The Negatives Of Mass School Shootings

“How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of isolated incidents?” said Jackson Katz, activist against violent acts.This quote perfectly shows that school security needs to be improved and taken more seriously.There have been 275 school shootings since Columbine.The virginia tech massacre is the largest modern shooting in U.S history with 32 killed and 17 wounded.If precautions were taken this could have been prevented.25% of teenagers are exposed to hate related graffiti within school grounds.Schools now are filled with drug dealing,wepons,and acts of violence.There needs to be a solution to this growing problem. I believe every school should have metal detectors,an on guard police officer, a closing metal door,a K9 unit, and faculty are required to wear IDs.I believe if add just one of these security measures the school will be safer than it had before.

Emotional wellness issues have been frequently shown another big cause of these shootings. Most school shooters were mentally sick or demonstrated side effects of psychological wellness issues. An opportunity for mental and psychiatric help could help stop these shootings. According to newyorker.com, ¨, from 2011 and 2013, more people believe that mass shootings result from a failure of the mental-health system than from easy access to guns. Eighty per cent of the population believes that mental illness is at least partially to

Over the past couple of decades, school shooting have seemed to occur often-- continuously shocking the nation and reminding everyone that no community is exempt from such horror. One main contributor of this hysteria is found within the media. At the catalyst of this hysteria, lies the horrific Columbine shooting in 1999. Since then, school shootings have received ample coverage-- some argue that this has romanticized school shootings, others argue that is has provided condemning coverage of the often insane perpetrators. In the first year after the Columbine shooting, over 10,000 articles were written about the event, likely setting the stage for the nationwide desire for constant coverage of such events (Elsass et al, p. 445-446).

“Shooting massacres” in school settings, a new phenomenon within the past 50 years, are extremely rare events. Over 23 years, 1990-2012, 215 fatal school shooting incidents resulted in 363 deaths, equivalent to 0.12% of national firearm homicides during that time period …… Among these, just three shooting rampages – Columbine High School, Virginia Tech University, and Sandy Hook Elementary School – accounted for 72 (53.3%) of these 135 deaths. The frequency of random/ rampage shooting incidents in schools has remained within the narrow range of 0 to 3 episodes per year.” (Shultz, et al., 2013, p. 84)

Mass Shootings are among the most controversial topics talk about in modern day society, and this is due to the apparent rise in shootings over the past couple of years. The nation has witnessed some of the most gruesome shootings in History such as Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. From the aftermath of these shootings, a solution was found to prevent such things from happening which is allow concealed-carry weapons on college campuses. It is said if there are more guns on campuses, the chances of a gun man taking out more innocent lives are less likely due to the amount of people with guns. Despite this sound solution of concealed carry on college campuses, the reality is that it causes more problems than it solves, and there are better solutions to this problem at hand. But, what exactly is the true nature of school shootings, is it actually a true threat to our education system?

School shootings and those who instigate them have changed over time by the perspectives of these people that are influenced by violence. Couples of years ago, school shooters were kids that got traumatized, raped, bullied, etc. A perfect example of this would be Evan Ramsey. Evan walked into his high school with a 12- gauge shotgun and killed two people. He had a chaotic home life. His mother was an alcoholic who lived with a series of violent men. He lived in 10 different foster homes where he got both sexually and physically abused. I feel that Evan did this because of the tragic life or even for attention. His life wasn't a good life and it's sad that the events that occurred to him had to happen. Now things have changed and anyone can

More than 270 gun sightings have been reported in schools in the year of 2016 (Mascia). Overall, more than fifty million kids walk into school with firearms everyday, but nobody knows about it. Why? Because most school officials do not have enough rights to search through students’ belongings if they have suspicion about something. Schools should have the right to search students’ belongings because of behavior, ownership, and safety.

When thinking about school shootings names like Columbine and Sandy Hook pop up. Those are the most tragic by far, however everyone always ask why such a horrible crime happens, but no one has never stopped and researched why such hate crimes like those happen. Instead people resort to Channel 2 or Fox 5 for answers, not realizing that their story isn’t the full truth. I am truly against school shootings; looking for answers myself. If there’s one thing I’ve picked up from the media is how they portray school shootings with mental illness, but according to Alfred.edu/teen violence says, “They want to get back at those who hurt them or revenge.” Many adults always struggled to realize why things as vigorous as shootings happens; also fail to realize they are the start of something so tragic. There are several reasons that lead to a school shooting but only five are common.

The First Amendment of the Constitution says that the Congress cannot make a law that forces people to follow one religion or prohibit free speech. It also says that people have the right to hold peaceful assemblies to make a change. This allows people to have opinions and express them freely as long as they are peaceful.

This idea needs to become widely accepted by everyone in order for it to be successful, because if only some places accept it, then all the other places declined it will still be in danger of mass shootings. What we are trying to do is legal, therefore, we don’t have to pass any bills or laws, but the idea of bringing it to Congress is a great idea. We want to inform the general populace about mass shootings and how there in theory is a way to help decrease the casualties per killings and possible prevent the use of guns in shootings. There will always be mass killings, but we want to prevent the use of guns since it doesn’t affect the victim's, but also the law abiding citizens. Our goal is to spread awareness and to do that we will need to travel around and get people educated about firearms. We know there will be people who are against us, but if we even get some people on our side to be able to help us implement this, we would greatly appreciate it. We want teachers to have handguns, and nothing really over a 9mm. 9mm would be a modest ammo size while still remaining fairly inexpensive. We will not advocate for the use of hollow point or specialty rounds, as that doesn’t seem to fit for teacher use. Teachers will have to buy their own firearms if they do so please, and this will allow them to have full ownership over their firearms so they can use it to defend their homes as well.

In each case he describes the school shooter as a male. What leads to young adults to perform school shootings are school bullying, family, and other environmental influences, and one’s mental health status. Instead of asking males and females how students feel towards bullying, the team could have asked what their response was to that experience. Then maybe the research team could compare those who responded to their own experiences to the resources they are aware of on campus. Another major concern in the survey was the fact that it consisted of double barreled questions. For example, number six: “Have you participated or witnessed the following types of bullying below?” The team couldn’t separate the types of bullying students were involved in and those they have witnessed because the question is conjoined. This question was crucial to the purpose of the research and did not give clear results the research team

     Another school shooting goes down and is preyed upon by the media for a gripping new story. Jonesboro, Arkansas, West Paducah, Kentucky, and Littleton, Colorado all have one thing in common. All these places are sites where school shootings have occurred. Why do school shootings happen and who is to blame when they do happen?. These are two questions that are still trying to be answered. Some people say that school shootings are due to the excess marketing of violence in movies, television, video games, and music. "'There is a difference between what one has the right to do and what is socially responsible', he says. It appears that they have targeted a mass audience for this material, and then they're

It is without a doubt that there has been an increase in violent crimes in schools throughout recent years. School shootings continue to become more and more common, especially in North America. Safety concerns for any and all students and staff in schools are at all all time high due to the high number of fatal and non-fatal occurring incidences. Since 2013 to the present, it is estimated that the United States has seen approximately 205 school shootings. Weekly, that is a shocking one shooting on average. Many of these shootings have resulted in the injuries and deaths of multiple of students and staff members. (Everytown Research, 2017) Evidently, school shootings are tragic events that affect so many more people than just the victims. However, these events are also interesting to look at from the psychological and sociological point of views. Through much research, it can be concluded that school shootings are a complex problem that are caused by a mix of improper brain development and societal and media influences which motivate school shooters to emerge. Psychological factors may include struggling with mental illnesses and/or abuse that leads to damaged brain development. Additionally, being bullied and/or the role of the media are examples of sociological factors.

This again is a website so it is not as credible as a data base. It is written by a magazine, so it was meant to entertain, not inform. However, it was written recently, by a well-known magazine, and it has an author. It seems to be well written by a notable author. The article relies on facts, even though it is written imaginatively.

I woke up in the morning to my brother crying, my mom as drunk as ever and my dad passed out on the couch. I lift the sheets off of me, the air is as cold as usual, it feels like my whole body is an iceberg and the only way to keep it warm is to lay in bed, but I get up anyway. I step onto the wood floor and it is even colder than the air, but I ignore it, I look in my closet and find something to wear. Then I step into the hallway to see my mother and yell at her for being drunk again and she just waves lazily like she always does. I hear a noise in the living room and notice the tv news is on the people are saying that there have been school shootings and kidnappings, but then my dad falls off the couch, bangs his head on the small brown table next to the couch and curses and I forget about the school shootings and kidnappings. He catches my attention, I walk over to him and He gets up and looks into a mirror outlined with wood.