Causes Of School Shootings

School shootings don’t occur often, in fact, they are very rare, but when they do, it is a catastrophe. According to Macmillanddictionary.com, school shooting is a violent act in which someone, usually a student, uses a gun to kill or injure teachers, students, and staff. School shootings have started political debates over the act of gun violence and also gun control. According to Wikipedia.org, The United States is the highest number of school related shootings. From the year 2013 all the way to October 2015, there were over one-hundred and forty-two school shootings in the United States.
Bartol stated “The late 90s prompted a rash of school shootings (Bartol, 2014, p.312). One of the most infamous shootings took place on April 20th of
Another example of this can be social rejection where a person is excluded from social relationships and interactions. According to Bartol, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris who initiated the Columbine shootings had diaries and wrote in them often. They stated that they were lonely, had problems communicating with girls, and also being bullied (Bartol, 2014, p.313). School shooters have some type of history that include poor social skills and always expressed anger about being bullied, vowing revenge against the
According to PennState.edu, Some of these effects include nightmares, resisting the return to school, headaches, stomach problems, and sleeping problems. The American Psychological Association states there are other symptoms such as a change in the child’s behavior and school performance, changes in relationships such as family and friends and also the teachers, anxiety and loss of interest in activities. Also PennState.edu stated that schools that have experienced shootings tend to have a decline in in grade nine enrollments and also that math English test rates dramatically drop. Student’s that have experienced school shootings had post-traumatic stress