Shootings over the years
The US has approximately 300 million guns this means there is nearly enough guns for every man, woman and child in the country. Every week there is almost 1 school shooting in the US. In 2015 there were 64 school shootings in the US. There have been approximately 142 school shootings since 2012 in the US. The US government are still refusing to make tougher gun laws even after all the gun attacks that have recently happened in the past years and the people wanting better gun control.
Shootings this year
There have been nine school shootings this year that have resulted in someone being injured or killed. There have been 1,800 deaths only this year caused by guns.
Stoneman Douglas shooting
February 14th 2018 17 people were killed and 17 or more people were injured by the shooter at their school in Parkland, Florida by a 19 year old boy who was confirmed by witnesses as Nikolas Jacob Cruz. The shooting took place at Stoneman Douglas High School during the afternoon. The shooter took a Uber to the school he got to the school at 2:19pm. Nikolas then entered the 3 story building which had 30 classrooms and about 900 pupils also 30 teachers which were located inside them. Nikolas was carrying a AR-15 automatic rifle. He then activated the fire alarm the fire alarm caused confusion to the pupils and teachers as there had already been a drill earlier that day. He then began firing at the pupils and teachers. Near dismissal time other staff members heard the gun shots and therefore active a code red lockdown. The shooting lasted 6 Minutes after Cruz dropped his rifle on the floor and the left by blending in with fleeing students. He was later arrested.
Sandy hook Elementary shooting December 14th 2012 20 children and 6 adults were killed at Sandy hook Elementary school in Newton, Connecticut. The children which attended the elementary that were killed were between the ages of 6 and 7.The gun man shot and killed his own mother at their home before driving to the elementary to take other innocent people lives .The shooter was 20 years old and was named Adam Lanza after the shooting he committed suicide by himself in the head.
Dunblane shooting
The Dunblane shooting was the last school shooting to occur in Scotland since tightening the gun laws since the event. 13th March 1996 Thomas Hamilton entered Dunblane primary school near Stirling and shot 16 young children and their teacher before killing himself.
US teachers to carry guns? The President has said he would consider giving teachers guns after the incident which happened in February. Some parents think that it is a completely outrageous idea to arm school teachers and asking Trump to consider his own children and how he would feel about this. Some people think that teacher being armed is a good thing as shootings last approximately 3 mins and it take police to attend the scene about 8 mins to arrive teachers would be able to defend the children by shooting the attacker before anyone get hurt.
I personally think that the idea of teachers having guns is quite stupid as the shooter would be able to harm more people by using the guns if they happen to be not locked away. It would take the teachers a few minutes to reach the gun as they would need to go to where it is stored and unlock it by then people could have been shot by the shooter. I think that president Trump should consider how he would feel if he was in a situation where his children were killed or injured. I think that he should tighten the gun laws as it has a better benefit rather than arming teachers. Some children could feel intimidated by their teacher as they could be threatened by them having a gun and they could use it on them at any moment .School is supposed to be a safe and happy place for children to go to learn new things and socialise with their friends not to be scared for their lives as at any moment they could be shot. Parents might feel unstable at sending their young children to school in case anything happened to them.
