A school shooting is a form of mass shooting that involves the use of a gun in an education institution such as school or a campus. The U.S Secret Service defines school shootings where a learning institution is targeted for an attack. In the United States, a total number of 142 school shootings have been recorded since 2013. Other data report more than 200 school shootings in America since 2013, which is equivalent to one attack every week. The worst school shooting occurred on May 18, 1927 in Michigan when Andrew Kehoe ambushed the school and killed 45 (Arcus, 2002). With these shocking data, there is need to put in place more policies to prevent more shootings and make schools secure.
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An FBI report by Mary Ellen O’Toole in 1999 provided details on the motivation and ways through which schools can be able to perform threat assessments (Jonathan, 2015). Two major findings summarized possible threats that often lead to the school gun shooting. First, 75% of school shooters were bullied, persecuted or threatened in a way that they were psychologically aggravated while about 61% were simply on a revenge mission (Juvonen, 2001). These two primary indicators can be solved creating a mutual relationship between students, teachers, parents and all education …show more content…
Most gun shootings have resulted to more than one student being killed because of poor response from police during such incidences (Shafii & Shafii, 2008). This happens due to the location of police stations and departments which needs time before they can arrive at the shooting scenes, by that time already many students and staff would have fallen victims to the bullets. Therefore, if the number of cops is increased and their locality made nearly or in the school, then this strategy will not only shun perpetrators from committing their heinous acts but will also ensure emergence response in case of an
Best strategies of dealing with school shootings should …show more content…
An FBI report by Mary Ellen O’Toole in 1999 provided details on the motivation and ways through which schools can be able to perform threat assessments (Jonathan, 2015). Two major findings summarized possible threats that often lead to the school gun shooting. First, 75% of school shooters were bullied, persecuted or threatened in a way that they were psychologically aggravated while about 61% were simply on a revenge mission (Juvonen, 2001). These two primary indicators can be solved creating a mutual relationship between students, teachers, parents and all education …show more content…
Most gun shootings have resulted to more than one student being killed because of poor response from police during such incidences (Shafii & Shafii, 2008). This happens due to the location of police stations and departments which needs time before they can arrive at the shooting scenes, by that time already many students and staff would have fallen victims to the bullets. Therefore, if the number of cops is increased and their locality made nearly or in the school, then this strategy will not only shun perpetrators from committing their heinous acts but will also ensure emergence response in case of an