Persuasive Essay On Guns In Schools

On January 20, 2017, at West Liberty-Salem High School the first school shooting of the year occurred when a 17 year old boy bought and assembled a shotgun in the male restroom of his high school then proceed to shot at his teacher and another 16 year-old class mate, fortunately only one person was injured. The epidemic of school shootings has become a complicated problem that has caused a lot of frustration, this frustration has put pressure on the school officials, law enforcement and the government to fix the problem, with a considerable amount of people calling for more guns on school campuses. School is a place where children and teachers should feel safe to be, learn, and to explore different opinions and ideas, not a place where gun
Multiple experts have pointed to mental illness and the limited resources to help people with their mental health issues. The virginia tech shooter who took the life of 33 people including himself, was “adjudicated as a mental defective” before purchasing the the guns he used in the massacre legally. (Siebel 320) This is just one explain of how gun control laws have failed to detect those who shouldn't be in possession of such a deadly weapon and how something so defeating could have been prevented if mental health was taken more
The shootings began to make the students feel insecure in the safety that the school can provide if a situation would occur, therefore leading them to want to protect themselves like comic book vigilantes. The fact is if a situation occurs, civilian having guns also will complicate the situation further and will make if difficult for law enforcement. Such as during the university of texas shooting on August 1, 1966, where civilian shot at charles