How Does Bullying Cause School Shootings?

Victims of bullying are often left with a scar whether it is physically or even emotionally. Bullying effects the victims in many different ways and the results of bullying could also ruin someone’s life. There are many things that could happen to the victims if the bullying is not stopped. As a start the victim could start to skip school in order to avoid the traditional bullying or to get away from the embarrassment that would have been a result of cyberbullying. The victim could turn to gateway drugs or alcohol in order to escape the bullied life that they go through. “Students who engage in bullying behavior are at increased risk for academic problems, substance use, and violent behavior later in adolescence and adulthood.” (Center for
Due to the rare situations it is always hard to find out if bullying actually causes school shootings or does it have to do with the victim having some type of mental and psychological issues. Although according to pacer.org “One study shows that 60 percent of students with disabilities report being bullied regularly compared with 25 percent of all students.” With that being said it is safe to say that bullying could be the root problem for those victims. Furthermore bullying is also linked to school shootings. After being bullied and harassed some student victims believe that the only way to end bullying is to bringing some sort of weapon with them in order to protect themselves. “A new study based on a survey of more than 15,000 American high school students found that victims of bullying are nearly twice as likely to carry guns and other weapons at school.” Stated by the Centers for Disease Control’s survey. As a result of bullying these statistic numbers are too high and need to be stopped. There is no reason that any student should not feel safe while they are trying to get an
Bystanders are also those people who stand behind and record the bad thing that is going on. To help put an end to bullying these bystanders need to stand up and help out fellow students who are being bullied. Another way to prevent bullying is to have positive behavior interventions and support groups. According to the Illinois PBIS Network “Thus schools currently implementing PBIS with fidelity are likely to experience a decrease in behaviors associated with bullying as an effect of their school-wide PBIS efforts.” Meaning that schools that use the Illinois PBIS Network have lower bullying rates. This is just from one program in Illinois, and I believe that there are plenty more. I believe schools should hire programs like these in order to help prevent bullying at their school, and if the program is not in the schools budget then they should offer volunteer or up stander clubs at their