Open Carry Research Paper

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Anahi Perez Mrs. Mora English 1A Annotated Works Cited 27 October 2015 College’s Self-Defense Research Question: Should CA allow open carry on college campuses? Birnbaum, Robert. "Ready, Fire, Aim: The College Campus Gun Fight." Change 45.5 (2013): 6-14. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Oct. 2015. The key aspects discussed in this article are the descriptions of how the right of open carry is not only affecting communities but also schools. The right of open carry was granted by the constitution therefore there is no law that prohibits the carrying of arms if it is used as self-defense. Since this right is protected, many public colleges started to allow the right of open carry on their campuses because they claim that by being armed criminals …show more content…

These adjustments were to make stronger laws where it will become difficult for citizens to own a gun. However, this strategy was compared to the many other ideas that has helped lowered the use of tobacco and the number of car deaths were firearm researchers wanted to apply on this campaign of advertising that guns has kill innocent people. One of the obstacles that made this impossible to happen was that this right was granted under the constitution therefore trying to go against it will result in a chaos with citizens. The intended audience is for people that are curious to know what were the reasons that many ideas from the president didn’t work and to let people know that the cur for gun deaths are to be found by doing research. For instance the Affordable Care Act was one of the main factor that it made it difficult for not only the police but also doctors to find out what types of gun each individual owned. This is a useful source because it extends an explanation about how some legislators tried to imply laws that didn’t really work due of the high protection of the second …show more content…

"California's Unloaded Open Carry Bans: A Constitutional And Risky, But Perhaps Necessary, Gun Control Strategy." UCLA Law Review 61.2 (2013): 464-504.Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2015. This article gives a clear explanation of California’s strict laws about open carry in public place and schools campuses. The fact that California is one of the states that is in the center of the eye due to the prohibition of guns in many places and where the state has also tried to ban guns. The author gives many reasons of the entire cities population who owns a gun in California which only less than a quarter have a permit to carry a gun, this is because in order to get a permit, California has made sure that not anyone can be allowed to carry a gun. This information will be useful since it explains the many reason of why CA has taken strong gun control since they care more about the community being safe without the usage of guns. One of the strategies that they use to make sure that people who are allowed to carry gun are responsible owners, one of their first laws is that a person can carry unloaded guns in public and the only exception of carrying them loaded will be if their life is being