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School Shooting In America

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Since 2013, 185 school shootings have occurred in the United States of America, according to the article "The Long, Shameful List of School Shootings in America." This averages to about one every week. School shootings have been a problem in the United States since 1853 which is when one of the first documented shootings with a student undertaking the shooting happened. Chris Glavin in his article “History of School Shootings in the United States” exclaims, “[On] November 2, 1853 [in] Louisville, Kentucky, a student, Matthew Ward, bought a self-cocking pistol in the morning, went to school and killed Schoolmaster Mr. Butler for excessively punishing his brother the day before.” School shootings can leave parents awestricken by how safe their …show more content…

Removal of the violence in video games is also another possible solution for school shootings. The two teenage shooters involved in the 1999 Columbine High School shooting are said to have been involved with playing violent video games, which is stated in the article “Violent Video Games - ProCon.org.” People think that since there are violent acts in these video games, the children that play them will act out on them and try to recreate them. Researchers at the University of Missouri conducted a study to see how a group a people’s brains were affected by violent and nonviolent video games. After twenty-five minutes of playing these games the researchers showed the group of people different images. Some of these images were violent and others were not. When they showed the group of people the images, the researchers studied the brain activity of them. The ones that played the violent video games had decreased brain activity when they were shown the violent images, Tiffany Kaiser states in her article “Study: Violent Video Games Desensitize Players, Cause Heightened Aggression.” Some researchers look at different areas rather than gun control or violence in the media and video games; they look at how the mental health of children can be apart of the school

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Over recent years the amount of school shootings has increased tremendously from numerous causes, which leave lasting effects that change our daily life and routine. School shootings are devastating events that seem to happen more and more often as life progresses. It is not possible to know the one true reason why people decide to commit this awful act, but it is possible to look and see some of the daily causes that lead a person to go this far. These causes are as simple as bullying, prejudice, mentally ill, or a bad home life. Not only are the causes bad but so are the effects that they leave behind.

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