Dunblane massacre

On June 12th, 2016, Omar Mateen opened fire on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida killing 49 people and injuring 53 others in a hate crime and alleged terrorist attack. After a three-hour long standoff with the Orlando Police Department, Mateen was shot and killed by officers at the scene. This was the most fatal single gunman mass shooting and the deadliest act of violence towards the LGBTQIA+ community in American History. Due to his pledge of allegiance to ISIS on a 911 call with the…

One of the biggest problems in high schools today is the overwhelming amount of violence that happens in schools. There’s a new school shooting on the news every week and many other awful things that happen in schools go unnoticed. In 2018 alone, there have been 18 school shootings, and it’s not even March. After tragedies like Columbine, there has been a push to prevent anything like that from ever happening again, but clearly, the efforts have not worked. A huge part of why school violence…

Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the recent school shootings of 2018 in the United States. The shooting claimed at least 17 people, 14 were students and three members of staff. The shooting was termed as the most deadly school massacres in the last decade. The suspect was identified by the witnesses and arrested by the police. The 19-year old, Nikolas Cruz stated that he was the perpetrator after being taken to the Broward County Sherriff's Office (Ryan, 2018). He was…

In this day and age, our nation is faced with meaningless death over the misuse of a gun. Between police brutality and school shootings, where does the chaos end? It is disgusting how guns have been the cause of some of our society's biggest issues. When hearing about the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, my heart ached for the families of the students, the students, the lives who were stolen from them, and for the community. The news of the attack and…

As of February 15th 2018 according to Sam Morris and The Guardian US interactive team there has been 1,624 mass shootings in the past 1,870 days. A mass shooting is defined by the FBI as a shooting in which 4 or more people were killed in the incident. With that being said it is clear through history that the number of mass killings has been going up at dramatic rates causing more and more conflict between communities. The question that has been asked time after time again is why are these…

On Valentine’s Day, a former student walked into Parkland High School, Florida and shot 14 students and 3 staff members,” my friend informed me. I couldn’t believe what I was ry hearing. After students heard about the school shooting they wanted to protest for gun control, so our school had a walkout day. I already knew that gun violence is the #1 cause of deaths in America, but I didn’t know that it is so common in High School. I wanted to know more about the causes of gun violence in High…

Schools are meant specifically for fundamental reasons. To learn, meet friends, and engage in activities. Lately, schools have become warzones and unsafe. 290 shootings have occurred since the incident in Connecticut five years ago (USA Today.) These horrible events are more prevalent now. Therefore, gun control in America should be handled more seriously because sooner or later the matters will only get worse and not improve. To avoid shootings, teachers should be able to have firearms held in…

incident is very dangerous and could have killed an innocent person . The last comment the writer had on the situation is “Just five of Everytown’s 18 school shootings listed for 2018 happened during school hours and resulted in any physical injury. Three others appeared to be intentional shootings but did not hurt anyone. Two more involved guns — one carried by a school police officer and the other by a licensed peace officer who ran a college club — that were unintentionally fired and, again,…

In America’s schools, gun violence is the leading cause of death. Schools will be safer if we introduce tougher gun laws and regulations. AR-15s are most used in shootings. Guns like AR-15s are not meant for hunting, we do not need guns like this. If we banned AR-15s we would decrease school shootings. Gun control would help make schools safer. Attacking a school with a knife is not as effective as an attack with a gun. A shocking night of violence took place on February 20, 2018, with six…

This year alone there have been over twenty mass shootings (“2018 School Shootings”, Para. 1). Mass shootings have been a major problem for decades, it all started with the shooting at Columbine the most famous one. Ever since that shooting things have been spiraling out of control with no fix. The fix that we have needed for decades was arming teachers.Teachers should most definitely be armed because it would prevent more people from being killed, deter shooters from entering schools in the…