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Robert Adams awakens on December 2nd, 2015 prepared for what he thought would be just be another day of work. As Robert leaves his house, he does not believe that it would be the last time he ever says goodbye to his wife, and the last time he left to go to work. When Robert arrives at the Inland Regional Center, he is prepared and ecstatic for a day full of training and a special Christmas party. Robert stares at the brown, wooden desk where his papers lay sporadically. Suddenly, a boisterous bang echoed throughout the office; shots have been fired. Adam watches as people are frantically running underneath desks, locking themselves in bathroom stalls, and calling their loved ones. Robert sprints over to the emergency exit door, but before …show more content…

Instead, of being apprehensive about the weapon itself, people should pay more attention to the person with their finger on the trigger. Our new President, Donald J. Trump, believes we have a gigantic mental health issue in our country, but for some odd reason mental hospitals are shutting down. States are looking to save money by closing hospitals, however what is more important, money or the lives of the American people? The government should pay more attention to the people than the guns because as Donald Trump states, “The guns don 't pull the trigger. It 's the people that pull the trigger.” That quote is explaining how weapons alone do no harm, it depends on the person handling the weapon that matters. A recent example that shows our major mental health problem is the Fort Lauderdale mass shooting. On November 14th, Esteban Santiago, was released from a hospital located in Alaska. Esteban was never prescribed with any psychiatric drugs. He eventually ended up killing a countless amount of people at an airport in Florida. If Esteban had received more help, would the shooting have never occurred? Mental illness is a problem which is being ignored and not treated in our country. Concentrating on mental illnesses will allow those who own legal weapons and use them in a safe manner can still have the opportunity to own guns; hopefully the United States can work together to make sure guns refrain from being retained by the wrong people. We need to do something now before more and more mass shootings

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On December fourteenth of 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and shot twenty-six kids and teachers using a .223 Caliber Bushmaster Model XM15 assault rifle. By definition, a mass shooting has to consist of at least four victims, therefore, mass shootings occur every day while only the major incidents make national news. This particular shooting affected many and will forever have in imprint on gun laws, the safety of schools, and the part mental health plays. The multipath model can be applied to Adam explaining what might have led to the massacre. Adam was diagnosed with a mild form of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

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Driven by the belief that space was bequeathed to them, the Native Americans feel justified in defending their land against the growing encroachment of the white man as the American landscape unfolds. Their motive is the premise that a higher authority has granted them the right to the space, and that the Great Spirit has created the landscape exclusively for them. Fueled by the formation of conflict over land, the Great Ottawa Chief, Pontiac, in his speech at Detroit, seeks to persuade the tribes, including the Ottawa, Huron, and Pottawatomi to agree to resistance. Invoking the words of the Delaware prophet, Neolin, Pontiac recounts the vision which he believes justifies resistance. Neolin urges the tribes to sever all relations to the customs

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Sometimes people that are mentally ill do not realize they are unstable and do things they wouldn’t normally do if they were in a right frame of mind. This is where I will use a pathos approach and try to make them understand by making this an emotional argument. Showing current issues with weapons and the needless deaths, such as the reporter and her camera man, killed just recently. This could appeal to the reader’s emotional response to the

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The shooter used a rifle called an AR-15, which many people think it means “assault rifle” but it really means Armalite Rifle design 15. Gun laws should be stricter on the mentally ill aspect. Nicolas Cruz, the Parkland shooter was mentally ill and bought a rifle legally which should not have been allowed to happen. Now making gun laws stricter will not mean the death rate or shootings will decrease right away because mainly the only people that go to a gun store to buy a gun are law abiding gun owners.

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Regulating guns will not stop all of the killings that are occurring in America, and there are better ways to cease the killings than regulating guns. Body Paragraph One: Topic Sentence: Regulating mental health will be more effective in ceasing killings with guns than regulating guns. In an analysis provided, 22 percent of the perpetrators of 235 mass killing, could be considered mentally ill, many of which were carried out with firearms (Qui). Almost 25% of mass shooting killers are being considered mentally ill

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Although many of these shootings occur every year, there many steps that can be placed in order to prevent them from occurring in the future. Creating gun laws that provide better background checks on the buyer and family can help lessen the chances of a mentally ill person from obtaining a gun. Spreading awareness of a person with a mental illness-or generally spreading information of the many different mental illness- can also help prevent mass murders such as Sandy Hook from occurring. Finally, researching ways to prevent mental illnesses from forming can help prevent these violent crimes. If the blame is on the illness, why not find ways to cease them from affecting more people?

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However, a definite solution still has not been reached and America is split on the topic. The solutions currently enacted focus on guns, yet America still has a serious issue with gun related crime attacks, and fatalities. Solutions should not solely target the actual guns, because guns are powerless without the person who fires the weapon. The solution should not be to take away guns, but to consider the people who have access to them. Addressing mental health is the real solution to preventing gun violence and attacks.

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So with all these kids dying wouldn't you agree that we need better mental health support, so we can prevent all these shootings? I believe that if we had good and strong mental health support services in the USA then tragic events like Columbine H.S. & Sandy Hook would probably never happen. That is why I am supporting for the USA to talk more about how to create more mental health support programs to help prevent gun violence events. Bibliography Works Cited CNN Library "Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts" CNN.com (Updated April 5, 2017) (Internet) (http://www.CNN.com/2013/09/18/us/columbine-high-school-shootings-fast-facts) Culp-Ressler, Tara "10,000 Kids Are Injured Or Killed By Guns Each Year In The U.S." Pediatrics Think Progress (2014) (Internet) (https://thinkprogress.org/10-000-kids-are-injured-or-killed-by-guns-each-year-in-the-u-s-bfb1e3bf70dc)

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