As of 2018, ten states (Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, and Wisconsin) allow students and teachers to carry concealed weapons to school (Tennessee allows faculty, but not students). Twenty states have banned the carrying of concealed weapons on college campuses: Guns on Campus: Overview (National Conference of State Legislatures).
Proponents argue that schools that allow students and staff to carry weapons would be able to stop shooters on campus (UC Santa Barbara[2014] , Virginia Tech[2007] [2nd incident 2011], Umpqua Community College, Roseburg Oregon [2015], and even on K-12 campuses like Columbine High [1999], Sandy Hook Elementary [2012] , Parkland [2018], Santa Fe High [2018]). Opponents claim that the presence of guns would lead to more incidents and deaths.
Prompt: Write an argumentative essay in which you defend, challenge or qualify the practice of some states in allowing students, staff, and teachers to carry concealed weapons to school. You must have a minimum of two sources written within the current year and at least one print source.
Additional Resources:
Mass Violence in America print source pdf 2019
Majority favor stricter gun laws. (2019)
Student Bill of Rights (attached below also)
Colorado High School (2019)
Parkland resources (2018)
Every 12 Days (2019)
Santa Fe High resources (2018)
Gun Violence Archive - Updated Constantly
States with most/fewest school shootings (2019)
Texas announces School Safety Plan
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School - Parland, FL
NRA raises big bucks after shooting
John Stevens (Former Supreme Court Justice)
Survivors of Jonesboro - 20 years later
Inside Higher Ed resources (2018)
Call to Repeal 2nd Amendment
John Stevens (Former Supreme Court Justice)
Fixing the 2nd Amendment with 5 words (2014)
Gun Control in the Old West (2018)
Gun Deaths Rise - (Nov 2017)
Progress Since Sandy Hook? NPR (Oct 2017)
5 years after Sandy Hook (Dec 2017)
5th anniversary - History of US Mass Shootings (Dec 2017)
Texas TEch Shooting (Oct 9, 2017)
The Case for Banning Guns (Oct 2017)
We Can't Stop Mass Murder (Oct 2017)
Let's Be Honest About the Second Amendment (Oct 2017)
200 school shootings since Sandy Hook - April 2017
Training Teachers to Shoot to Kill - June 2017
Michael Moore - Gun Control after Las Vegas - Oct 2017
Trump bans bump stocks - Dec 2018
Gun Control endorsement - Nov 2017
TED Talk - Peter van Uhm: "Why I choose a gun" - Nov 2011
TED Talk - Dan Gross: "Why gun violence can't be our new normal" - Feb 2016
TED Talk - David Farrell: "Gun Solution" 2018
TED Talk - Diane Wolk-Rogers: "A Parkland teacher's homework for all of us" April 2018
TED Talk - Sue Klebold: "My son was a Columbine Shooter" November 2016
Guns fired at school once a week since Sandy Hook June 2016
122 school shootings since Sandy Hook - time period: Jan 2013 - June 2015
Bullet Points - Wired Magazine Feb 2016
FBI Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013 pdf
"A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun" - Linda M. Hasselstrom and on Moodle
"Guns Don't Offer Protection..." - The Guardian
10 Pro-Guns Myths, Shot Down - Mother Jones
Debunking Above Article - The Truth About Guns.com
Guns in Schools - Many Articles on this Issue - The Huffington Post
Gun Bans Upheld - The Chronicle of Higher Education (pdf)
Teachers Carrying Firearms - NBC
Most Heavily Armed State (per capita)
Schools shootings:
Synagogue Shootings
Poway Shooter Trial 2019