Miss The Point Of School Shootings Analysis

After reading the articles and watching the news and hearing others talk about this tragic topic on whether or not the schools, the parents, or media is the issue with school the conclusion is the individual is the one to blame. These individuals had many different resources and options to decide from in order to receive help yet the individuals made the choice to take the lives of innocent people. These children are aware of their consequences and have it set in their mind that there is no other way to let go of their pain but to cause misery and pain to their fellow classmates. Some will still argue that either the school or the parents or the media is the problem, but the individual is to blame because, they are aware of their consequences,
Mark Manson wrote an article, “How we all Miss the Point of School Shootings”, explaining that the shooter is to blame because of all there origination and devotion they put into their massacres. In “How we all Miss the Point of School shootings” the author states, “[School shooters] write down their plans and make a checklist so that others may follow in their footsteps”( Manson). This is a perfect example of why the individual is to be blamed, these teenagers want to document these tragedies because they want to be known for what they're capable of. School violence usually involves teenagers and these students are aware of their consequences and they know exactly what they are doing and they still continue to commit these crimes. He also states, “ These shooters are aware of what they are doing. They’re not crazy. They don’t just snap”(Manson). Mansons article explains that the shooter is to be blamed, these individuals know what's morally right and wrong but choose to make the wrong
Most people hold the parent of the school shooter responsible for their child's actions. In “After Mass Shootings, do Parents Shoulder Some of the Blame, Kelly Wallace states” “[Adam Lanzas mom] Laurel Harper wrote, that both she and her son suffered from a mental disorder called Asperger Syndrome”(Wallace). Kelly Wallace is trying to use Adam Lanza's mom's story to make it seem as if she is to blame for her son shooting twenty kids and six teachers at Sandy Hook elementary. It doesn't matter that Adam and his mom have a mental disorder, Adam was aware he had this mental disorder and was aware there was treatment and he choose to shoot innocent students and teachers. Other peers are going to try and blame the school because they think the school isn't helping students with bullying and that they're not punishing the children for bullying other students. Schools can only punish children to a certain point, the administration can not force these children to get along. The administration can only try and point them in the right direction and try to teach them to treat others around them with respect. Now everyone is going to want to blame Society and Media only because they think it's easier to blame since everyone blames society for their problems anyways. “In The Social Roots of School Shootings,” Brad