to use a gun on themselves than to protect themselves. It is just not possible to feel safe when there are guns around you. Many studies have shown that when there is more weapon, there are more gun deaths and more risks for tragedy.
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Furthermore, armed students would not be able to stop a mass shooting. Besides, if weapons were to become easy available, it would result unintended consequences such as common disputes, enmity and jealousy to each other, self-harm, and reckless behavior that will make college campuses less safe and harmful. College students need to study, enjoying the end of their childhood and living the brightest and most carefree time of their lives. Giving the right to carry concealed weapons on college campuses is dangerous and irresponsible step that would lead to tragic results. So, it is very important to have police officers on campuses to support safety of the students and the teachers and create really safe environment for learning.
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After the incident Oregon Community College, there were 994 shootings in President Barack Obama’s second term (1004 days), almost every day in a public shooting. The numbers make people wonder why makes the founders believed that the right to private weapons is human rights, maybe it could be an interesting feature of the United States compared to most of the rest of the world. Especially with the gun issues in school, where suppose to be a safe place for students. There are a lot of disadvantages and advantages to gun rights as w ell as many opposite viewpoints toward this issue.
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In lockdowns, all the students hide under the table or in closet or in a corner that makes them become an easier target to the shooter. However, if the teachers are equipped, it won’t be fundamental for the children to shroud that way. Next, after what occurred at Sandy Hook, several kids may feel dangerous to return back to school. If the students realize that the teachers are armed, they will more secure because they have a solution to fight back in an emergency. And that make a safe feeling for students. A teacher or administrator with a firearm can simply defend the campus and their students. Presently, in the event that the shooter , the only method the school system would respond is by shelter in place drills that students and school staffs, teachers lock their entry ways, classrooms doors and remain out of anyone’s ability to see from the hallway . In the event that the intruder bring a firearm, the main thing to block them is locked the classroom door , it can be a strong resistance to maximize the time while waiting to the police. The only way to stop a firearm is a firearm. Several guardians and directors contend that by permitting firearm n schools, students can access the guns and abuse them for many different motivations. Similarly, as teachers and students have approached to weapons, the trespasser also have access to allow them to use weapons of their choice. But the hidden firearm in the school will be put in a safe places. Moreover, teachers and school system will have to apply the strict security of using guns in the school area. Plus, the teachers and school staffs will be more responsible for that, but to defend their students and themselves, they will welcome to the new adjustment.
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Finally, the armed teachers issue is still having many opposite viewpoint and discussion toward it. However, for the most part, allowing teachers to carry guns is not a good idea. It’s still a concern that American gun violence is not a war, so why is the president wanting to ‘militarize school’ with armed teachers. To prevent bloodthirsty man, gunshot killing simultaneously. If so, be praiseworthy. But teachers have the duty to teach and apply knowledge to students, not to shoot or kill anyone or any students. Forcing them to undertake both teaching and shooting is not a good idea and it is also hard to accomplish. Teaching quality will be reduced and their protection toward the students cannot go further. Imagine that the teacher that are teaching and keeping an eye on all the uncertainties in the same time, then, how can they focus on teaching the students? After a shooting in a Florida school on February 14, killing 17 students, parents and most Americans denounced the NRA. They argue that the law in the United States do not allow young people under the age of 21 to buy alcohol but rather allows people 18 and older to buy and own guns, which is ridiculous. And the debate that the US government have to raise the age to buy and own a gun from 21 years old or above. Touching the rights, the NRA opposes this claim. If the teacher is armed, where do they put their guns in class? There are two cases:
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First, the teachers are going to carry guns on their body while teaching, and if there is a gun shooting that occurred in the classroom, the teacher promptly shot back, students may be more dangerous. During the ‘fighting’, in addition to the bullets of the perpetrators, students can get shot by the teacher’s guns because the shooter may hide behind the students to shoot. If this happens, American schools will turn into a battleground, the most tragic scene on the planet.
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Second, if the teachers do not carry a gun on his body but hide somewhere in the classroom, how do they react when the shooter appears suddenly, he can be one of the students in the classroom? School assaults happen very suddenly and in just a few minutes. It can happen in the classroom, in the library, in the dining room, in the middle of the school grounds, or in front of the school where the objective is the students. When the teachers are able to get the gun to intervene, the shooting may have ended, the students still have been harmed. A well-trained teacher can only shoot after the shooter has done. Thus, despite the shots that teachers shoot, but they could not protect the students, and could not stop the shooting. And so the safety of the school has not improved. Madman, psycho… when they get mad, they are not afraid of death, guns of teachers can not stop them. So the suggestion that arming and training or teachers to protect students of President Donald Trump is a waste of work, and lack of practical vision, just demagogues. Earlier on March 9, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a law restricting the possession of firearms and allowing some staff in schools in the state to be armed. The new law allows for an increase in the minimum age allowed to purchase handguns from eighteen to at least twenty-one, prohibiting all homemade self-propelled weapons from being sold automatically and raising funds for mental health care. The new law also includes a clause on the school ‘self-defense’ program, whereby some employees working in schools will be equipped with guns to intervene and prevent in the emergency event that discharges guns.
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By 2015 an estimated 13,286 people were killed by a firearm, this number excludes self inflicted deaths. The problem is that as gun technology and availability has increased United States gun laws and regulations haven’t kept up. A common argument within the opposing side of gun control is that limiting the ownership of guns goes against the 2nd Amendment, but times have changed since the 2nd Amendment was written in 1791 and the reasons behind it no longer apply to the present times.
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Currently in the United States there are 393 million registered guns, that’s a ratio of 120.5 guns to every 100 people which is why the rate of deaths due to firearms is so high. There are many scenarios with guns that lead to deaths and injuries, some common ones include mass shootings, suicides, and children finding a gun in their home. In 2015 alone there were 2,824 child’s deaths and 13,723 injuries from children finding a loaded gun in their household. Though these deaths and injuries are often unintentional, there are many intentional killings at the hands of a gunman.
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Mass shootings have been racing across headlines in the news and devastating many families due to the loss of loved ones. Current assault-style rifles, like the all so popular AR-15, are available to all US Citizens through the 2nd Amendment and can fire hundreds of rounds in a minute. These types of firearms have allowed mass shooters to create a devastating amount of casualties. According to the magazine Mother Jones “The current analysis included a total of 102 mass shooters in the United States between 1982 and 2018 described in media reports.” (Yelderman, Joseph, West, and Butler) Meaning in the 36 years between 1982 and 2018 there were over 100 firearm attacks that resulted in at least 4 deaths. United States citizens right to bear arms has resulted in terrible tragedies and therefore there is a huge need for gun control in the United States so that these deaths of innocent people do not occur at such a high rate, and repealing the Second Amendment is a solution that will prevent these events from happening.
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Repealing the 2nd Amendment will take away gun rights from all U.S citizens, many Americans assume that all mass shooters have a diagnosed mental illness and therefore we should only take away gun rights from the mentally ill. This is because many Americans cannot cope with the fact that somebody would be capable of inflicting such pain without being mentally insane. In that sense, many believe we just need to make our background checks for buying firearms stronger so those who are mentaly ill don’t have access to them. The book Gun Violence and Mental Illness by, psychiatrists Liza Gold and Robert Simon explores the connection between mass shooters and mental illness. The website The Behavioral Scientist explains their key points and ideas by stating “In their 2016 edited book Gun Violence and Mental Illness, psychiatrists Liza Gold and Robert Simon summarize the evidence debunking the myth that mental illness is a leading cause of gun violence. As they report, less than 5% of shootings are committed by people with a diagnosable mental illness.” (Rai) Meaning 95% of mass shooters do not have a diagnosed mental illness, contrary to popular belief, they also explain that a mentally ill person is more likely to kill somebody they know or themselves than a stranger. This means that if we were to only take away the right to bear arms from the mentally ill, we would not solve our gun issue because the majority of mass shooters would still have gun rights. If we are unable to generalize about mass shootings and find a specific group to target with gun control, the only viable solution would be to enforce some sort of solution on everybody. A drastic problem like this needs a drastic solution and repealing the Second Amendment would take away all U.S citizens gun rights, and is the solution the United States needs.