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Should college employees be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus?
Shootings at universities and colleges in the US in recent years have contributed to a
debate on how to avoid gun violence, including authorizing people to wear a hidden weapon on
campuses. Some people support the student, professors and other college employees carrying
concealed firearms in school while another group is completely opposed to carrying a concealed
handgun in colleges. This paper would try to illustrate the opposing viewpoints of students and
employees carrying concealed firearms in schools, and explains that having concealed weapons
on campus is not a worthwhile idea.
Supporters of concealed guns in colleges claim to be violating the rights of citizens by
prohibiting them from carrying guns for self-protection. They believe campuses would be safe,
and if students and teachers carried weapons, criminality would be deterred. As a result, laws
have been passed in many states legalizing concealed weapons on college campuses (Collins 1).
The opponent of concealed handguns in colleges believes that if guns were allowed on college
campuses, the probability of injury or death would increase.
While pro-gun in colleges claim that the implementation of arms law in colleges would
minimize college-level shooting incidents, I believe that allowing guns to be performed on
campuses would only lead to problems like disruptions from a safe environment and a question
of that firearms on campuses endangering people on campus. Hidden handguns can corrupt the
shape of a healthy learning environment. Critical, when attending college or university
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campuses, are all students, professors, staff and visitors. There's no question that everyone on
campus wouldn't be comfortable not knowing whether his friends or instructors had a handgun
loaded. What could happen if campus participants were granted the right to wear a weapon is
unknown. Professors are likely to feel threatened if a student carries a weapon.
The only possible situation is that a teacher and student are involved. A conflict between
students can also escalate. An innocuous class discussion among students, for example, could
quickly escalate when they speak about who should win the presidential election. One student
may prefer one guy, and the other disagrees totally. Both students can transition their knowledge
and opinions back and forth until one student is finally offended with his incomprehension and
decides that the only way to get him or her on his side is by overcoming them with a pistol,
which puts everybody in the classroom in danger. Allowing weapons on campus would only
cause all on-campus uncomfortable and unnecessary stress.
One major issue to be taken into account is the likelihood of increasing individuals ' risks.
It is no clear assurance that every person would be protected by allowing handguns on campus.
Armed violence on college or university campus would most probably grow because college
students are reputed to use drugs and alcohol excessively (Woods 3). If most students cannot
control their drinking and drug habits, they cannot have the right to use firearms. The United
States needs to understand what could happen before people can take a weapon on campus.
I believe we will collectively work together to make sure that every college or campus is
safe for every person. We don't solve the problems facing the nation by allowing university
students and employees to carry concealed weapons. To ensure our campuses are safe, it is better
to avoid having weapons on campus. Security guards already provide security throughout the
campus; giving other people the ability to carry weapons will weaken the aim and the
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policemen's security, other people having the same power they have. Unfortunate is the deadly
casualties which occurred in the past due to school fire, but the dispute will not come to an end if
more guns are added. Students and staff of universities should therefore not be permitted to carry
weapons on campus.
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Works Cited
Collins, Hilton. "Would College Campuses Be Safer If Students could Carry
Guns?.https://www.emergencymanagement.com/safety/College-Campuses-StudentsGuns.html?page=1&<." Emergency Management. N.P (6th July 2010): 1.
Woods, Johns. "Allowing Guns on Campus Wont Make School Safer.<https:// www.chron.com."
Houston Chronicles (25 March 2011): n.pag.