Gun Control In The Media

After the recent shooting that took place at Umpqua Community College and Northern Arizona University, talks about gun control has sparked once again in the media. This is the 46th shooting at a school so far in 2015. It seems as if after a tragedy happens, we are reminded on what guns can do. Yet, once the chaos begins to die down, the conversation of gun control dies alongside it. So is the media addressing gun control only when breaking news comes along with it? That seems to be the case. Yes, there are still those who continuously advocate for gun control, but, with no help from the media, their voices are not being heard as loudly. So what does this say about the media? If as long there is no huge story coming along with the issue, no one is going to pick up on this conversation until a tragedy occurs once again. But that is the unfortunate part, we shouldn’t have to wait for another Virginia Tech or another Columbine shooting for us to talk about this issue. Northern Arizona University is just the 46th school shooting in 2015. As journalists we need to be a voice …show more content…
It’s simple. We just have to keep on talking about it. Either we do it through television, print or on the web, we cannot stop the conversation. #BlackLivesMatter has become a prominent hashtag on social media that has continued the conversation on the racial tensions against African Americans in this country. So why not start a hashtag on gun control to keep the talk going. It really can be that simple. Furthermore, the media has to stop waiting for a misfortune to happen to arise the conversation. It is as if the media is on an ongoing cycle where no progress is being made. Shooting happens, media talks about gun control laws, chaos dies out, back to old regular news, shooting happens etc. etc. When is that we put a stop to this? Maybe if we just scratch out the shooting and go straight to the problem, we might not see another