...The issue whether teachers should be permitted to carry guns in schools has been a huge controversial topic for some time now but it has become more talked about since larger school shootings have taken place, such as the Sandy Hook tragedy. The Sandy Hook tragedy cost us the life of 5 educators and 20 children. So the question is what is my opinion on whether teachers should carry guns in school, and the answer is I am against teachers being allowed to have open carry weapons on school grounds in classrooms. Throughout this essay I will explain why it is I believe this and why I believe it would be best for teachers not to be allowed to carry weapons in classrooms. I believe having open carry being allowed in schools could end up disastrous for many reasons,but mostly because as someone who was once a child not to long ago, has younger siblings and babysits one thing I know for sure is that kids can get their...
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...every law abiding citizens rights! I feel as though if more people exercised their second amendment right with the proper precautions we would live in a much safer place. I believe that people should have to go through safety tests as well as background checks and mental health checks. In somewhere like NewYork, they make it almost impossible to get your concealed weapon permit nor do we have open carry. Our second amendment is there so that we can protect ourselves as well as sometimes protecting others. There have been many times when someone who exercised their second amendment right and stop tragedies from happening. For example, April 24th, 1998 a student showed up to his middle school dance while welding a pistol and began to open fire! The owner of the hall reacted...
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...Concealed weapons protect a lot of people. When people are in danger they protect themselves with concealed weapons. There are big reasons why people should and shouldn’t use concealed weapons. Not everyone understands what concealed weapons are, how they are sold, and what they are used for. Some people don’t know what concealed weapons are. Concealed weapons are weapons that are concealed or hidden. When people carry a weapon they have to have a carry permit. A carry permit is a license saying people can carry that weapon. When someone asks a person if they carry a weapon, it means, do they have one with them at all times. In 1895 it was not as easy to get a permit as it is now. Concealed weapons are just hidden weapons. Selling concealed...
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...Arming Our Teachers Is a Bad Idea? English 112 DeVry Online University Professor Berardi October 8, 2014 Arming Our Teachers Is a Bad Idea? More often in recent years, it seems to be primarily stemming from the Newtown Connecticut shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, dangers continue to lurk in our unprotected, unsafe school systems. Many other tragedies have stricken our school systems with danger following Newtown and certainly before. While we would all agree in regards to the topic of gun control, the one aspect up for debate is whether or not to arm our teachers and faculty in school systems. The main question is one that is touchy for most, do we want to entrust teachers we do not know to keep our kids safe armed with a firearm? We trust our children in daycare where the environment is changing constantly with frequent employment turnaround, so why not trust teachers who have recommendations for them and in some cases are subjected to background checks. Looking into the instances that have occurred over the years will show the amount of gun tragedies that have occurred and we can then see what type of impact a teacher with a gun (properly trained) could have. By not allowing teachers to be armed gives a major disadvantage if a critical situation were to arise and drastically reduces the chances of keeping our loved ones safe from danger. Growing up I was like many other young boys that were obsessed with playing cops and robbers or even cowboys and Indians, it was...
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...they want, and the rest of us are paying the price.” While I am personally uncomfortable with guns and do not allow them in my home, I recognize and understand everyone else’s right to make their own choices. The people who commit these reprehensible crimes are not going to be stopped by the new law, especially with the lack of understanding of what exactly the law means. People do not seem to understand the implications of the law or how it might affect them. Questions are being referred to the State Police and even they are saying that “they don’t have any details on the law.” If laws do need to be made they should apply to the storage and accessibility of the weapons, as opposed to the type of weapons, and the amount of ammo made available. Many criminals committing acts of gun violence have easy access to weapons, many of which are unsafely stored in the home. All registered gun owners should be required to keep their guns safely locked away. Guns are primarily used...
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...databases that would put him of the prohibited firearm purchase list. On March 12, 2007 Cho walked into a gun store in Virginia (a state with no mandatory waiting period) and legally purchased the Glock he used in his rampage. On April 16, 2007 Cho killed 32 people and injured another 30. He also killed himself that morning (Lindenberg, 2007). If the doctor would have admitted Cho to inpatient treatment that day in 2005 he would have not been able to purchase the Glock as to the fact that he would have been in the database for mentally ill and a possible threat. New laws would not have prevented this act, a better support for the mentally ill and requiring treatment might have. Also if students and professors were allowed to carry a concealed weapon, someone may have been able to stop Cho before he had the opportunity to kill all of those...
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...Should students, teachers, or any school executive be allowed to carry a gun to school? Guns should be allowed in schools because if somebody is going to walk in the school sending gun threats to frightened students or start firing their weapon. Who is going to protect you through the long five or so minutes, or until he runs out of ammunition? Although some may argue that guns should not be allowed in schools because young adults in school are not mature enough to carry a gun, because of a short disposition, or trying to show out. Students, teachers, or any school executive should be allowed to carry a gun to school to protect their Second Amendment right( right to bear arms), and the right to protect themselves in any public school function, event, or during school hours. One reason why guns should be allowed in schools, is because in the fifties and sixties young adults were allowed to carry weapons in the truck/car and there have never really been any big problems. Knives were used in schools everyday for everyday uses, and there was never a big problem with bad dispositions....
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...he hurt so many people.The new Bill eleven states that both the students and teachers twenty-one and older are allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus with a license. I completely support the new Bill and campus carry on because students and faculty that are qualified should have the right to...
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...It is very difficult for me as a mother and as an educator to talk about today’s tragedy. In my opinion there are ways to balance the right for a safe environment and the right to defend ourselves. It has been proven over and over again that even with strict weapon laws, the people who want to harm will get weapons one way or the other. I come from a place that have one of the most restrictive arms law that I have read; the law abide citizens are unprotected, while the criminals get weapons on the black market. There are ways to balance the right to protect ourselves and our children. Ongoing psychological and psychiatric evaluations for those who pass strict safety protocols, safes that when open by the person that was assigned rings an alarm...
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...Gun Control: The Big Picture George Washington's picture Submitted by George Washington on 12/17/2012 12:36 -0500 Preface: I was raised to be against guns. My parents hated guns, and believed that they only lead to crime and to accidental shootings. Raised in a blue state, I had the stereotype that militias were made of crazies … and so the “right to bear arms” as part of a “well-regulated militia” seemed like a nutty anachronism. And I have long been deeply influenced by leading voices for non-violence, such as Gandhi and King. So – Until recently – I was pro gun-control. As such, I understand that gun control arguments very well. Gandhi and the Dalai Lama Were AGAINST Gun Control I was surprised to learn that two of the best-known promoters of nonviolence in history were not opposed to guns. Indeed, Mahatma Gandhi taught that we must first be brave enough to use guns to defend ourselves, and only then can we be qualified to use non-violent methods. For example, Gandhi wrote in his book, An Autobiography (page 446): Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest … if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. As Gandhi wrote in Doctrine of the Sword: I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise violence. *** When my eldest son asked me what he should have done...
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...Arguments on Gun Control Arguments on Gun Control Introduction Gun control is law and policy which has been developed for the purpose of restricting the import, production, shipment, possession, use and sale of the firearms. There are variations in the laws and policies of gun control around the globe. There are strict gun control policies in United Kingdom. On the other hand, the gun control policies in United States are modest. Many people claim that the gun control policies are very effective and there should be strict control on the implementation of these policies. On the other hand, a group of people thinks that the gun control policies are not so effective and there should be no strict policies on the firearms. Thus, the both sides provide their arguments on the issue of gun control. The main aim of this paper is to persuade against the policies of gun control. The paper is comprised of both the arguments in favor and against of the gun control policies. Discussion It is so easy to understand that without guns or rifles, killing of criminals would have been much more difficult to consummate, which is sometimes hard to explain how it is possible that guns are legal in the largest and most powerful democracy in the world. But it is undeniable that easy access to firearms greatly facilitates this sinister task (Amo, 1989). The criminals have committed one of the latest killings with firearms that shook Americans, 14 Dead Colombine students in 1999...
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...cause a chain reaction, and lead to the decrease of fatalities due to guns. If people that are considered threatening can not get ahold of guns because of the input of stronger gun control laws, these deaths will lessen. More security and background checks will be put in place so it's harder for felons and people with a criminal record to get a gun. Recently, massacres have been very frequent. Most involving some kind of weapon or gun. It's inevitable that by making this simple change, many things will resolve. Four years ago, on December 14th, 2012, a disaster took place near Newtown, Connecticut. The article, “Sandy Hook Shooting Victims states”,”Twenty children and six teachers are dead after a man packing heavy firearms embarked on a ghastly killing spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, opening fire on his helpless victims.” The shooter, Adam Lanza, earlier killed his mother, who worked at the school and later, committed suicide. It's almost impossible to imagine feels like to be so helpless while a gunman shoots your friends, teachers and classmates. Yet, It's entirely, unfair that these kindergarteners had to go through this pain. Adam Lanza had many mental health issues which directly relate to his gun violence. Consequently, if he had been given a security check, he wouldn’t have been eligible for a Military Grade gun. This would allow for the 20 kindergarterners who were killed, to be living happy, normal lives. The fault lies on our government for...
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...NAME ADDRESS DATE INSTRUCTOR University ADDRESS Dear Mrs. TRACHER, My short term goals for this term is to first, show up to every class on time. I have trouble sleeping at night so getting up in the morning is hard for me. Second is to pass every class this year with better than a C average. I’m not the brightest bulb in the box but, I think that if I take my time I can do it. My long term goals are of course to graduate, and to finish the year with at least two certificates test passed, before graduation. Hopefully the teachers and staff can help me accomplish these goals has this is easier said than done. My motivation for coming back to college was my job in the Air Force. I was an Aircraft Armament tech. In short I worked with bombs and aircraft weapon systems. That job was every high stress and also very demanding on the body. At first that job was ok, I was learning a lot and getting the job done. But over the years the job started to weigh on me to the point it affected my family life. I would come home cranky and tired all the time. So when the opportunity came to re-enlist or separate. I chose to separate. Not to bad mouth the Air Force or that job but, it was time for me to go. My highest priority right now is to find the balance between home and school. I believe that once that is done I’ll feel less worried and nervous about class. I have friends that have left my previous career field and choose to join the (IT) career field...
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...same thing that Australia. They have all taken care of gun control in their own way and this way has had some dramatic results. After the massacre of Port Arthur the percent of dying in Australia fell by more than fifty percent. The buyback has made an amazing drop of people committing suicide fell by more than eighty percent. The United Kingdom has also had some rampages. On August 19, 1987, twenty seven year old Michael Ryan he went on a rampage armed with a hand grenade, pistol, and an automatic rifle. He murdered sixteen people and wounded over a dozen people. In the wake of that attack they banned everyone from owning shotguns and banned semi-automatic and pump-action weapons. Nine years later there was a man that busted in to a school and killed sixteen five and six year old children and their teacher...
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...played a large part in the ongoing debate over gun control laws.This caused an outrage in people and yet schools still have not made a more secure place away from guns and have not tried to participate in stopping the easy pass of guns the schools only started protesting after the most recent shooting in florida it took about 50 years for the people of america to realize that guns are not always the best item to have for people that have had recent altercations with the dangerous weapon as we know it is guns could be the cause of why there is so much crime furthermore why we go into war. The American public increasingly opposed gun control into the twenty-first century. Between 1993 and 2012, the percentage of Americans who supported gun control over gun rights had dropped from 57 percent to 47 percent, according to the Pew Research Center. This figure remained mostly the same even after several mass shootings in the 2010s. Immediately after the December 2012 killing of twenty-six schoolchildren and teachers in Newtown, Connecticut, for instance, the percentage of Americans who supported stronger gun control rose only to 51 percent from 47 percent. Each incident of mass gun violence into the later 2010s, however, inspired politicians in Congress to call for stronger gun control. Gun control remained a controversial issue in the United States in the 2010s. Gun control advocates claimed restricting access to guns would curb gun violence. Supporters of gun rights responded by citing...
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