Guns in Students' Hands (Essay Sample)

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Guns in Students’ Hands
The incident that took place in Virginia Tech University in 2007 in which a former student used a gun to kill thirty-two students generated debate in various states whether students should have access to weapons in campuses (Bardes 35). In 2008, a gunman interrupted lectures at Northern Illinois University where he killed and wounded several students. These are but a few of shootings in institutions in which students or former students engage in fire exchange. The debate on this matter is thorny because no matter what side a person would take, it touches on the Second Amendment of Constitution. The debate has attracted left wing and right thinkers, who have their reasons to abort or support carrying guns in school. The complexity that borders this debate is that rules that guide institutions defers from one state to another (Korones 1). Some states allow people to carry concealed weapons while others do not allow. However, the daunting task in this essay is debate on this issue by considering either side of the argument. While many some people feel that carrying a gun is a constitutional right, it has negative impact among students.
American universities sometimes witness violent crimes because of personal differences that some students harbor. Carrying guns to campuses would aggravate the state of such violence in college. Many pro gun advocates feel that handling college crimes require a weapon, which can protect an individual from her or his detractors (Hanford 3). The proposal seems to create more problems than solving the issue of crime increase in an institution. I believe that no person would sit back and wait for legal redress in an event, which attract heated debate. Psychologists acknowledge the difference in temperament of people as shaped by environmental factor during childhood (Coleman 1). Aggressive behavior that one develops when in early stages of development can have devastating effects at later stages in life. Apparently, many college students are either in their late teenage or early adulthood. Pressure associated with groupings usually aggravate students aggression and may act contrary to the provisions of law in order to win views of his colleagues (Korones 1). This leaves no room for weapon in colleges because the intention of a student against a fellow student might not be predictable. It is impractical to assume that students would uphold moral standards set by colleges when clear differences are evident during debates and other college activities.
When guns get their way into colleges or campuses, the education facility might fail to deliver its mandate (Harnisch 3). The shooting in lecture hall is evidence that lecturers might not accept a debate over issues that are controversial in the society. Failure to exhaust issues touching on a particular topic compromises education standards. Learning institution delivers its duty by debating issues while taking a middle ground. Everyone is aware about the long stretch to equality in the United States. I believe that the society has information pertaining to slavery and atrocities associated to it. Debating such issues in college is likely to influence thinking of a college student. Some stories about the past incidences in American history evoke emotions depending on which side one would take. Such emotions may spill into the society when proper measures are not in place to control student reactions. Evidently, lectures do not have the burden of evaluating the behavior of a student in campus or control over private issues of a student. Campuses should be free from guns in order to allow conclusive debates to take place. I believe that a person will be free to debate exhaustively when he or she is free than when under the influence of an impending danger.
Guns in the hands of students might comprise public safety when student riot (Hanford 2). Rioting in campus is not a strange occurrence. Many reasons contribute to differences experienced in colleges. College students engage in college politics, which make their differences known. Evidently, a student might take the advantage of the differences to create mayhem to the public. Imagine a situation where students go rioting pouncing on the public. When these students have guns on their hands I believe the public would witness a scene where people lose life at a time they crave for it. Public safety is a right just like other rights. Comprising public safety or creating a window, which might propagate compromise to societal values, fails to acknowledge the strides the American society have made towards respect of human rights.
Carrying guns to campuses might lead to mandatory psychological test among student gun owners (Hanford 2). Revelations in the society indicates that shooting in the institutions is currently on the increase. Curbing this increase means taking measures, which would lead to a reduction of the effects seen. However, this is not as easy as one would think. Campuses are not certain about emotional maturity of the students. I believe that many campuses will have to change their mode of education as a move that responds to carrying guns in campuses. Psychological ability to deal with various situations in the society is usually average among most people, but may differ depending on exposure to events that instigate such feelings. Studies in various colleges have indicated that faculty programs are stressful because of the challenges that they impose to a student (Sheppard & Bilchik 133). The fear comes when a stressed person gets the opportunity to decide what to do when he or she holds a weapon. The outcome seems to be obvious, shooting. Researchers have noted in their studies that college students respond to stresses associated with college life by engaging in drug abuse, crimes, and immoral practices. I believe that allowing guns would open a window of new events by creating instances where students abuse the law.
People advocating for guns in institutions believe that carrying guns in campuses would deter crime. To some extent, the argument is true because criminals fear to attack gun-loaded people. On the contrary, institutions are not safety hazards where criminals are likely to attack. I believe institutions discharge their mandate by imparting knowledge and skills that a student need for the next level of life. Carrying guns make no sense because the aim behind carrying a weapon is protection (Coleman 2), which I believe many institutions have been able to accord to campus students and workers. I do not compromise on matters touching on security. What I feel is that this is a good idea, which seeks to solve a wrong problem. Problems facing students in campuses do not need a gun. I believe that in any institution or place where people converge, differences are likely to emerge. However, solutions to such differences do not lie in using a weapon to reach a solution. Cases witnessed in institutions have indicated that students are unable to control their emotions when carrying weapons. I believe that predisposing guns to students will not help them iron their differences but aggravate the differences.
People advocating for guns in campuses feel that institutions deny their rights by restricting gun in campuses (Students for Arm Free Schools). I respect rights advocates because they help the society to achieve what rightfully belongs to it. What puzzles me about the g...