Protecting schools
Guns should be kept near by school faculty at all times to provide safety to not only themselves, but the kids they are trusted with to keep safe. There is major problem with school shootings in America. In the U.S alone there have been 142 school shootings since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. That is a near average of 1 shooting a week. Due to these shootings there have been many deaths, and countless injuries. However there is a way to avoid this problem. If the school faculty kept guns close by then school would not be an easy target and the staff could fight back if necessary before anyone could get hurt. Despite the fact the guns do make schools safer, many people believe that this is not the answer. They believe
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A school shooting was prevented when principal Joel Myrick used his gun to detain the shooter until the police arrived. Proving once again that school shootings can be prevented and are with the proper use of …show more content…
People who plan on shooting and killing other people do not care about the laws. They will do whatever it takes to get the job done. Also how would taking away guns from citizens stop a psychopath from killing. Nick Gillespie who is the editor in chief of Reason.com said “Exactly how reducing law-abiding citizen's’ legal access to weapons will stop a jihadist bent on a suicide mission”. Also many other countries have tried this method and and still failed, for example Germany. Even though Germany has very strict gun control laws, a kid was still able to get a firearm and kill many people. This shows that gun control laws do not work, and make it less safe for the general population. In fact when the UK put the firearms act in effect the the murder peaked at 2.1 per
One of the biggest debates in education is how to respond to gun violence in schools. According to BBC, “There were 64 school shootings in 2015” (BBC). One response to the rise in gun violence in schools is to arm teachers. Even our President has mentioned “giving a bonus” (Davis 2) to teachers that The fact that the idea of arming teachers is even being discussed is disappointing. Bringing more guns into a school is not the answer to gun violence. Most people that defend the idea that guns will “help” keep schools safe have basically three points: (1) teachers will be trained in gun safety, (2) it helps deter potential school shooters, and (3) it will make the students feel more safe. Even though there is some truth to those points, I think that the cons of arming teachers vastly outweigh the pros of arming teachers.
One reason teachers should not be able to carry guns because guns are currently illegal in schools; Guns are illegal because they are dangerous. The Gun Free School Zone Act (GFSZA) is a federal law that was accepted in the United States in 1990. According to the GFSZA, “It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.” In order for teachers to carry guns, we would have to discard this law. Also, the school board would have to create a new policy, allowing teachers to carry guns. Adjusting the rules would be time consuming and confusing. Changing the GFSZA would make students tense and distract children from learning. Citizens from CNN Politics say, “72.4% of educators said they would be unlikely to bring a firearm to school if allowed to do so.” This data shows that the majority of teachers do not even want possession of a gun in the classroom. School officers have the right to carry guns, teachers should just focus on education. Not only does it create a huge responsibility, there would also need to be a large financial investment to supply guns for every school. This money would be hard to come up with, and not everyone is in favor of sacrificing money for firearms.
... 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 their safety while the children are in their classroom. The safety of fifteen or more students would be much more easily secured by one person if that person was armed. Promoting teachers to arm themselves also prevents school shootings; criminals don’t attack a victim that can fight back. At least 60% of school attacks would be prevented with an armed faculty warning sign. School faculty members should be armed to secure the safety of the countries students, and in hand prevent the majority of potential shootings.
In the article “Gun Control Can Prevent School Shootings,” Bennett shares the effects of gun violence in the past, present, and future. The Sandy Hook shooting occurred on December 14, 2012 when twenty children and six adult staff members were killed. Barely a month after the shooting, eleven of the families affected by the shooting went to meet privately with Joe Biden, and members from the Congress and cabinet. Bennett stated, “They were preparing to wade into some of the roughest waters in American politics: the gun debate.” President Obama gave a speech in Connecticut vowing to fight for change. And as Bennett put it, “Members of Congress started acting as parents instead of politicians.” Bennett explained to the families that they couldn't get rid of assault weapons or high capacity ammunition magazines, no matter how bad the shooting was. The families got angry and stated they did not want to know what they couldn't do, but what they could do to honor their children.
Should teachers be allowed to carry weapons in school? Would that be the best course of action? Well, I feel that teachers can't carry weapons in a school without the proper training that also means we would only be causing more violence.
Justin King once stated that “The UK enacted its handgun ban in 1996. From 1990 until the ban was enacted, the homicide rate fluctuated between 10.9 and 13 homicides per million. After the ban was enacted, homicides trended up until they reached a peak of 18.0 in 2003. Since 2003, which incidentally was about the time the British government flooded the country with 20,000 more cops, the homicide rate has fallen to 11.1 in 2010. In other words, the 15-year experiment in a handgun ban has achieved absolutely nothing”. The United Kingdom tried a 15 year ban of guns and all it did was increase the rate of crimes. From 1990 until the ban was put into work the homicide rate went from 10.9 to 13 per million. After the ban was there for a while the homicides reached to 18.0 in 2003. In the same year the UK flooded the country with over 20,00 cops so the homicide rates would decrease. John R. Lott, Jr., PhD, gun rights activist, once said that "The problem with such [gun control] laws is that they take away guns from law-abiding citizens, while would-be criminals ignore them”. While the country takes its time to check and take away every gun that is legal and ignore the fact that just like there are legal guns there are illegal guns as well. Taking away the legal gun would be like unarming everyone to be useless when the time to defend themselves comes.
Now more than ever the increase of in school massacres are starting to become more evident. The Sandy Hook and Oregon shootings are sending people searching for a way to keep their children safe when they are away from home receiving an education. This poses an issue, some people see it is fit for teachers to be armed with a gun in case of future attacks on the school. The outcome that will follow from arming teachers will be negative, but there is a solution that involves the protection of students without handing guns over to teachers.
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
If a teacher carries a firearm when a shooter unexpectedly enters a school, not only will they keep their students safe and protected, but also they will show perseverance when they secure the students lives if they are in danger. When President Obama is telling a speech anywhere around the world, isn’t he guarded? People with guns guard him. Why can’t teachers guard the most precious children to our parents? This question is asked all around the country. This controversial topic has many Americans wanting answers. Teachers carrying firearms in school will keep the children safe and protected because it puts fear in criminals and the teachers are fully trusted with the children.
My subtopic was gun violence in schools “school shootings.” There have been many schools shooting and most of them had many innocent people dying because of one or two people who had committed these horrible crimes. There are many things that should be done to help innocent people from getting hurt and prevent this from happening again. One thing that should happen is to put guns away or just getting rid of them. People get guns many different ways as you may already know. Sometimes we would just want guns to vanish and everyone one to have peace in the world. Gun violence in schools occurs around the world not only in the United States. The news inform us about the many other countries that are attacked and children or students that have been killed because of terroirs groups. People aren’t safe now days in places that we should believe schools are safe. Many parents are nervous sending their children to school because of the different stories they hear about on the news and from others.
Just as any other subject, guns being allowed on school campuses has cons and pros. Some pro-arguments are that guns can prevent a slaughter and safe many people’s lives in case someone try to use his/her gun against others. For example, if a person who is in a classroom, knows how to use a gun and also has access to one, if a criminal starts a shooting you can use your gun and shoot against the criminal and safe your life and the others’ lives. This is a great argument to allow arms on schools or public places because it would prevent people’s
With all of the school shootings that have happened lately I’m sure that most parents would want their child protected at any cost. As of January 2014, there had been an average of one school shooting every other school day. What are the schools doing to protect our kids when they are away from us at school? What more can be done to protect them? We are not able to be with our kids while they are at school, but we surely want to know that if a gunman does try to enter the school, there are measures in place to protect them. Should teachers be allowed to carry a handgun while in class? In my position argument I will discuss reasons that I feel that teachers should be able to carry while in class.
Since, Columbine, the fourth worst shootout in history, several studies have been published examining the issue of violence in schools. The National Research Council suggested increased gun possession will not lower violence; increasing the presence of guns may backfire, no matter how well-intentioned. If a child witnesses someone being injured by a firearm—can affect a child’s mental health. Research published in the Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations looked at various approaches to school security. They found the placement of school resource officers to help deal with bullying, racial tensions, disrespecting, gangs, lowered violence and gang problems on high school campuses. Although Columbine, itself which had armed guards on campus when the shootout happened, there are outliers; the Pearl High School shootout in 1997 was curbed by an assistant principal with a pistol in his truck. Michael Queen (2013), an administrator in West Virginia, says he’s seen crime drop on his campus since implementing an armed police officer. The officers conduct anti-gang and anti-drug workshops and Queen (2013) says he would like to see more armed officers in schools. He thinks that arming teachers, however, would be a mistake. Still, across the United States, teachers are lining up to take firearm training. In 2016, a South Carolina legislature introduced a bill to allow teachers to take guns to school. Those who are
In the summer of 2013, 4 principals came together to discuss whether they wanted to have teachers carry guns with them in school. Three principals said that they agree with the idea but one principal disagreed. That principal said that it's teachers having guns is a high risk. He also said that you're “putting a lot responsibility on the staff of the school to perform a law enforcement they aren't trained for” according to (“Arming Teachers to Keep Schools Safe”). There have also been incidents where teachers were not responsible with the handgun. In 2014 in Idaho State University, a professor's handgun discharged and he shot himself in the foot. So a lot of responsibility on the teacher's shoulders. While many states are trying to stop gun
“Since 2013, there have been over 200 school shootings in America, an average of nearly one a week”(Everytown Research). How safe is our family members at school? Allowing teachers and staff to carry guns could lower that number. Some people may disagree with it, saying that it would be teaching students violence. School shootings would be a thing of the past if staff were armed.