School Shootings

Introduction
The social issue that I have chosen for the essay is based on the mass shootings or gun violence that have happened in some schools and colleges in the United States, its effects on the gun rights and issues based on the 2nd Amendment. I found this topic to be interesting because in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, the issue on the banning or control of gun ownership by the public is being strongly debated. Some claims that the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution which is stated as “A well regulated media regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (Cornell University Law School) clearly mentions
The shooter was a 20 year old Adam Lanza who was responsible for the massacre that led to the killing of 20 children and six adults (staff members) and him. It was stated that he had killed his mother, Nancy Lancy before grabbing the three guns from his house for the shooting. Reports indicated that Adam had some altercations with the school staff the previous day which might have provoked him. It has been stated that the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting is the 12th school mass shooting in the US and the second deadliest school shooting massacre after the Virginia Tech
More security measures at school, colleges and public places: This can be achieved by educating about security measures, maintaining high alert surveillance in the schools, colleges, public places in the community. More personnel can be trained with special trainings to tackle such issues and to be prepared for any such emergency responses with adequate communication system and coordination. The citizen’s gains out of this since with tight security, it would be difficult for those violent plans to take place. However, a disadvantage is that such trainings or surveillance cannot be maintained at such a large scale all over the country at a very fast pace and would need time. Also, the monitoring can be bypassed and cannot assure complete safety. d. Providing more access to mental health facilities: Since most of these gun violence and cases claim the shooter being mentally ill especially those related with stress and similar psychological issues, they can be given access to such mental facilities on time. However, this would provide mental illness as an excuse for the shooter to get away with the incident.