Bloge stage 6

Blog stage 6: Response to Khj's post Making Gossip Illegal 

 I found this article Making Gossip Illegal to be very impactful because it had talked about the negative side of the medical field and how mean and corrupt some people can be, no matter what their job title may be. This was a very good article.

I agree that there should be a rule in any job area that protects the patients and the staff from harassment in the medical field, as well as any other work environment to create a safe place to work and enjoy or go about their days in peace. Especially in the medical field this rule should be enforced so that all may feel comfortable, how ever it should not only be applied to the staff but to the patients as well, everyone should have the freedom to feel safe from any harm whether it be verbal, physical, or mental. Keeping everyone safe in any environment is a common courtesy that all should be entitled to and everyone should feel safe in the hands of those who are taking care of them, no matter how short that time may be, all have the right to feel safe no matter where they are.

- Anne Ducat

Gun Control: Open Carry

Gun Control: Open Carry

I choose to do an editorial on the new open carry policy in Texas where it is legal to carry a gun in plain view.  I chose this piece because I think that people should have the right to either open carry or conceal their weapon, even if other people may feel uncomfortable.  Although it is legal to open carry in public, many establishments do not allow open carry in their stores, restaurants and other businesses.  Businesses have the right to deny open carry in their establishments, even though it seems as though nothing has changed with the creation of this open carry gun law. However, even though businesses have the right to deny this law in their establishments, they do not have the right to deny it in public places.  

The Open carry law was meant as a way for people to openly carry guns in public places such as walking down the street or going to the park, the law did not how ever state whether business had to comply with this law by allowing or denying it from their properties. The Businesses and companies only need to post a notice in the window saying that their establishment does not allow open carry on the premises.

I do not own any guns, however I would like the choice in being able to carry one whether it be visible or not, that is a choice that goes with the amendment that gives us the right to bear arms and the right to defend our selves. I do however think that to feel safer with guns being unseen or seen has to do with the situation that is at hand, such as at a restaurant or the store I would feel slightly uncomfortable if the weapon was visible, in these cases I would rather have the weapon be unseen but still on hand incase something happened that I would need to defend myself. It would just depend on where I was and the amount of threat that would be placed to my life and the lives of those around me, I would like the choice to openly carry or conceal the weapon upon those circumstances. Open carry is a choice that should be made by individuals and by businesses separately and that those who do open carry should comply with those businesses, which do not allow open or concealed, carry on their properties. The rights and safety of everyone should be considered not just those who the law might offend or those who would abuse the new gun law.