The article; “The sociological explanation for why men in America turn to gun Violence”, is about the theory behind the mass shooting, which took place on October 7th, 2017, in Las Vegas. The suspect Stephen Paddock, is now known for being one of the worst mass shooter in American history. The authors of the article, Tristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober, reported Paddock killed roughly 58, and injured approximately 500 people (Tristan Bridges, 2017; Tristan Bridges, 2017). The sociologist in the editorial, discovered a connection between mass shooter, social identity, masculinity, and gun violence in possible contributing factors towards the incident in Las Vega (Tristan Bridges, 2017; Tristan Bridges, 2017).
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Women are less likely to commit a mass shooting, because they do not have the same behavioral drives that men do. Traditionally in American, men are known for like being more aggressive than women, or being superior (Tristan Bridges, 2017; Tristan Bridges, 2017). In a way I feel this is stereotypical in the article, because there is nothing to say a female could not commit a mass shooting, in fact, I believe as gender roles switches in the future generations we may see a increase of women in gun violence.
My reactions after reading the article, is making me question is gun ownership, mental health, masculinity, and other psychological influence really to causing mass shooters? Or, is our society just going down the gutter!... I feel, yes and no. I’m on the edge, since there are still missing details of the Las Vegas shooting. We may never understand what caused Stephen Paddock to go off on a rampage and harm insistent people. However, learning from this incident will teach us as a society, how to hopefully stop, prevent, and reduce the gun violence in …show more content…
I’m not for gun control or against it. I still feel people have a right to keep guns with limitations. The United States for instance doubles in gun violence rates more than any other nation making us the most venerable. The easy access to guns in the U.S. make me worried on who’s hands they are in. My thought is when a person is buying a gun, are they a stable person, what’s does the criminal background look like, do they have unusual behaviors. Unfortunately, these kinds of evaluations don’t always take place when buying a gun. I myself own multiple guns, but I use mine for hunting and hunting only. I don’t drive around with them or carry them in my pockets. I feel carrying a loaded gun in public belongs in the hands of law enforcement. Although there had been past cases were a stranger did use their personal weapon to help someone in danger. My sympathy goes out the victims’ in Las Vegas, which I do not have the solution to stopping mass shooting problems in America. I feel gun violence would decrease if we limit gun ownership, enforce harder laws for owning guns would help end the numbers of guns available to help mass
Americans face twice the amount …show more content…
Women are less likely to commit a mass shooting, because they do not have the same behavioral drives that men do. Traditionally in American, men are known for like being more aggressive than women, or being superior (Tristan Bridges, 2017; Tristan Bridges, 2017). In a way I feel this is stereotypical in the article, because there is nothing to say a female could not commit a mass shooting, in fact, I believe as gender roles switches in the future generations we may see a increase of women in gun violence.
My reactions after reading the article, is making me question is gun ownership, mental health, masculinity, and other psychological influence really to causing mass shooters? Or, is our society just going down the gutter!... I feel, yes and no. I’m on the edge, since there are still missing details of the Las Vegas shooting. We may never understand what caused Stephen Paddock to go off on a rampage and harm insistent people. However, learning from this incident will teach us as a society, how to hopefully stop, prevent, and reduce the gun violence in …show more content…
I’m not for gun control or against it. I still feel people have a right to keep guns with limitations. The United States for instance doubles in gun violence rates more than any other nation making us the most venerable. The easy access to guns in the U.S. make me worried on who’s hands they are in. My thought is when a person is buying a gun, are they a stable person, what’s does the criminal background look like, do they have unusual behaviors. Unfortunately, these kinds of evaluations don’t always take place when buying a gun. I myself own multiple guns, but I use mine for hunting and hunting only. I don’t drive around with them or carry them in my pockets. I feel carrying a loaded gun in public belongs in the hands of law enforcement. Although there had been past cases were a stranger did use their personal weapon to help someone in danger. My sympathy goes out the victims’ in Las Vegas, which I do not have the solution to stopping mass shooting problems in America. I feel gun violence would decrease if we limit gun ownership, enforce harder laws for owning guns would help end the numbers of guns available to help mass