Essay On Right To Bear Arms
More Guns More Risk
The argument that everyone has a constitutional right to bear arms is being politicized within our educational environment. To allow college students to have concealed weapons on campus will welcome in the same criminality that plagues our society. Students carrying guns on campus will increase violent crimes and subject students to injury in a confrontation or victim to a senseless killing. The potential threat that would come from allowing students to legally carry guns far outweighs the benefits of having guns on campus. Politicians and college officials have been debating the effects that the possession of a concealed weapon would have on college campuses. The gun controversy in the United States is centered around the Second Amendment, which was adopted on December 15, 1791. Legislators have been examining the grammar and context of the centuries old document. The Second Amendment states, “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.” Many in support of gun rights feel that the Founding Fathers established this to guarantee an individual right to keep and bear arms. A fact to consider is after the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), “a well-regulated militia” is referred to as well …show more content…
Department of Education only tracked K-12 school, not post-secondary institutes. The next three years of data concluded that of the 160 incidents involving shootings across 38 states, an alarming 53 percent of the incidents occurred at K-12 school sites, and 47 percent on college campuses (“Analysis” 5). This data is also consistent with specifics on suicides and unintentional shootings that result in injury, which support the fact that the number of incidents involving firearms will continue to
The argument that everyone has a constitutional right to bear arms is being politicized within our educational environment. To allow college students to have concealed weapons on campus will welcome in the same criminality that plagues our society. Students carrying guns on campus will increase violent crimes and subject students to injury in a confrontation or victim to a senseless killing. The potential threat that would come from allowing students to legally carry guns far outweighs the benefits of having guns on campus. Politicians and college officials have been debating the effects that the possession of a concealed weapon would have on college campuses. The gun controversy in the United States is centered around the Second Amendment, which was adopted on December 15, 1791. Legislators have been examining the grammar and context of the centuries old document. The Second Amendment states, “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.” Many in support of gun rights feel that the Founding Fathers established this to guarantee an individual right to keep and bear arms. A fact to consider is after the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), “a well-regulated militia” is referred to as well …show more content…
Department of Education only tracked K-12 school, not post-secondary institutes. The next three years of data concluded that of the 160 incidents involving shootings across 38 states, an alarming 53 percent of the incidents occurred at K-12 school sites, and 47 percent on college campuses (“Analysis” 5). This data is also consistent with specifics on suicides and unintentional shootings that result in injury, which support the fact that the number of incidents involving firearms will continue to