Mass Shootings

Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook shooter), Eric Harris (Columbine shooter), Dylan Klebold (Columbine shooter), Jeff Weise (Red Lake shooter) and Luke Woodham (Red Lake Shooter). All of the people listed had 2 major things in common. Each had been suffering from a mental disorder and had easy access to firearms. The rise of mass shootings in the past 20 years has caused a huge uproar and imbalance in the media. With the mass hysteria and president Obama’s proposal of stricter gun laws, no one has taken the time to actually consider what the main problem is. The main problem is not the guns, but the amount of mentally ill members of society who have easy access to their parents/families firearms and the criminals who buy them off the black market. Punishing

In 2012 several mass shootings accrued which reignited gun-control and firearm ownership debates in the United States. There are more public mass shootings in the United States than in any other country in the world. Many of the shooters had a mental illness and most states do not require background checks for firearms purchased at gun shows from private individuals, which is known as the “gun show loophole”. This results in too many guns falling into the hands of dangerous people, which is why we need stricter regulations. Although many others think getting a stricter amendment on gun control violets our second amendment we still need to do something about this situation.

people and the cops can’t trace the gun back to the suspect. There has been 133 mass shootings in the U.S. between January 2005 to July 2009. The mass shooting in Las Vegas killed 58 people and injured 500 others. A church shooting in Texas killed 20 people. In order for it to be a mass shooting it has to kill more than 3 or 4 people. 3 out of 4 mass shootings in the U.S. came from kids under the age of 19. On Jan. 17, 1989 a man killed 5 children and wounding 30 other students and teachers before killing himself. Shooters in some of the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. history carried models of the country’s most popular types of weapons.

Over this past decade, an increase in mass shootings has raised a concern in the control of firearms. With the ever-growing number of shootings, the death rate due to firearms has intensified. Thus, the controversy over gun control has caused society to push the government to re-evaluate the regulation of firearms in the United States. Hence, in order to keep and provide a safe environment for American citizens without fear of death by firearm, the government should regulate firearms.

In the United States, we are experiencing more mass shootings in schools with many kids and adults dying because of ineffective laws and lawmakers stating that “guns protect peoples”, because of this we should protect ourselves with more gun regulations then deadly guns .One of these problem with self defence is that people who arm themselves could accidentally kill a loved one by either not knowing how to fire a gun or mistaken the person for a intruder. Another problem is of having guns around homes, where it can a initiated a conflict between peoples and either factions could say that they were using it for self defense. In contrast, if we have gun control laws there will be fewer mass shootings/deaths and it will make the U.S.

Mira Kamdar, a French writer, writes her article "America's Gun Madness, as Seen from Europe" to inform her audience about the foolish lack of rules America seems to have on guns compared to other European countries. Kamdar's mother lives in a small city in Oregon, which was recently in the news for the mass shooting at a community college. This story not only made national news for America, but according to Mira, made international news to countries like France. After receiving this news, Mira writes this article to compare and contrast the gun laws in France and what seems the lack of gun laws and regulations in the United States. A mass shooting like the one at Umpqua Community College and even Sandy Hook Elementary School stun citizens

In the society we live in today, it is hard to go for a long period of time without hearing of or about a type of disaster which has occurred that could have been prevented. The worst kind of disasters to hear or learn about consist of the disasters in which a school has been involved. With the increasing in security at schools to prevent fatal disasters, many questions have started to rise with concerns about whether or not if the amount of security necessary. In other words, does the amount of security in schools help prevent more disasters, or does the opposition out way the deposition? The amount of security in schools does impact the prevention of fatal disasters.

In December 2013, 28 people including 20 children were shot to death at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, which caused school officials and parents to reflect on methods for better protection of students’ safety. Recently, United University issued a regulation of checking backpacks or book bags randomly for weapons such as guns and knives, and those who are found to carry weapons will receive certain punishments. It was said that the random search was able to forbid weapons on campus and improve the sense of safety among students. In my point of view, the random search may not as effective as considered and, to some extent, might cause some problems.

School violence, specifically school shootings, are a rising problem and concern that in some way affects every student, parent, and educator. According to Lee (2013), since 2010 there have been 54 school shootings in the United States alone and that number continues to rise (p. 88). The Macmillan Dictionary defines a school shooting as, “a violent act in which someone, usually a student, uses a gun to injure teachers, students, and staff” (n.d.). Although these violent acts directly affect those closest to the problem such as students, educators, and parents, when a tragedy such as this occurs, the entire nation is affected in some way. When an intense act of school violence happens, fear and panic are instilled

In Points of View: Gun Control, the author had stated that we had a gun problem because of the large amount of what the FBI defines a mass shooting, and that there was a poll for Quinnipiac which results had included that 67% of people had wanted to ban assault weapons altogether, clearly proving that many people support gun law reform most likely because the large amount of numbers of mass shootings in America. But, most of these mass shootings are gang shootouts and most of them are done with handguns. But then why does a majority want to ban assault weapons completely? This just goes to show how people need to start thinking about something before they make such a quick decision, because gun control isn’t a good thing for our country, and if people don’t start thinking, then we can end up with a much worse situation than what we are in right now in

The article, “No there has not been 18 school shootings in 2018. That number is flat wrong” by John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich, made me realize even more the dangers and how common school shootings are getting. This is very sad, and frightening, to see happen for kids of all ages.

March 14th marks the one month anniversary of the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. According to EveryTown, there have been 17 school shootings already in 2018, and 290 since 2013; ranging from mass shootings to suicides committed in school. These numbers are going to continue to rise unless the students of America make a stand, and We’ve had enough.

The first source I am using in this essay is a Research Article from the website Plos One. The article highlights the arguments of Gun control especially after awful occurrences such as the Pulse Nightclub massacre. As well as explaining an experiment that was conducted, that tested the sales of guns after a terrible shooting. The experiment questioned if consumers purchase a weapon immediately after shooting. One belief was gun possession could have prevented the mass shooting. (Stroebe 8) If it is possible that mass shootings increase people’s fear of crime and motivates them to buy a gun for self-protection; alternatively, the fact that politicians respond to mass shootings with a demand for stricter gun controls could increase people’s fear that the government will impose stricter gun control measures. (Stroebe 3) Some people may view the increase in the acquisition of guns as a sign that others are planning more attacks on the American people. But an alternative perspective is people are genuinely scared and they feel safer with weapons at their disposable. I believe this article was a very tough piece to construct with the emotional difficulties at the time immediately following the Pulse nightclub shooting. The source is a non-biased article that purely presents the evidence and allows the reader to develop their own opinion. The source conducted an experiment before and after the Pulse Nightclub shooting on the

The results of the United State’s lack of regulation are evident through many events in our country. From horrifying mass shootings to suicide, guns only encourage violent behavior. According to the Centers for Disease Control in 2014, approximately 33,000 people die each year because of gun-related homicides, suicides, and accidents in the United States. As previously stated, advocates for gun rights argue that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. However, this idea has been proven not entirely true. In December of 2012, a Chinese man walked into an elementary school and attacked 22 children with a knife. While the act was extremely tragic, the use of a gun would have worsened the already violent situation. If a gun had been

Violence in all sorts of ways has been relevant since the beginning of time. It is human nature to be violent and in the last decade there have been an uproar in mass shootings. These mass shootings have prompted anti-gun advocates to crusade against lawful gun ownership. In 2012, ¨Adam Lanza, 20, kills 26 people, including 20 children, and himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, prompting calls for gun control reform("Chronology”). The Sandy Hook shooting really brought the issue of gun control to the media. Another example is when ¨A mentally disturbed student at Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech) kills 32 people, including himself, and injures several others in an on-campus shooting rampage (“Chronology”). This is again another incident that has happened by the use of firearms. As always, the media plays a big part in how people view the role of firearms in these incidents. People that are not gun owners automatically think that guns are bad. This is not true. The media only shows the bad part of guns, but never will the media have news about an incident where someone used a gun to save lives. The origin of this problem is fairly new, and there have been many attempts to put restrictions on firearms. ¨A variety of gun control measures are proposed, mainly by congressional Democrats, but none have enough political support to pass” (“Chronology”). The only restrictions that have been put in