Abstract Universities and College campus are a hot topic because every year they attract and house hundreds of thousands of not always quite mature teens and young adults. The perception is that the Campus Carry Law will not be very effective and could quite possibly back fire on innocent faculty and student body members, victimizing anyone who may come in contact with one of these radically violent individuals intent on harming people. (2015) Arrigo Bruce and Acheson Austin Contemporary Justice
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has had many problems with gun control. Many shootings have occurred causing many deaths, including children. Some have been at elementary schools, college campuses, and even at a movie theater. What makes people think that by allowing college students to have guns on their campus will help solve this problem? Instead of helping, it might make things worse. There should not be any type of weapon on college campuses. There should be more restrictions on permitting guns rather than allowing more people
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The issue of gun control is a very serious matter because of the danger that can come with firing a gun. Guns are weapons, and although they can be used for protection, accidents can happen. This is one of the reasons that there should be some form of restriction on the use and carrying of guns in public places. Texas should not become an Open Carry state. This is not to say that citizens and licensed gun holders should not be allowed to carry their weapons, but concealed carry is a better plan of
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and minimal action. Leading up to this bill there were numerous occurrences of fatal campus shootings and massacres, passing this bill would in hopes allow students to protect themselves if a situation arises and/or help stop the progression of a shooting. Although the students on campus could potentially lesson the number of victims injured or worse, there was also the potential of the opposite to happen, more guns
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Concealed Carry on Campus: Yea or Nay? 1 Concealed Carry on Campus: Yea or Nay? Toni Struve COM/155 University Composition and Communication I May 6, 2012 Kathleen Zurich Concealed Carry on Campus: Yea or Nay? 2 Abstract This essay debates the pros and cons of allowing concealed carry weapons on campuses. Both sides have relevant information that supports their point of view. I have presented data from both sides of this issue and leave it to the reader
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As much as we don’t want to admit it, campus shootings are most likely to happen again and they will. However, there are ways to prevent it rather than having more guns on campus. “On June 1, 2015, Gov. Greg Abbott signed S.B. 11, also known as the "campus carry" law. S.B. 11 provides that license holders may carry a concealed handgun throughout university campuses, starting Aug. 1, 2016” (Campus Carry). People are still debating whether or not allowing campus carry was the right thing to do. In most
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Running head: CAMPUS VIOLENCE 1 Campus Violence has escalated since the Massacre at UT Berketa L. Livingston Liberty University Online ENGL-104
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Should Texas pass the law to allow college professors and students to carry handguns on campus? Imagine every person in college is walking around with the handgun in their belt. Imagine the student next to you with the handgun in his or her backpack. The same backpack should be filled with books rather than firearms in it. Imagine every one of your classmates with a handgun in the class. This might be situation of situation of legal allowance of firearms in school. It is important that
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Imagine sitting in a classroom, just like any other day. All of a sudden, two of your classmates walk in with guns, shooting you and your fellow peers. The idea might sound far off, but that is what happened at the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999. According to a school safety timeline, “Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, go on a shooting rampage and kill 12 students and one teacher, wound 23 others and then kill themselves” (School Safety Timeline). Weapons were not allowed
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A Place Where Concealed Weapons Should Not Be Permitted A college campus is a place where our children go to earn a degree after leaving high school. You will also find some adults on the campus trying to get ahead in life by furthering their education. Although education is what they seek, they find themselves exposed to a variety of things that are not considered safe. Weapons are one of these exposures. And the law is trying to make concealed weapons legal. Students carrying concealed weapons
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