Guns at School

Guns at School

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]), Uvalde [2022]. 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.