Informative Essay On School Shootings

It has been said that the loss of a child is one of the hardest experiences a parent can go through. In the media, today we continually hear about school violence, particularly school shootings. Parents are having to bury their children, because of these senseless acts of violence. As a society, we are all looking for answers as to why school shootings continue to happen and how to prevent them from happening in the future. The best way to try and understand why school shootings are happening is to look at the common factors amongst the shooters. Sandy Hook, Columbine, and Virginia Tech are some of the most common references made when talking about school shootings. In an article by Julian Kimble, in Complex, “Memories of a Massacre: What We 've Learned 15 Years After Columbine,” Kimble states that in 1999 two shooters, both students entered the school and opened fire. There were 15 dead and 23 injured in the shooting. In 2007 one student entered the Virginia Tech University campus. The student killed 32 people and wounded 17 more before killing himself. One of the most shocking shootings happened in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary. The shooter took 28 lives, including his …show more content…
Jacobs is a director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University School of Law, a professor of constitutional law. Putting restrictions on those who are mentally ill from owning firearms is not the answer. Currently federal law states that if someone has been involuntarily committed or found mentally defective by the courts they are ineligible from owning a firearm. If the laws were changed to put restrictions anyone suffering from a mental issue, such as depression or anxiety then they may never seek treatment. Tighter restrictions for the mentally ill could not work realistically. Restrictions could create a backlash of untreated mentally ill gun