This is the second deadliest shooting in the United States history and it is known as the Virginia Tech Massacre. A senior at the school named Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people while injuring 17 others before committing suicide. The shooter was found to have been diagnosed with multiple mental health problems including severe anxiety disorder. Cho had a history of crime and had even been accused of stalking two female students. After being declared mentally ill by a specialists, Cho was still able to purchase a gun. This specific shooting ignited a global flame of controversies that question the U.S. gun culture. International media networks criticized America for letting this happen, but it was not enough to effectively change the fun laws of the …show more content…
After every shooting, one can find the government making an impulsive attempt to calm down the public by stating “something needs to change” and yet a few weeks the later the issue is dropped, essentially going in one ear and out the other. Studies have shown that gun sales actually increase after a deadly shooting in America. For whatever reason, there seems to be a stronger desire to own a gun after a shooting in the news, in fear that the Democrats, liberals, and anti-gun lobbyists will finally muster up the support to get the Supreme Court to take them away. Unfortunately, it will take many more mass shootings to convince the whole country that military grade guns are not needed and only contribute to violence in our