Essay On Mass Shootings

The Freedom of Guns in America Mass shootings have taken over the United States of America. America has been ranked the number one state for mass shootings and gun violence in the world. There has been over 90 different shootings in the U.S. over the past years. These shootings rank from elementary schools, college, movie theatres, parking lots, and other public buildings. Gun violence is taking the lives of many innocent people and Americans can stop gun violence by coming together and putting down the gun law. Mass shootings are having a bad effect on the citizens of America. According to Follman, “Most Americans do not want a gun until an incident with a gun has happened.” Why must the American society be this way? Majority of Americans …show more content…
Researchers have not yet found out because no mass shooter has reportedly survived. The mass shooter has either died from self-inflicted gun shots or shot down by the police of the town they were shooting in. According to Follman, Lankford stated that, “Our homicide rate is higher than comparable European nations. If anything, though, it is these kinds of attacks that make us stand out so negatively from the rest of the world and give us this violent reputation as a country.” Some Americans believe that mass shootings can be stopped by taking the mental health test. The mental health test can help with the shooters that are mentally ill but what about the ones that are not ill. Mental health tests can help America bring numbers down but how much will it help. According to Christensen, “When it comes to gun massacres, the United States is tragically exceptional: There are more public mass shootings in the United States than in any other country in the world.” Some of these shooters are not mental and it is not understood why they choose to