Should Concealed Weapons be Allowed on Colleges? (Essay Sample)

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Should Concealed Weapons be allowed on Colleges?
Whether or not to control violence and attacks in colleges by allowing carrying of concealed weapons in colleges have become a debate of nowadays. Although it is viewed a good strategy, concealed weapons can be too dangerous in colleges. Students, workers, and professors should not carry concealed weapons on campuses because they increase the likelihood of crime in colleges.
Administrators and safety officers in the campus oppose having guns on campuses. “95% of university presidents, 94% of faculties in universities, and 79% of all college students oppose carrying of guns on campuses” (Myers). Only 5% of police chiefs in campuses thinks that allowing guns on campuses will prevent a mass shooting. Allowing these weapons on colleges cannot reduce mass shooting because it places where firearms are permitted are always the primary target for the attackers (Webster et al. 11). People with guns will rarely stop rampage shooting because they become defenseless due to legal restrictions guiding the carrying of firearms in public places and lack of sufficient training in responding to a mass shooting. Also, during attacks, it takes the police twice effort to distinguished armed students from the armed assailants. The confusion during such a situation