Cause And Effect Essay About School Shootings
School shootings have brought fatality and tragedy to the surface. Schools prepare for these occurrences now that they have become more common. School shootings are often caused by mental disease, the culture of violence, and bullying. Sandy Hook Elementary, Virginia Tech, and Columbine High School are a few examples of school shootings that have affected millions of people. In 2012, Adam Lanza shot 27 people and then took his own life at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Armed with a semi-automatic rifle he entered the campus. In a matter of minutes, Lanza managed to affect thousands of lives. He took the lives of students, staff, and his own mother. He did not have a specific target, he just had a goal to commit
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Lanza had refused medicine for Persuasive Development Disorder, Asperger's, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and sensory issues. These illnesses could have caused him to act out due to the lack of medical treatment. It has also been said that the culture of violence could have been the cause. During the investigation that took place after the shooting, police recovered videos and games affiliated with school shootings. The games and videos combined with his lack of medical treatment could have led him to believe that is was socially acceptable. In either situation Lanza was not forced to take medicine or be admitted to a psychiatric unit and the Sandy Hook shooting was a result of that. Lives were lost to a man who there is no explanation for. On April 16th, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people on the Virginia Tech college campus. Cho, the armed perpetrator, arrived on the Virginia Tech campus with multiple pistols. Cho sent a video of himself with his guns to NBC News and explained why he was going to commit a mass killing. He claimed that "rich brats" were bullying him. Not only did he send a video to NBC News, but he also left a suicide note in his dorm room. Cho knew that if he didn't kill himself, he would go to prison or be killed by someone else, so he took his own life along with many
Lanza had refused medicine for Persuasive Development Disorder, Asperger's, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and sensory issues. These illnesses could have caused him to act out due to the lack of medical treatment. It has also been said that the culture of violence could have been the cause. During the investigation that took place after the shooting, police recovered videos and games affiliated with school shootings. The games and videos combined with his lack of medical treatment could have led him to believe that is was socially acceptable. In either situation Lanza was not forced to take medicine or be admitted to a psychiatric unit and the Sandy Hook shooting was a result of that. Lives were lost to a man who there is no explanation for. On April 16th, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people on the Virginia Tech college campus. Cho, the armed perpetrator, arrived on the Virginia Tech campus with multiple pistols. Cho sent a video of himself with his guns to NBC News and explained why he was going to commit a mass killing. He claimed that "rich brats" were bullying him. Not only did he send a video to NBC News, but he also left a suicide note in his dorm room. Cho knew that if he didn't kill himself, he would go to prison or be killed by someone else, so he took his own life along with many