School Shootings Essay

School shootings have been like a burning fire in the grass that only started with one piece of grass. The grass will keep burning until there is a solution. Just like shootings at schools, there needs to be a solution so that they will stop happening. School shootings around America are a big problem because they keep happening without an end to it. Someone needs to find a solution so that students and teachers can stop worrying about their safety in a school. First, the shootings that are happening

School shootings have been around since 1764, and have since then gone worse over time. The first school shooting happened during the Pontiac's war in Greencastle, Pennsylvania. Since then there has been eighteen school shootings a year. A question that always comes up when these tragic events happen is “What can be done to prevent this from happening again?” One “solution” that always comes up is increasing security within the schools. Recently there was a shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School

Columbine School Shooting Tuesday April 20th 1999 seemed to be just a regular day. In Jefferson county Colorado Columbine high school was in session. At about 11:19 first lunch shift had just started. Then out of the blue a round of gun shots were fired, first out of many. Panic started to spread everywhere. News stations nationwide were on the scene. This soon to be massacre was now affecting people everywhere. Even a small town in Missouri was affected by this tragedy. One person especially, Randy

Research in school shootings have been administered in many categories, including sociology, psychology, and etc. past studies, and direct later studies in school shootings, offers a sociology stand point for understanding the differences of school shooting incidents, including rampage shootings, mass murders shootings, and examining the mass media dynamic of school shootings; as well as presenting a combination of causes said in the research, including those on the individual, community, and social

of school shootings has engulfed the United States over the last seventeen years. Unfortunately, our schools are enabling these events to happen. Leaving countless students in harms way, parents now have to fear the safety of their child every day while at work. Schools were once a safe haven but now have turned into survival zones. Proper corrective measure need to be taken to prevent these events from happening as frequently. My paper will dig deeper into the statistical facts about school shootings

School Shootings Scissors, crayons, notebooks, headstone, glue sticks are all supplies needed for this school year. Wait, a headstone? Yes, since 2013 there has been 242 school shootings (Everytown). This means thousands of student’s lives have been put at risk. Sadly, not all of the students have made it out alive. Once there was a time where the biggest worries a student had during the day was if they would get a swing at recess, who was dating who, or even if they had been accepted to college

School shootings are normally unexpected and they drastically impact life. The effects of an unexpected school shooting are displayed in Jodi Picoult’s novel, Nineteen Minutes. In the novel, Peter Houghton has endured bullying throughout his entire life. One day he snaps and he goes to his school, Sterling High, where he kills ten people and wounds many others emotionally and physically. Peter is then put on trial, where he is sent to prison for life. Josie Cormier, the girl Peter has been in love

Protecting our Schools from Mass Shootings Six adults and twenty students would soon lose their lives due to one man with crazy unexpected intentions (N.pg.). With all the hustle and bustle of the morning air, who would've ever thought that the security of a small elementary school needed to be safer than ever. Newtown’s safety was under no one’s control because of less security and staff who were not prepared at the time (Sandy Hook Families). So how can the security become fixed when its already

School shootings is a trend that unfortunatley has been getting popular for more than a decade. This is causing schools to beef up security and prepare for a potential war against unknown individuals. This has shown a negative effect in a few students who now see school as unsafe. Metal detectors, security cameras, and many other security safeguards has been a regualr neccessity for schools. Instead of using these things as a last resort effort to prevent violance there needs to be a less invasive

July. School shootings can be reduced by adapting gun laws and having counseling for every student. School shootings can be reduced by adapting gun laws. Some schools have already banned gun policy due to either previous massacres or governor laws. Imagine yourself walking down the hallway, seeing "banned gun laws" posters or seeing the school rules that says " no gun allowed at all times". In your previous school, there were no laws or rules that says anything about guns. School shootings could