In today's world gun violence in schools has become an epidemic. Los Angeles just experienced a school shooting on November 14 and yet there was another threat on November 22. A 13-year-old boy was arrested for planning a school shooting. He wanted to shoot Ánimo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School. The police found out when students from the middle school reported that he was planning to shoot the school. Police searched his house and found that he had an AR-15 and 100 rounds of ammo.
Along with the weapon, they found the map of the school and a list of names that the kid was planning on shooting. Luckily the kid was taken into custody and was charged with the criminal threats and could face additional charges. This threat was only an hour away from the shooting at Sagus High School on Nov 14. School shootings and threats are becoming too common and truely has become an epidemic.
And there was even a threat at another in Palmdale. There was a fight and following the fight the kid posted pictures with a firearm and threatened the other kids in the fight. This kid who threatened with the firearm was tracked and taken into custody.
The recent uptick in gun violence has made school shootings and other tragic events seem normal. This should not be the case. Politicians need to have reform gun laws to protect our schools and communities. We also need to figure out where this hatred and violence is coming from. If we can figure out a way to prevent school shootings we will live in a safer society where we are not in constant fear of our lives. But as police learn more about school shootings they are making strides towards stopping and preventing school shootings. Through reform and increased knowledge about school shootings, we should be able to significantly decrease or eliminate school shootings in the United States.
I feel like I see another school shooting or terrorist attack in the news almost every day. The number of mass shootings, especially in schools, was never this high until recent years. It is important to consider what the root cause of all these shootings is and ways to address and decrease this number. Of course it is not that easy and there is definitely not a single cause, but taking a step in this direction would be very impactful. Spreading awareness in schools would be something that could be done to also decrease this number. This post also hits close to home after the suicide of Dustin Tang at Mountain View. I did not know him personally but I had friends that were friends of his.
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