Did you know there have been 175 school shootings since the year 2013? There has been an average of 1 per week! ("175 School Shootings In America Since 2013”). The question I want to ask you is how many of these school shootings could have been stopped if there were armed guards present? Even though an untrained guard can cause accidents, armed guards will make schools safer because armed guards can work with teachers to prevent and avoid these dangerous situations or if a dangerous situation was to happen the teacher can contact the guard in order to take control of the situation and many school shootings have been stopped due to the fact that armed guards were present at the time, also armed guards can help observe school children keenly
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After the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newtown, CT happened, the National Rifle Association (NRA) proposed putting armed guards in schools across the nation. In a 2013 Rasmussen survey, most Americans agreed with the NRA’s proposal to put armed guards in schools. (“ Leah Barkoukis - Armed Guards Ended School Shooting in Oregon ”). If most Americans agree also, then why has this not been implemented yet? We should have armed guards on school campuses to protect these children and teens! Many people say that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting could have been stopped if armed guards were present at the time. At the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 26 lives were claimed that day, mostly innocent school children. Mark Mattioli, whose 6-year-old son, James, was killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in December, appeared alongside Hutchinson at a news conference and said he applauded the report’s recommendations and said : “I’m putting it on you, I’m putting it on the experts out there to do something with these recommendations, to implement solutions, so people don’t have to go through what I’m going through”. ( Washington, 2013 ). Yet the Sandy Hook shooting was not the worst shooting, it is second to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute shooting that occurred in 2007 claimed 32 lives which also some say the casualty loss could have been …show more content…
Yes, these have always been problems but with technology advancements in the past few decades have made them much more common and intense. When it comes to bullying, kids can be bullied through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Kik Messenger, E-mail, Texting, etc. The point is that technology has stressed teens out but have helped in ways as far as schoolwork and such. Yet, school curriculum and state standards are increasing in difficulty and this is stressing students out because of the teachers being forced to demand more from the students. With all of the stress that they deal with now depression is at a very high rate now. In 2014, an estimated 2.8 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This number represented 11.4% of the U.S. population aged 12 to 17. ( "Major Depression Among Adolescents." NIMH RSS. 2014 ). This causes teens to become unstable and this links to many school shootings, armed guards can patrol the campus and look for these students and keep a keen eye on them. Guards can even tell administration or take it in their own hands to get these students help to prevent them possibly having a breakdown and harming students or other faculty members in the future. These teens sometimes get on psychiatric drugs to calm these tendencies down but
After the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newtown, CT happened, the National Rifle Association (NRA) proposed putting armed guards in schools across the nation. In a 2013 Rasmussen survey, most Americans agreed with the NRA’s proposal to put armed guards in schools. (“ Leah Barkoukis - Armed Guards Ended School Shooting in Oregon ”). If most Americans agree also, then why has this not been implemented yet? We should have armed guards on school campuses to protect these children and teens! Many people say that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting could have been stopped if armed guards were present at the time. At the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 26 lives were claimed that day, mostly innocent school children. Mark Mattioli, whose 6-year-old son, James, was killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in December, appeared alongside Hutchinson at a news conference and said he applauded the report’s recommendations and said : “I’m putting it on you, I’m putting it on the experts out there to do something with these recommendations, to implement solutions, so people don’t have to go through what I’m going through”. ( Washington, 2013 ). Yet the Sandy Hook shooting was not the worst shooting, it is second to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute shooting that occurred in 2007 claimed 32 lives which also some say the casualty loss could have been …show more content…
Yes, these have always been problems but with technology advancements in the past few decades have made them much more common and intense. When it comes to bullying, kids can be bullied through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Kik Messenger, E-mail, Texting, etc. The point is that technology has stressed teens out but have helped in ways as far as schoolwork and such. Yet, school curriculum and state standards are increasing in difficulty and this is stressing students out because of the teachers being forced to demand more from the students. With all of the stress that they deal with now depression is at a very high rate now. In 2014, an estimated 2.8 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This number represented 11.4% of the U.S. population aged 12 to 17. ( "Major Depression Among Adolescents." NIMH RSS. 2014 ). This causes teens to become unstable and this links to many school shootings, armed guards can patrol the campus and look for these students and keep a keen eye on them. Guards can even tell administration or take it in their own hands to get these students help to prevent them possibly having a breakdown and harming students or other faculty members in the future. These teens sometimes get on psychiatric drugs to calm these tendencies down but