Josseline Raudez
Professor Marlene Cueto
English 1102
15 July 2015
Gun control policy and school shootings in the U.S.
School shootings in America is becoming quite the epidemic, far more so here than in any other advanced country in the world. The solution? Gun control policy. After a surge in school shootings in the 90s, researchers looked for ways to circumvent this issue. From this came the idea of gun control: the idea that you can actively diminish the amount of murders per capita by controlling the amount of weapons on the street. Gun control policy proposes psychological evaluations prior to exercising one’s 2nd amendment right. In supplement to having a psychological evaluation other methods have been proposed by this gun control policy such as raising awareness in students and faculty, and having metal detector check points at schools.
According to a Harvard research by Amy Cohen, Deborah Azrael and Matthew Miller, the rate of mass shootings alone has tripled since 2011 in the United States (Cohen, Azrael, Miller, 2014). Defined by the Brady Campaign and restated by Factcheck.org, “major school shootings are any incident in which the shooter was directly linked to the school and …show more content…
"Pros & Cons of Metal Detectors in Schools." Education. Demand Media, 2015. Web. 15 July 2015.
Cohen, Amy, Deborah Azrael, and Matthew Miller. "Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled since 2011, Harvard Research Shows." Mother Jones. 15 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 July 2015.
Framingham, Jane. "What Is Psychological Assessment?" Psych Central. 2013. Web. 15 July 2015.
Dikel, William. "School Shootings and Student Mental Health - What Lies beneath the Tip of the Iceberg." 2012. Web. 15 July 2015.
"Spinning Statistics on School Shootings." FactCheckorg. 25 June 2014. Web. 15 July 2015.
Schmidt, Michael. "F.B.I. Confirms a Sharp Rise in Mass Shootings Since 2000." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Sept. 2014. Web. 15 July
Professor Marlene Cueto
English 1102
15 July 2015
Gun control policy and school shootings in the U.S.
School shootings in America is becoming quite the epidemic, far more so here than in any other advanced country in the world. The solution? Gun control policy. After a surge in school shootings in the 90s, researchers looked for ways to circumvent this issue. From this came the idea of gun control: the idea that you can actively diminish the amount of murders per capita by controlling the amount of weapons on the street. Gun control policy proposes psychological evaluations prior to exercising one’s 2nd amendment right. In supplement to having a psychological evaluation other methods have been proposed by this gun control policy such as raising awareness in students and faculty, and having metal detector check points at schools.
According to a Harvard research by Amy Cohen, Deborah Azrael and Matthew Miller, the rate of mass shootings alone has tripled since 2011 in the United States (Cohen, Azrael, Miller, 2014). Defined by the Brady Campaign and restated by Factcheck.org, “major school shootings are any incident in which the shooter was directly linked to the school and …show more content…
"Pros & Cons of Metal Detectors in Schools." Education. Demand Media, 2015. Web. 15 July 2015.
Cohen, Amy, Deborah Azrael, and Matthew Miller. "Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled since 2011, Harvard Research Shows." Mother Jones. 15 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 July 2015.
Framingham, Jane. "What Is Psychological Assessment?" Psych Central. 2013. Web. 15 July 2015.
Dikel, William. "School Shootings and Student Mental Health - What Lies beneath the Tip of the Iceberg." 2012. Web. 15 July 2015.
"Spinning Statistics on School Shootings." FactCheckorg. 25 June 2014. Web. 15 July 2015.
Schmidt, Michael. "F.B.I. Confirms a Sharp Rise in Mass Shootings Since 2000." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Sept. 2014. Web. 15 July