Mass Shootings In the United States of America shootings are becoming more frequent in our day-to-day life. Mass shootings are not a new thing in this country it has been going on since the early 80’s. In the last sixteen years there have been seven major shooting in the U.S. killing over 150 people and injuring 180 more. The FBI states every town for gun safety development an analysis of mass shootings that took place between January 2009 and July 2015. There have been 133 mass shootings in the nearly seven years. If these numbers were accurate that would mean two shootings per month that occurred in 39 states. All of the following will describe those locations of the shootings, number of lost lives, the wounded in the attacks and background
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Most people at these places are easier targets because they are in tuned with there work. A lot of easy targets are schools, business, theatres and malls. Shootings usually happen in the morning because no one is expecting it and everyone is getting dropped off at school or just walking into their work getting their morning coffee or just watching a new movie. These places also get attacked because shooters want to get the most kills possible if its not a targeting kill. They are also less protected than most other places like banks or hospitals. Most of these easier targets their focus is on different objectives like schools focus on students and the papers they have due. Everyone that goes to these places is not waking up that day thinking today is their last day to live. Most people don’t think about these events occurring but they pop up at the most random time. The only way to prevent mass shootings is to place authority in place to prevent these actions from happening. Placing more police officers making a time schedule to rotate so the officers are alert. We need to pass laws that allows teachers and staff member of the malls to carry guns or to store guns to protect the student and other teachers, the staff would have to be taken through a course of gun safety. 12 long minutes is about the approximate time a shooting occurs. In this time it takes 18 minutes for 9-1-1 response teams to arrive. …show more content…
resident in 1992. Cho was ordered by a judge to seek outpatient care after making a suicidal remark to his roommate. He was then evaluated at Carilion-St. Alban’s mental facility. He then two years later purchased a pistol online from out of state dealer, and then he purchased a 9mm Glock and 50 rounds of bullets for a firearms store. Now at this point why would a college student who has been sentenced to a mental health institute want to buy a pistol and not only one pistol but also two pistols. This is where the red flags should go up for the government and the people selling the guns. The gunman then proceeds to a dorm filled with 895 students and kills 32 innocent
Most people at these places are easier targets because they are in tuned with there work. A lot of easy targets are schools, business, theatres and malls. Shootings usually happen in the morning because no one is expecting it and everyone is getting dropped off at school or just walking into their work getting their morning coffee or just watching a new movie. These places also get attacked because shooters want to get the most kills possible if its not a targeting kill. They are also less protected than most other places like banks or hospitals. Most of these easier targets their focus is on different objectives like schools focus on students and the papers they have due. Everyone that goes to these places is not waking up that day thinking today is their last day to live. Most people don’t think about these events occurring but they pop up at the most random time. The only way to prevent mass shootings is to place authority in place to prevent these actions from happening. Placing more police officers making a time schedule to rotate so the officers are alert. We need to pass laws that allows teachers and staff member of the malls to carry guns or to store guns to protect the student and other teachers, the staff would have to be taken through a course of gun safety. 12 long minutes is about the approximate time a shooting occurs. In this time it takes 18 minutes for 9-1-1 response teams to arrive. …show more content…
resident in 1992. Cho was ordered by a judge to seek outpatient care after making a suicidal remark to his roommate. He was then evaluated at Carilion-St. Alban’s mental facility. He then two years later purchased a pistol online from out of state dealer, and then he purchased a 9mm Glock and 50 rounds of bullets for a firearms store. Now at this point why would a college student who has been sentenced to a mental health institute want to buy a pistol and not only one pistol but also two pistols. This is where the red flags should go up for the government and the people selling the guns. The gunman then proceeds to a dorm filled with 895 students and kills 32 innocent