...Over 294 mass shootings have occurred in the United States since the beginning of 2015. The details of these shootings are blasted across countless social media outlets informing viewers of every development that occurs. In the aftermath, issues such as gun-control policy and tighter security in public places rise to the top of the list of political agendas only to result in public frustration from monotonous legislative stagnation. Politicizing of these mass shootings has become largely formulaic due to the increasing popularity of social media. Leading theories propose that the intense stream of communication that occurs on social media blurs the lines between ‘social’ and ‘objective’ problems. Rather than focusing on the root cause that...
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...The Fear of Mass Shootings Mass shootings are a trend that occurs in many places, particularly public schools. Over many years, the amount of mass shootings that occur around the world has been increasing. When a mass shooting happens, it is brought to the media’s attention almost immediately. From there, all details regarding the event will be made public. Viewers become invested in the details provided by the media, and they want to know how many people were involved, injured, or killed. Unfortunately, many people become annoyed, because the media does not have all the answers about the event that viewers would like. Many media outlets report on the incident instantly; therefore, they have extremely limited information to provide. Typically, the...
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...From 2020 to 2024 the number of mass shootings has gone up 8%. Within one year there have been more than 630 mass killings, meaning on average almost two shootings happen daily. Medical professionals have found many reasons for the start of mass killings. Though many believe these factors are myths, due to research it has been shown that bullying, social media, and mental illness are the main potential causes of mass killings. Over many years of research, bullying is one of the top reasons behind mass killings. Medical professionals state that most killers have one thing in common, they are most often seen as stress, depression, or frustration for years. It is also seen as bullying or harassment and being ignored within a school or a place...
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...Mass Shootings Mass shootings have become a recent tragic phenomenon sparking much discussion around our country. Every time we seem to flip through the news channels we see someones worst nightmare happening right in front of our eyes. The sadness and mourning process that the families endure when loosing a loved one should be enough evidence to prove we have a major problem here in the US. This type of violence has become an epidemic in the United States and by looking at the history of mass shootings its only going to get much worse. There have been many different arguments suggesting more gun control, mental health facilities, and more technology advances in security. These suggestions seem very practical and can definitely help the cause...
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...The culture of weapons is the biggest reason for the US be leaders in death by firearms among developed countries. Mass shooting is defined by FBI as incidents which four or more people get shot or kill in a single event, at the same general time and location, not including the shooter. During the year of 2015, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 people and wounding 1,870 (FBI) and those numbers indicate that mass shooting events are also occurring at bigger frequency, specifically with mass public events or places, usually where the victims do not know the shooter. Those attacks are often pre-meditated with the purpose of retribution, mass-murder, terrorism, or mass-hysteria. Additionally, more than one a day is how often, on average, shootings that left people wounded or dead in the United States (Cohen, Sarah, Lafraniere and Oppel)....
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...state of fear. Gun control is a very controversial topic and many people live in a state of fear because of the people that cause many violent acts with guns. Assault rifles should be outlawed. Although many people say that AR’s can be used as protection because they are very accurate and have a reasonable price, many people live in fear though because AR’s are deadly weapons. They have caused the biggest and most controversial massacres in the past years. Furthermore, ethnicity also has taken a part in this because more black males are killed with guns than any other ethnic group. Same citizens feel more safe with a lightweight gun like an AR. People want to protect themselves or...
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...it does not stop shootings. Gun control will not contribute to stopping mass shootings for many reasons. This is due to a variety of reasons including misinformation, lack of focus on daily gun violence and the mentally ill not receiving proper treatment. Misinformation is a huge problem when it comes to gun control or just guns. It can lead to lousy laws being passed and a misinformed public. In the article I used to think gun control was the answer. By Leah Libresco, she claims (referring to assault weapons) “It’s an invented classification that includes any semi-automatic that has two or more features.” This shows us how people can be misinforming by labeling “scary guns” as “assault weapons”. Libresco also claims “ An ar-15 with a silencer is as loud as a jackhammer.” this supports that misinformation is a problem because many people think putting a silencer on a gun will make it very hard to hear like in movies and videogames. This is not true and is a wild misrepresentation of what gun accessories do....
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...Some people say its not the persons fault, it's the guns. The school shootings and mass shootings that have been happening, people are not blaming the person but the gun or the mental issues the people have, that have been showing up in most of the recent mass shootings. Although people say guns should be banned completely to prevent the mass shootings, we shouldn't have to ban them we should just put more restrictions and laws that make it harder to get guns, that would prevent small crimes and mass murders and shootings while people can still self defend and hunt for game in america. Background and mental health checks in the gun buying process would help prevent small crimes with robberies because if the buyer has previous crimes on...
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...Is Gun Control Effective Gun Owners have been dealing with gun control for a long time, however you do not have to be a gun owner to be aware of some of the major gun control laws and restrictions such as: Waiting periods Background checks Taxation of ammunition Gun permits and registration Conceal and carry Bans on certain gun types Possession in schools, hospitals, and other facilities Restricted classes (minors, convicted felons, aliens) Listed above are a few of the many gun control laws and restrictions. These laws and restrictions were put in place to keep citizens out of the crosshairs of deranged gunmen, furthermore the question is often asked “Are they effective?” Also “Are these restrictions preventing shootings across the nation?”....
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...According, to news report at least 17 people met their death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Nikolas Cruz 19-year-old boy. The accused shooter expelled without specific reason according to the disciplinary (Christensen). The shooting caused debates about which could sound like the cause of the steeply rising mass killings in the USA. Most politicians and citizens want to tie the mass killings to people with a mental crisis. Although other large countries such as India and Europe, share the same figures of mentally unstable people but have very low incidents of school-shooting. The increasing rate of shootings has led to most Americans heading back to the drawing board on the regulation of gun control and gun rights in the country. Since the issues have occurred there has been more focus on why shooting is happening more frequently. Many people have started fearing the fact they could lose loved ones in a school shooting. Most Republican politicians and supporters lead by President...
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...Fear of mass shooting can breed its own anxiety. When people keep worrying about being murdered or killed in a mass shooting, stress and anxious would come after them; therefore, over stress and anxious would be the first killer to kill themselves. Dayvid Diamond, a neuroscience professor at the University of South Florida, he mentions, “Anxiety alters the way of our brains process information. It actives a primal part of the brain known as the amygdala that can be hard to turn off, making it hard to relax in a theater if you’re afraid someone is going to walk in and start shooting” (qtd in Daileda). When people overwhelming with something, they will feel extremely anxious, which is a feeling that is hard to turn off. When people receive surprising news or statistics about mass shootings continuously, anxiety will develop quickly without their knowledge, which is when a panic occurs. Besides, once this feeling is developed, it is hard to turn it off because human’s brains are very sensitive to those surprising information. Accordingly, if people control their reactions when they see media’s inflated...
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...In Australia, they imposed the National Firearms Agreement in 1996 after a mass shooting in Tasmania. Recent statistics show that homicide in Australia has steadily been decreasing since the passage of the gun reform and is the lowest it has ever been in the last 25 years (Kiely, 2017). These regulations concerning the licensing and registration of guns directly decreased violence in the country as a whole. The stricter regulations, which made it more difficult to obtain firearms and limited the types of firearms available to the public, decreased the number of guns in circulation. The smaller number of guns in circulation decreases the potential for violence in the community. Regulations about the types of guns available for sale, also create a safer public because it bans deadly weapons that can cause massive number of deaths. This decreases the total damage if a violent act with a gun were to occur. In Australia, these changes were strict enough to reduce overall violence in the country significantly. The United States comparatively has seen an increase in gun violence recently. In 2016, about 38,658 people died because of guns, which was a 5,095 increase from 2012 (Gun Violence...
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...Gun Violence: A Public Threat Question At Issue: Should the prevention of gun violence be considered a public health issue? Argument Sentence: Prevention of gun violence should be considered a public health issue because preventing gun violence will stop thousands of deaths every year. Premise: Any preventative measures that stops thousands of deaths every year should be considered a public health issue. Every year we get reminded of the gun issue whenever we hear about a horrifying new shooting and every year we seem to forget until we hear about the new one. As long as it doesn’t involve people that we know personally it is easy to get desensitized to the reports on the news. The image of a deranged psycho mass murderer makes for...
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...School Shootings When I think of school shootings my mind immediately goes back to the Columbine High school shooting. This was the first school shooting that I was actually old enough to remember and understand. I still remember having a moment of silence for all of those involved. The New world encyclopedia states “Columbine High School shooting was one of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history. On April 20, 1999, two teenagers killed 13 people and wounded more than 20 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The incident drew worldwide attention. It led to widespread discussion over gun control and the prevention of school violence.” (Funk & Wagnalls) According to Wikipedia from 2011 to 2015 there has been 99 school shootings including grade schools, high schools, and colleges. This is a problem that needs more national attention in my opinion in order for there to be some form of change. The killers in school shootings (mass shootings) are what we call mass murderers, they typically want to send a message. It was stated the two students in Columbine sought revenge on bullies; this shooting/bombing was meant to send the message to them. According to a few articles I read they define their personalities as, “pseudocommando” these individuals kill in public during the daytime, plan their offense well in advance, and come prepared with arsenal of weapons, very similar to that of the school shooting killers. (Knoll) According to Warnick, the children...
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...majority of children play are games that contain shooting, killing, and other forms of violence. Therefore, it is considered number one on the list of objects to get rid of to demolish the violent acts done by mass shooters. However there has been lots of research done to determine if there really is a correlation between videogames and violence, and the different researches done are not consistent. For this reason, it is to be said that video games is the “fall guy” for various acts of violence such as mass shootings and more. Many believe that violent video games creates psychopaths. They gain this idea from the constant search for massive shooters and other violent people’s motive for carrying out with their violent acts. Each time someone commits an act of high-level violence , such as public or school shootings, investigators and society is always one the look out to see what motivated them to act that way. Investigators look upon the person's history and tries to find a pattern between their behavior and their at home life. As Christopher Orlet suggests that elements that produce violent people with violent actions are, “abuse, neglect, hopelessness, ignorance, laziness, absentee parents, and the plain, simple thrill of bad behavior.” There are other events or situations that occur in one’s life that molds someone into, “a psychopath” (Orlet). Yes, the exposure to the high-level of violence in majority of today’s video games can cause a tendency of trouble down the line for teens...
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