Essay On Mass Shooting

I remember the day the tragedy of Sandy Hook took place and my parents calling my sister and I down to join them and listen to (Who was at the time) President Barack Obama’s speech explaining what happened while he began to tear up; my parents grabbed my sister and I and held us close to comfort us, but it wasn’t helping. For the following years mass shootings became a common thread of events which I would eventually grow numb to; but enough is enough. When students come to school they want to be safe and acquire knowledge which we can use later on in life, but how are we supposed to learn when we are scared to accept their right to an education. Unfortunately nothing will change unless we take action. There are a majority of things we can do to prevent mass shootings in America but there are also things we are overlooking.

First of all, let’s take a look at the largest concern; Guns. Our second amendment right states that we have the right to bear arms. Some may say we don’t need this law anymore due to the fact that it was created during the revolutionary war by our founding fathers to protect

Background checks need to be more strict by not letting someone with a mental illness own a gun until they are signed off by their psychologist. Even after they are allowed to own a gun the government should keep an eye on them to ensure that any illegal activity which results in an intent to harm among themselves or others result in immediate provocation of any firearms and any future of buying another firearm. We also need to set a specific age for all firearms. Did you know that in the United States you have to be 18 to own an assault rifle but 21 to own a pistol. Many of the other solutions are already on paper, but the law is only as good as the people enforcing it and if they are not enforced they are just words on