Rhetorical Analysis On School Shooting

The rhetorical analysis I am conducting is a photograph taking during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The subjects that are in focus are police officers, students, and a teacher. The police officers are escorting the students and the teacher to safety. The objects that are out of focus would be the vehicles and dumpsters in the parking lot. There are some woods in the background of the photograph. In the foreground I see the children walking in a single file line. Most of the children appeared to be nervous or scared. In particular, the girl in the blue long sleeve shirt seems to be the most devastated in the situation at hand. Her mouth is wide open and her face is red. She is more than likely crying …show more content…
This photograph describes the mass shooting conducted by 20-year-old Adam Lanza who gunned down 20 children and 6 adult staff members. The incident had the most deaths in a mass shooting at a grade school or high school in United States history and the second-deadliest mass shooting by a one person in United States history, the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings were first. This photograph sparked up the gun control debate in the United States. The proposals consisted of making background checks all-inclusive and banning the certain semi-automatic firearms and magazines with more than ten rounds of ammunition from being manufactured or sold. The debate over gun control is not …show more content…
Then when I read what happened my heart dropped and my stomach began to hurt. The way I interpret this photograph is that a tragedy has taken place at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The sad reality is that a mass shooting has once again occurred but this time at a grade school. Innocent children at the ages of 9 and 10 fatally shot down by a man named Adam Lanza. The reason why I chose this photograph was to bring up the gun control debate. I believe there needs to be stricter gun laws in the United States. There has been many mass shootings in this country and the same message is being delivered. It is time for a change, gun control can save a lot of lives. I am all for multiple background checks and screenings for people who want to buy guns. I don’t see a problem for people to have to wait a little while to receive a firearm; just to make sure the person has no history that would prevent them from obtaining it. Why do people need a fully automatic assault rifle in their home? Are you that fearful for your life to have to carry a weapon of such power? I believe if you are that scared you might want to get law enforcement involved. When my friends tell me their household has 6 or 7 guns with a bunch of ammunition, I ask my are you at war with somebody. There needs to be a limit on what firearms can be concealed. I believe mass shootings will still be fluent if the United States doesn’t