Persuasive Essay About School Shootings

Imagine you’re back in high school. It’s time for lunch and everyone starts to gather in the cafeteria. You’re talking with your friends and having a good time. Suddenly you hear gunshots. Everyone around you starts screaming; people start to panic. Teachers are rushing kids to safety, and some are calling 911. You hear more gunshots, but this time they are much closer. You and your classmates start to flip over tables for cover; others run and hide in the kitchen. You hear one final gunshot. It starts to get quite and everyone begins to calm down. You come out from cover and the first things you discover are fellow classmates and teachers in excruciating pain, some even dead. The whole ordeal lasts about only five minutes, but it feels like five hours. Police begin to rush in and escort people out. You just experienced one of the most devastating tragedies to live through. That’s why school shootings must be prevented in either of a multitude ways. School shootings have taken place ever since the 1800’s, but it has become more prevalent recently. Have you ever heard of the shooting that took place in Lagrange, Indiana on June 23, 1871? A student had a crush on the teacher, Anna Dwight, and he had asked her on what might be considered a date. Ms. Dwight had declined the invitation. The student was enraged so the next …show more content…
Many schools have started with an anti-bullying approach in order to build and maintain relationships between students. Some districts have even started active shooter drills (Doll, 2014). These are two non-lethal approaches to the same issue. They’re also more controversial ways of preventing attacks. There has been debate on whether or not schools should be armed. Shooters know that schools don’t supply weapons, so it might be considered an easy target (Saidi, 2012). Also, cutting down on violence in the media might improve these types of