Imagine a little boy. He is socially awkward, an outcast, bullied, does not really have friends, and overall just does not like being around people. The little boy displays all the signs of having a mental illness, but his teachers and parents ignore the signs. As the boy keeps going to school everyday, the warning signs of mental illness get more and more visible. With the lack of help or attention, the boy then gives up hope of becoming socially accepted by his peers. School is suppose to be a safe place, but for him it is torture. He begins to become fascinated with guns and violence. He then starts to plan his final revenge. A couple days later he comes into the school and begins to shoot random students and teachers to express his hatred, …show more content…
For example, Everytown for Gun Safety (EGS) states, “More than one-third of the shootings—34 percent—involved a shooter who was prohibited from possessing firearms ”(2). After all, if someone is planning to kill multiple people, he is already not the most law abiding citizens. Also the problem with mass shootings are not the guns. Yeah, they are used to do the killings, but the problem is the person or people behind the gun. EGS also stated that in nearly half of the mass shootings, the shooter exhibited warning signs before the shooting indicating that they posed a danger to themselves or others way before they legally or illegally got a gun in their hands (2). There is no point to passing more laws on gun control if people do not obey the ones we already have. For example, Pj Cook and Jens Ludwig wrote that ever since the Brady Handgun violence prevention act, the number of homicides and suicides did not really change (A10). If someone is wanting to commit a mass shooting or school shooting, the last thing on their minds are the gun control laws. It would cost the government more money and workers than they have to try to implement them. Implementing mental health screenings in schools would be easier because it is easier to set up and follow up on. Almost every kid goes to school, so you would not really have to go out of your way to implement the screenings, and it would save the government money and protests. Schools also already do these screenings, they just are not mandatory, so it is not as inconvenient as changing