Since the year 2013 America have experienced around 300 school shootings but here in the UK we have experienced none. Why is that?
Well in 2018 alone America have already had 12 School shootings. Here in the UK the last school shooting we had happened in 1996. What has the UK done to stop this from happening?
The UK has restricted the use of guns in the UK and because of this no other school shootings have occurred.
Some of the worst school shootings were in Parkland, Florida and Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Parkland shooting happened on February 14th which is meant to be a day of love and happiness but for the students and teachers of this school it is the day that their whole lives changed forever. We all feel sympathy not only for the 17 killed but for the students who lost their friends, the teachers who lost their colleagues and the families that have been affected in any way.
Sandy Hook occurred in 2012 in an American elementary school on 14th December just 11 days before Christmas. It was a chilly Friday in Connecticut and at approximately 9:30 am the shooter Adam Lanza begins to shoot his way through the school doors killing 20 children and 6 adults. The children of this school were getting prepared for Christmas to come but it never came for the children killed. School shootings continue to happen in America after all those innocent lives were lost.
What the President thinks should happen?
Donald Trump thinks that arming teachers is the best way forward. Here in the UK we think this is the worst idea possible as teachers would need specialist training which costs more money but we are all waiting for a time where a teacher gets angry and frustrated and shoots a student or worse the whole class. During his most recent speech about the Parkland shooting he gives his sympathy to those affected but to many that is not enough. I personally think that they should restrict who can buy guns or ban them altogether. Teens from as young as 12 can go to private buyers and buy rifles etc. People can go to gun shows and buy a gun very easily as they don’t need to do background checks and can therefore get a gun within minutes. I think this is a huge concern and needs to be dealt with in a specific manner. Gun crime needs to be stopped so what are you going to do President Trump?
I propose America looks at what many other countries do to stop school shootings and take advice from them. Many countries such as UK and Australia had a school shooting then restricted guns and none has happened ever since. I hope for America’s sake they make changes to the way there law works so that no more school shootings occur again.
