Canadians and Americans are similar, but mass shooting in the U.S. has become a frequent trend that sets us apart. Not everyone reaches for a gun, yet we live in a world of rage and to a certain extent can push someone off the edge. Everyone has dark moments, but does not allow you to kill innocent people. There are plenty of leading causes that combine to create the devastation that mass shooting bring on, but the three most important are to achieve, gun ownership and a desire for fame.
We talk about Americans and their leading edge health care for the ones that can afford it, or their hot automobiles and glitzily entertainment, but what we don’t talk about is the American law enforcement that has become accustomed to the mass shootings (Fitzpatrick, 2015). In America, students, adults, blue collar workers and white collar workers may all be somewhat more exposed to the social pressure that, in extreme cases, can lead to mass shootings killers (Fitzpatrick, 2015). When citizens have a bad experience at work or school and fail to achieve their goals they …show more content…
is the leader of gun ownership and takes their constitutional rights to bear arms very seriously as well as ranks first out of 178 countries when it comes to gun ownership (Fitzpatrick, 2015). Americans have nearly 90 weapons per 100 populations, this could indicate the amount of public mass shooters in the U.S (Fitzpatrick, 2015). Rwanda and Russia might be considered dangerous places after all Russia’s homicide rate is 2.5 times higher than the U.S, yet Russia has relatively few firearms per 100 population (Firby, 2012). The widespread availability of firearms contributes to the 62% of all school and workplace shootings that happen within the U.S (Firby, 2012). Considering the above, places were shootings often happen, act as motivation for the crimes (Fitzpatrick, 2015). When comparing the two, if we reduce the number of guns alone will that cure the