There are some gun activists and concerned parents who believe that teachers and school administrators with gun licenses should be allowed to carry guns in schools. They claim that this could provide a first line of defense in the case of an emergency. Also, they argue that not allowing guns in school makes the school an easier target. Dr. Patrick Jonston states, “Criminals prefer a disarmed population. Defenseless people are easier to victimize.
However, it is also a sensitive and dangerous topic since more and more gun shootings happened in recent years especially on campus. After the massacre at Sandy Hook School, gun control debates have lit up on Facebook, Twitter and all over various forms of media. Understandably, most people are desperately seeking a way to prevent this from ever happening again. Perhaps one of the most extreme solutions has been the suggestion that teachers be armed with guns in the classroom. Although, many people think that it is necessary for the school teachers to carry guns on campus for the reason that they can protect children with guns.
Running head: GUN CONTROL AND PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AS AMERICANS 1 GUN CONTROL AND PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AS AMERICANS EDWARDO ESPINAL PARK UNIVERSITY GUN CONTROL AND PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AS AMERICANS 2 You recently picked up a newspaper or turned on to see the news you may have question what is happening in our schools and begin to think whether our schools are still safe places for children. Recent school shootings have set feared in many parents about their children’s safety in our schools. Since last year, number of school shootings by students have occurred regularly... "Society refuses to take responsibility by locking up their armed weapons.” Said by a schoolteacher.
Yolanda Johnson Nichole R. Nichole College Composition 1 31 January 2015 Should Teachers Be Allowed to Carry Firearms In today’s society it seems that violence is on the rise all around us, it can be seen in all parts of our lives. This rise in violence has become increasingly present in our school systems. Students are becoming more aggressive and abusive toward teachers and fellow classmates. What can teachers do to keep themselves and other students out of harm’s way? Would allowing teachers to carry firearms make them feel safe and secure while teaching in our schools?
More gunfire will only escalate violence, which only leads to more violence. The controversy is still going on nationwide as to whether or not students should be allowed to carry guns on campus. No mom wants her son or daughter to be shot, much less while he or she is at school. Utah is the only state that allows carrying guns on nine public universities. Now more states are trying to push and pass the bill in Congress.
Searching Lockers Protects Everyone Why do so many students oppose locker searches in schools? Some students believe these searches invade their privacy and without a probable cause they should not be allowed. Others believe these searches help the school to be safe and therefore probable cause is not necessary. The schools should be allowed to search lockers randomly for the safety and well being of the students and staff. Only one violent student can jeopardize the safety of others.
I do think that it would be almost irresponsible for teachers to have guns. This paper will be focusing mainly on the topic of if teachers should be able to carry guns in school, the qualifications needed as a teacher to carry that gun, the argument against teachers carrying guns, and why it seems more of a probability that the gun would be more of liability then it would help. Before we get into
Education for concealed carriers should be mandatory and failure to adhere to the policy will revoke ones permit. Virginia law states concealed weapons cannot be carried in a restaurant, school, place of worship, courthouse, air terminal, and private property where prohibited by the owner (Virginia Concealed Carry Law, 1995). Over the past year people been killed in schools and left helpless at the hands of a monster with a gun. If a student who was authorized to carry on school grounds that day of the tragedy on campus, many of lives could have been saved. NRA has multiple courses available to educate, train, and guide citizens to become comfortable with their firearm.
Zero Tolerance rules started with the best of intentions in the early 1980’s to counter increased exposure to drugs in schools. The rules were expanded to weapons so that districts could work to safeguard students from an increase in school violence during the early 1980’s. Research is showing that zero-tolerance rules aren’t working to counter student’s aggressive behaviors, and in many ways have created stressors on systems that weren’t designed to mange large amounts of students outside school. To counter aggressive behaviors in schools research is showing that student trainings, through social skills and anti-aggression instruction, are one of the only effective tools in changing student’s behaviors to a point where there is an overall reduction in aggressive and dangerous behaviors in the school setting (Wilson & Lipsey,
Teachers vs. Guns On December 14, 2012 something tragic happened at the Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut. The attacker killed twenty six people – twenty of which are age six to seven. If teachers had a gun or the right training and defense they might have had stopped the attacker from killing that many people. Teachers should be allowed to be armed because of the following reasons; it is quicker and more efficient then just waiting, teachers are also trying their best to keep it safe, and they have the right to carry guns.