Essay On Shooting In School

School shootings can happen anytime, and at any school. How many more innocent children have to be killed by armed gunman for our to carry concealed weapons? Calling 911 is no longer a solution. Waiting for the police to arrive is time for you to die, become injured, or fight back. Many schools do not have the necessary security, have violent students, and an intruder could attack at any time. The Arkansas Christian Academy has recently let faculty members carry firearms. We can’t stand by and watch a mass shooting like Sandy Hook or Virginia Tech happen again.
To begin with, many schools do not have the necessary security. Most public schools have one or two armed police officers, roaming throughout the school. If an armed gunman walks into the other side of the school, no one is there to stop him. By the time the police officer gets to the …show more content…
At Carroll County Middle School, a sixth grader named Kaci wrote bomb threats on the bathroom stalls. Kaci wrote these threats after being bullied by her classmates. People are cruel, at all ages. Anyone can get fed up and take things to extreme measures. I live in an area where many people go hunting, and kids have easy access to guns. Students can easily sneak a gun, knife, or taser into their backpacks. If teachers had a concealed weapon, many students would not try to attack other students on campus. Lastly, a massive problem with school shootings is intruders. At Sandy Hook Elementary School, twenty children and six adults were killed by Adam Lanza. Adam Lanza’s mom worked at the elementary school, he shot her shortly before going to the elementary school. Teachers were forced to hide kids in cabinets and cupboards. After the police arrived, Adam Lanza killed himself in the school. If Sandy Hook had teachers the knew how to properly use a firearm, many lives could have been saved. Training teachers to properly use a firearm could save many lives during catastrophic