never happen in my school.” This is one of the first thoughts that goes through a students mind when they hear about a school shooting. The fact is though, it can. School shootings can happen at any school at any time. Lack of security is only a small part of the problem. The major issue lies in the low morality of students and warning signs overlooked by administration. Not all, but a majority of the students are cold-blooded killers. And shooting fellow students is
many school shootings occurring nationwide. It is not unusual to hear about these shootings on television or on the radio. This issue has greatly impacted the lives of young people. If you turn on you television and look at the destruction caused from a flood or an earthquake, you may think, "oh, another one." Although it may shock you to see the pain and suffering of the victims, it is going to happen. Is that the way we have to look at school shootings? It
thought that America’s schools were being taken over by these so-called “juvenile super predators.” The American people would assume that every quiet kid who gets picked on is going to turn around in school one day and start unloading his newly acquired firearms on his peers. This is hardly the case. While there may be an occasional “super-predator,” the media has highly over publicized these rare, extraordinary events. Perhaps the most notorious school massacre was at Columbine
these school shootings, I don't pretend to know, and I don't know that it's knowable." - Robert A. Fein, forensic psychologist In considering how I would respond to the provided prompt, I thought that it might be best to first take a look at what others had to say on the subject; what do other teens feel is the source of the rise in school violence, and how do the "experts" explain this disturbing trend? In my quest to discover what other students had to say, I searched "school violence"
American schools became dangerous places at the end of the twentieth century. Children as young as twelve and thirteen came to school not to study but to shoot as many people as possible. Even as these students transformed schools into war zones, teachers and other students did what they could to restore order and to save lives. In doing so, they became unlikely heroes on America’s latest battlefield. Although violence in schools is nothing new, multiple shootings are. According to the 1999 Annual
illustrates that those wishing to commit a mass shooting will inevitably find a means to obtain a weapon, whether that be by purchasing a weapon from a straw buyer, a person who purchases a weapon legally and then sells it to another person who cannot legally purchase a weapon, by stealing, or by buying the weapon on the black market (Wintemute). In short, expired gun legislation does nothing to provide a solution to the quandary of mass shootings in America. Solving the problem of outdated legislation
America, standing in fear, waiting for another mass shooting to break out in front of their eyes. More than 3,000 American Citizens die from gun violence each year (USA Gun Violence Stat.). Sadly, a fraction of the lives lost are mostly due to school shootings. This year alone, 52 school shootings have occurred, leaving 30 dead and 53 injured (52 School Shootings). From the mass murder of Columbine High School and Virginia Tech University to the well known Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre,
The Economist (2015) article also states that since Obama’s election into office, there has been 450% increace of American gun makers Smith & Wesson’s share price. Looking at the argument for stricter gun control, Gostin (2008) argues that despite America being the nation that possesses the greatest number of privately owned firearms in the world, it in fact results in the public being less safe. This point is substantiated by the fact that having a privately owned firearm in a household makes a family
guns. The high advance of this argument corresponds to the high increase of violence and problems related to firearm use. While some believe that gun control would help eliminate mass shootings and save lives, there are others who know that guns are not the problem. Gun laws are the cause of most violent crimes in America, and they need to be changed to make it easier for Americans to purchase and better protect themselves. Since 1968, the Republican and Democratic Party have formed firm stances
We all know the growing problem of mass shooting in America. There were a total of 160 mass shootings from 2010 to 2013 alone (Perez, “FBI: Mass:). Which is defended as a shooting involving 3 or more people? With the growing problems we are turning to gun control as the method for solving this crisis, can and should for instance the shooting act at Sandy Hook School where many children and teachers died, might have been prevented by stricter gun laws. With this event fun laws including background