A Changing Society: A Changing Society

A Changing Society Imagine that you are a student sitting in your classroom taking notes just like every normal day. Then before you know it things get crazy. There is word on the intercom that there is a threat with a gun. Before long you start to hear gunshots. Your teachers rush you into the corner, tell you to get under the desks, shut off the lights, and lock the door. As you lay under the desks you hear screams from the room across the hall. You think, “This is it.” Then the threat walks right by the door and moves on. You think, “That was close.” Later the police unlock the door as everyone thinks about what they just witnessed. This event is similar to what children at Sandy Hook Elementary School witnessed on the gloomy morning of December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooter Adam Lanza was “a 20 year old loner with a personality disorder and in critical need of mental health evaluation and psychiatric treatment” (Faria). This shooting was one of the most recent mass killings at an American school. A mass shooting to me, is defined as when a person intends to kill multiple innocent victims, because they want revenge or they want to prove a point. Based on the media, the law, childhood upbringing, and health status, society today contributes to the reason shootings occur. One of the many reasons for gun irresponsibility is the media. The media is not only

The government can enforce the law, but if someone wants to be violent there is not much we can do after a shooting. The action should have been taken when the shooter was having trouble and traveling down the wrong path. The issues of gun violence in America “collide in heated and emotional debates” (Bruce) when trying to address the best outcome for all aspects of society. Americans need to focus on the flaws of society so that mass shootings do not occur and the generations to come are as safe as