Gun Safety Taught In Schools
Should gun safety be taught in schools? This is a question that should be considered
in view of the recent events happening in our world today. Children in this generation fall
into one of two categories: scared of guns or curious about them. In one of ABC’s news
reports the Center Of Disease Control released a statement “While fewer kids are
bringing guns to school, the rate of firearm deaths among children younger than
thirteen years of age remains twenty five times that of the other top twenty five
industrialized nations combined.” I am going to persuade the reader of this essay to see the three main benefits of educating American youth about gun and firearm safety
while in school. The three
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William Percy,an assistant supervisor of staff development and health for the school
district of Carroll County, Maryland told ABC during their interview on :To Teach Or Not
To Teach Gun Safety “ We think the best way to prevent accidents with guns and gun
violence is through education. Parents cannot be with a child all the time, so we need to
educate them on the dangers of guns. We teach kids about bicycle safety, alcohol,
drugs, and sex education so that they will have a foundation they can take with them for
all situations.”
Although parents can not be with their children at all times,a study by
Farah and colleagues shows that “ 75% of gun-owning parents surveyed believed that
their 4- to 12-year-old child could tell the difference between a real gun and a toy gun.”
However, Farah and Colleagues also state that “ Until age 8, few children can actually
differentiate a toy gun from a real gun.” While parents often think their gun(s) are
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Most children that take guns to
school are doing so because they either think it makes them look cool to their peers or
they are being bullied by others. A lot of these thoughts come from our society, such
things as TV and video games.
Secondly, gun activist aren 't the only ones supporting gun safety being taught in
schools. after all the events not only in recent years, but as of today, school districts and
state legislatures across the country are pushing for firearm safety in school. This
education would promote personal safety. More schools need to have a mandatory
“ Eddie Eagle” program taught as early as Kindergarten. This program teaches kids in
grades K-6 to “ Stop. Don’t Touch. Leave The Area. Tell An Adult.” The National Rifle
Associations life time member State Sen. Dan Brown states to CNN’s , Mayra
In America there is 89 firearms per 100 people (Moore) so it is safe to say most people will come in contact with a firearm in their life time. But when you do will you know how to handle the situation? Guns can be deadly when abused and used incorrectly. There is a way to reduce the unnecessary deaths. Firearm safety is the important piece in reducing the deaths and firearm abuse and it should be made mandatory in schools.
This article gives a good understanding from a teacher’s standpoint, which most other articles just focus on the government. Obeng focuses on students who may bring a gun into the school and kids who have access to weapons at home rather than just criminals, which is also a good point of view for readers to understand. The authors focus is to show that most teachers are for the students being taught gun safety because they believe it will help the safety of students and the community (p.398). A problem I saw with this study is that was done in 2010, which was before the Sandy Hook incident that took place in 2012 that would probably influence some teachers decision. The Sandy Hook shooting was a focus point in other articles and makes this research study by Obeng a little outdated for this topic. Although I am interested in the teachers view for gun safety, I also believe Obeng would have a stronger case with a larger group of teachers and maybe a separate study with the parents’ opinion on teaching children about gun
In this article Emmett Tyrell informs us about gun violence in schools and what the NRA has proposed to stop the gun violence, and mass shootings across America. While the gun control debate rages, many schools have become war zones, and all school zones are vulnerable. The National Rifle Association's has come up with a 225-page report contains dozens of recommendations to improve safety in our nation’s schools. The NRA’s National School Shield program will train and enable school personnel to carry firearms to protect our nation’s children.
Over the past few years there have been many incidents when children bring guns to school and shoot their fellow classmate(s) and/or teacher(s). The most recent and probably most tragic happened in 1998 at Colombine High School in Colorado when a group of students entered the school and murdered several students and a teacher. The first thing that everyone wondered once they finally heard the news is how the children got the guns? Supporters of gun control believe that if there were harsher gun laws, a lot of the school shootings would have never taken plac...
College campuses are more dangerous than ever because of the past decade; guns have not only been manufactured in excess, but availability and ease of accessibility. According to James Cool (2008), a supporter of guns on campus, reasoned why the increase of weapons occurred recently; “Our nation was founded … during the same time that modern firearms were invented and became readily available due to the Industr...
But the really tragic part is that four of the people who drowned in Orange County this year were children 6 years old or younger, all of whom lost their lives in swimming pools.
The shootings that have happened in the schools throughout the Unites States over the past few months have created a great divide among Americans on what we should do as a nation to prevent further shootings from happening. Many people believe that imposing new laws on purchasing weapons by requiring background checks, holding adults responsible for the actions of their children and requiring gun locks on weapons to prevent children will stop these massacres in our school from happening. There are many issues that need to be looked at in order to decide which laws are necessary.
Guns in America are a problem as bad as the drug problem: 43% of households that have children have handguns in them; 10 children die every day from handguns, approximately one every 2 ½ hours. That is the same of a classroom of children every two days. Parents do not realize that children get the physical capacity to reach and discharge a firearm long before the ability to understand the potential consequences of these actions. Parents who insist on keeping guns in the home should be urged strongly to store their firearms unloaded and locked in a secure place. Actions like these will reduce the probability of children being killed by a firearm. The presence of handguns in households with children frequently leads to fatal accidents, suicides, and murders.
Unsecured guns have turned thousands of toddlers into killers and much more into victims. “Children younger than three have gotten a hold of guns and shot someone at least 59 times in 2015”; a trend first reported by Christopher Ingraham add the Washington Post in October. A solution to this would be proper gun storage; adults owning a gun must be more aware of the fact of toddlers or children being at the risk of obtaining weapons and causing mischief. They should place their firearm in a safe place where a child cannot reach it or find the way to create themselves or anyone else an injury or further tragedy including unwanted accidents. For example “Caroline Starks was two years old. Her 5-year-old brother was playing nearby with his birthday present: a .22-caliber Crickett rifle. His mother stepped outside for a moment; confident the gun had no bullets, therefore, wasn’t loaded. She was wrong. Caroline was pronounced dead a few hours later at the Cumberland County Hospital in Kentucky”.The action of misusing guns can affect children mentally and physically; “youth can also be influenced to take or make the wrong decision. Some kids may develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can affect brain development. The psychological trauma of gun violence may lead some children to arm themselves "for protection," or desensitize them so that they feel less hesitation
McInery, Thomas K. "Keeping Children Safe from Gun Violence." Vital Speeches of the Day 79.7 (2013): 209-211. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 4 Oct. 2015.
Mass shootings have been a prominent part in American history ever since the events of Sandy Hook – particularly, mass shootings within a school building. Lack of regulation and appropriate control has allowed for those with ill intentions to purchase a gun without any delay, walk into a school unopposed, and open fire on those that most require our protection and care. Despite this cycle of violence repeating time and time again, little has been done to significantly combat the danger of gun violence and its effect on our youth. Steps must be taken to ensure students receive an education without fear of being the next casualty – namely, the removal of guns from the surrounding area.
... will have no reason to want to harm others or themselves. If only the world were better to cut down on crime, theft and shootings. What a world that would be. Schools making programs to help cut down on crime is really smart. Teaching the students how to deal with their feelings and the dangers of firearms can hopefully cut down the crime of students.
Throughout the United States history in the last 20 years, many states decided to let teachers carry firearms in schools. According to an article written by Wogan, “South Dakota has decided to try to deter gun violence in its schools by allowing teachers to pack heat. Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed the bill into law last week. Twenty-four other states are considering similar “school sentinel” bills this year, but South Dakota is the first to legalize it since the Newtown massacre” Many laws have already been placed, so why does the United States have to stop now. Similarly, McGurk stated, “In Texas, at least 20 school systems allow teachers to be armed.” Because of these gun laws being introduced, it is showing that it can be done. Government officials shouldn’t be afraid of what the people say, but do what is right for the future.
One way the youth are getting their hands on guns so easily are guns in the residence. Not saying guns shouldn’t be in homes, they’re still a way of protecting one’s self and others. Parents just need to do a way better job of concealing their firearms. A significant number of adults with...
Gun safety is a subject that has been a main topic in the past few years among many, especially within politics. It is something that has become a substantial topic in the past few years due to many shootings and accidents that have occurred with today’s youth. It is a topic that needs to be addressed.