Research paper subject (blog11)

I am doing my research paper on concealed and carry gun control. The issue seems to be whether or not to allow conceal and carry permits to pass state boundaries. The pro side argues that it’s a gun owners right according to the second amendment to “bear arms”, and that it increases of the safety of our nation when more responsible gun owners have a conceal and carry permit. They use examples like Virginia Tech and Columbine shootings as examples. The con side argues that letting more people have conceal and carry would increase crime and would be even more dangerous if they were allowed to cross state boundaries. The issue is pretty heated and both sides are fairly divided. Each side has statistics against the other that contradict, so the trick will be finding sources that aren’t biased or based off of political party stances, but rather focus on the issue. I think I am going to side with the pro side because I agree that it is useful to a society for people to know how to defend themselves and that laws cant always protect us. People who commit crimes will do so with or without weapons. The aspect of weapons makes it easier for them, but it also makes it easier for trained citizens to defend themselves as well. For instance, if there were armed students at columbine or Virginia tech the shooters could have been easily stopped. (one of the first things that happened in Germany before the Holocaust was increased gun control among the citizens.)