Bad Idea On June 13, 2015 governor Greg Abitt, signed the S.B. 11 (carry on campus). On August 1, 2016 was the first day for students to take their concealed weapon onto a four year university. Community college students will be able to take theirs on August 1, 2017. This has caused protests on campuses around Texas. Guns on campus is a bad idea, we have student who have anger issues, most aren't even close enough to be mature, and it would make a scenario worse. Students always have a reason to get mad at any little thing from a simple argument with a classmate and to a bad grade on a test. So what if they had a gun at those exact moments. For one instance professors in Austin started to get scared about the new gun law that allowed students to conceal. Some professors actually resigned, and moved to other colleges. Due to being scared of a student who might just get mad at grade and end up shooting the professor. So some professors what to ban guns from their offices (Fox 1). Not only do professors see it as their office. Mr. Henry wants to have a gun free zone In his office. He sees his office like his house that belongs to him. So he believes him and his colleagues should have a say if students can bring in guns into their office (Staff, 1). Professor should have a right to ban guns, …show more content…
The FBI shows that all the school shootings that happened throughout these years. The FBI says if the gun law passed before all these tragic massacres happened that no one who had a concealed weapon would step in and stop it (Fox 2). If a student would step in it would be hard for police to figure out who is the guy and who is the bad guy.Police are scared that when someone who actually steps in and tries to stop the active shooter or has the shooter at gun point. That they won’t know right away who is the gunman and who's the good samaritan who's just trying to help (Ceniceros
In “Stop Worrying About Guns in the Classroom. They’re Already here.” the author, Erik Gilbert, argues in favor of the law allowing the concealed carry of firearms in college campuses. Gilbert claims that it’s futile to be “worried by the prospect of having guns in [the] classroom” because he believes that even before the bill was passed, some students and faculty were already carrying firearms to campus (Gilbert). Furthermore, he insinuates that despite the presence of firearms, there were no incidents of student or faculty causing harm. To support his argument, the author provides incidents which have occurred over the last decade at his campus, such as accidental discharge of guns in dorms, firearms in student’s vehicles, and one faculty member who was discovered to be in possession of a gun in an on-campus facility. Considering these incidents and previous knowledge of “prevailing regional attitudes towards guns”, the author assumes that significant numbers of students, and possibly faculty, bring guns on campus regularly (Gilbert). As for those who are afraid due to the new law, he declares to them that firearm permit-holders are not dangerous by comparing the rate of their crimes to that of police officers. He also reasons that permit holders need to be at least 21 to qualify—claiming that the more mature students qualify—and have background checks performed.
People who disagree with me think that there should be concealed gun carry on college campuses because it will make the students safer in a risky situation by making the students able to shoot down and stop the shooter. Students for Concealed Carry, an organization for concealed gun carry on campus, say, “The crux of the SGFS essay is the undeniable fact that college campuses typically have lower crime rates than the cities in which they reside” (642). In “Why Our Campuses Are Safer Without Concealed Handguns”, an article against concealed handgun carry, states that, “Our colleges and universities are safe sanctuaries for learning.” (633).
Why would a student feel the need to carry a concealed weapon on campus? After all they’re headed to a “school” not a war zone. Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin are the only states that allow concealed weapons on campus. Arizona and other states let schools decide the policy on weapons. Many states prohibited concealed weapons on campus which is the right choice. Most colleges who allow their students to carry concealed weapons increase the chances of violence on campus. College students must be unable to carry concealed weapons on
... As a high school student, I don’t take much stock in the safety codes and drills in place to keep students safe in the event of a shooting. I would feel much safer knowing my teacher has the ability to protect the class, rather than hide and lock the door. An educator is responsible for the students in their class. They are responsible for their education and safety while the children are in their classroom.
Allowing students and faculty who are licensed to conceal and carry a handgun on campus will result in reduced school shootings and make campuses a safer place to be. The debate remains, will the student who carries a concealed weapon provide protection and deter possible criminal activity or could the well-intended individual escalate an explosive situation, causing more harm. Future statics of criminal activities from the campuses that allow students to carry concealed handguns will be the true test.
Secondly, some people believe guns should not be allowed on campus because they may go off by accident. True, a gun may go off by accident, but according to, Students for Concealed Carry, out of 150 college campuses that allow concealed carry, there have been only three accidental discharges (Common). Two of them were by staff and one by a student. All three of the accidental discharges resulted in non-life-threatening discharges in which no one was injured (Common). All three incidents could have been prevented through proper training and practice, such as wearing a
Seung-Hui Cho, a twenty three year old performed the deadliest mass shooting on the Virginia Tech campus and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, and then he took his own life. He killed 32 people. The point of students not having a concealed firearm on campus is to protect other students and faculty. Being safe and not in danger can be solved in many ways. Police officers, family, and people with high authorities are around to protect people but not all the time. Students should be prohibited from carrying concealed firearms on college campuses because it causes violence, it could be in the hands of a crazy person, and concealed carry permit holders are not required to have law enforcement training.
Of all school shootings only 47 percent of them are on college campuses. The other 53 percent are in elementary through high school grade campuses. These numbers can be drastically cut back by allowing concealed and open carry on college campuses. Students should be allowed to open carry on campus because it increases the protection of both themselves and the public.
Concealed weapons in college campus’s have been a big issue since the mass shootings in Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois Universities. Allowing for guns to be allowed in college campus’s would be a bad thing to do since it would create additional risks for students, even if weapons were allowed it wouldn’t deter the shooter, and it would detract from a healthy learning environment. So far there is only five states , Colorado, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah, and Wisconsin, that allow “concealed carry” at school campus.
College is seen as the beginning of young adult life, but campus crime can prevent the continuation of that life.Yet, campuses still prohibit students from carrying essential self defense weapons. This is most likely due to their ignorance of the benefits involved with allowing campus carry. Campus carry improves the overall environment of a college and promotes safety. Students should be allowed to carry guns on campus due to the current lack of protection offered through the university and an individual’s lawful right, despite the belief that it would cause an escalation in violent crime.
Policies were put on campuses to make the environment, classes, and buildings safe and healthy. If people are allowed to walk around with a concealed weapon, the whole atmosphere will be disrupted. Not only would it distract from classes, but like and article “Why Our Campuses Are Safer without Concealed Handguns” written by Students For Gun-Free Schools says “The introduction of handguns on our campuses would inhibit dialogue by creating fear of possible retaliation” (635). This means that not only will the learning of a students be affected, but dialogue between each other as
“Numerous studies have estimated that there are anywhere from 800,000 to 2.5 million defensive gun uses every year in the United States. According to a widely cited study by Gary Kleck, a criminology professor at Florida State University, there are 2.2 million to 2.5 million defensive gun uses annually. A sample of those cases revealed that 8.2 percent were defenses against attempted rape and sexual assault, and 30.4 percent were defenses against other types of assault” (Expanded On-Campus Gun Rights). When establishing the gun-free zones that are currently in place at many campuses around the United States, only ensures occupants of these zones are essentially helpless against an aggressor who is willing to break the law. In allowing a controlled, concealed handgun in this area, students would able to protect themselves from someone who intended to cause harm upon them with a firearm, thus causing the perpetrator to reassess his current
Due to the recent disruption of violent crimes on campus, many citizens that are pro-gun activist have suggested that both the students and teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on school campuses. Those who are with guns allowed on school campuses claim that their rights have been violated for the reason that many college campuses refuse to allow weapons of any kind on their property. The Constitution of The United States of America already grants citizens the right to carry guns with them. It is not appropriate for guns to be in a vulnerable area such as a college campus or any University. There are already too many guns available to the public or easy to get any kind of gun, and allowing them on
Those who oppose the law bring a simple logic to the table as defense for their outlook. An argument that’s repeatedly brought up is the use of guns as protection for the modern citizen. As an example, when the New York Times wrote of the two stances taken in the gun control debate and why nothing is being done about the current state of the law, they included views from gun activist. One such view written included “Wayne LaPierre, the N.R.A.’s executive vice president, famously declared that school employees should have been armed, because ‘The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.’”(Gun Control Explained). This declaration is ultimate disproved by a recent study by ABC that
There are a couple of states, Georgia and Maryland, that do not require any special training when obtaining your Concealed Weapons Permit, this can cause people’s accuracy to be dangerous for innocent bystanders in the area. This can become fatal which is why many argue that the shooting should be left to trained professionals such as the police man. This can cause the public to feel unsafe because they don’t know whose carrying and whether they are a felon or not. According to a survey done by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 75% carry a gun while committing a crime because "there 's always a chance my victim would be armed." This has caused states, such as California, to pass laws that don’t allow carrying a concealed weapon on a campus. They conclude that by banning guns on campuses it will stop shooting sprees on school property; however, a sign will not stop a criminal from killing. Rather than banning guns on a campus, California should promote concealed carry so that students can defend themselves if needed, rather than becoming helpless