School shootings and active shooter situations are one of the hottest topics in America right now. There is nothing more tragic than turning on the television or radio and hearing about the deaths of children. The primary argument is that no one can ever seem to agree on what the cause of these events are, and if they can be stopped before they occur. Lately it seems that there are more and more of these events occurring, however some researchers argue that this is not the case (Rocque, M. (2012). Others argue that while the events themselves may not be increasing the high amount of publicity these events get from the mainstream media makes it seem that they are occurring more frequently (Snell, C., Bailey, C., Carona, A., & Mebane, D. (2002). No one can seem to agree on how to stop these events from happening. Questions 1. Is there any one thing that relates all school shootings together, and if so how might we work to stop them before they happen? Many people which we see protesting school shootings on the news today are arguing for tighter gun control and saying that military style guns are the cause of these mass killings. The problem with this is that regardless of the type of gun used it is still a person pulling the trigger. Some researchers have done their work to show that most school …show more content…
Due to the multitude of news websites and social media such as Facebook as soon as something happens Americans know about it within minutes of its occurrence. This fast news stream can be a double edged sword because while it does make people aware of the situation to let them know what they should do if near the area it also gets the perpetrator national exposure, and when we look at the fact that the majority of mass shooters state they suffer from loneliness and depression they may view this as a way of becoming famous and getting the attention they have always wanted (Johnston, J. B.