Since 2013 there has been an average of one school shooting a week in the US.
Every town reported that there have been 290 school shootings since the catastrophic massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, more than 5 years ago.
Since 1990, there have been 22 shootings at elementary and secondary schools in which two or more people were killed, not including those perpetrators who committed suicide.
Sandy Hook
The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting is the most memorable school shooting which happened in 2012 at the hands of Adam Lanza. Adam had been diagnosed with several behaviour disorders, including Asperger syndrome, OCD, and his father Peter suspected he had schizophrenia but that still does not explain how he could enter a school and start firing at young pupils. Adam got his hands on us mother’s gun. His mother, Nancy Lanza tried to stop him but he shot her at close range, killing her. Later he drove to Sandy Hook elementary and walked into the school, used 45 rounds and took the lives of 27 young pupils and teachers. After Adam shot the victims he then put a bullet into his own head.
Dunblane
Thomas Hamilton, aged 43, a disgraced former Scout master whose behaviour had attracted the attention of the police, turned one of his four guns on himself after killing or injuring all but one of a class of 29 five and six year-olds at Dunblane primary school, near Stirling. 3 out of 12 children in hospital were on the critical list. Sadly 16 pupils were killed. Dunblane was the last school shooting in the UK, Scotland. This is because our government has tightened the laws on guns.
Sadly 16 pupils were killed. Dunblane was the last school shooting in the UK, Scotland. This is because our government has tightened the laws on guns.
Florida Shooting On the surface they are a normal family – mum, dad and four children. They lived in a small, safe town in America. Nikolas Cruz, 19, told police he was responsible for the shooting and added the he hid extra ammunition in his backpack and shot students in the hallway and on school grounds. Cruz arrived at the school by taking an Uber car, took the rifle out of the case and began shooting in classrooms. He then dropped AR-15 assault rifle he used and his vest to blend in with the students. Cruz then left the school and ran along with the other students fleeing to blend in. After that he then went to subway for a drink and then went to McDonalds.
After walking out McDonalds he was taken into police custody. This all took place on February 14th 2018. How easy is it to purchase a gun in America? It is not that hard to buy a gun in America. Hundreds of stores sells guns, from big chains like Walmart to family shops like Kens sporting Goods & Liquor store. Customers are asked to fill in a form that asks them for their name, address, place of birth, race and citizenship. In 1968, you could order just about anything and it could be shipped to your door. CNN had uploaded a video of a 13 year old boy trying to buy a case of beers but the women told him no, he couldn’t because he was under age. He then goes to buy a scratch card and the working tells him no because he is too young again. Next he goes and tries to buy a gun and within moments he is walking out with a rifle. This was an experiment to show us how easy it was to buy a gun. If a 13 year old boy can buy a gun that easily then what is stopping him from going into a school with open fire injuring and killing many young innocent people.
Personally I think guns should be illegal because there have been too many shootings in America and too many deaths, but yet the country still hasn’t made it illegal which I think is terrible. It makes you think because guns are illegal in Scotland and there hasn’t been any school shootings since 1996 so I think Americas solution should make guns illegal if they want to stop shootings and they shouldn’t give the teachers guns because in my opinion that is a crazy way to stop school shootings. What would you do? Would you give the teachers guns?
