My State of the Union Speech

I would like to thank everyone for allowing me to inform you about some issues America has been facing throughout the years and now. The United States is not as strong as it used to, but we are trying to make it like it used to be, but there are many issues we first have to solve. Our country is in a dilemma concerning shootings involving more than one killing. Another issue deals with immigration, and how students have been deported back to their country when they were not even concerned they were coming to the new country in the first place. I will talk to you about these issues and talk about how we the people can solve them to make a better America.
“He came along with a shotgun on his shoulder while a group of children were playing in front of the school. Without warning or provocation, he raised the gun to his shoulder, took deliberate aim, and fired into the crowd of boys.” Although it sounds sadly modern, the account was published in the New York Times more than a century ago. Defined as bloody events that occur within a 24-hour period and that involve a minimum of four victims, mass murders have occurred all over the world, in different times, societies and cultures. The first mass murder wave in the 1920s and 30s was comprised mainly of familicides and felony-related massacres. The second mass murder wave from the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s consisted of a greater number of mass public shootings, similar to the recent Aurora Movie Theater shooting and Newtown school shooting which brings me to the current situation with mass shootings. Many Americans sense that these incidents have become much more frequent since the 2005 expiration of the Federal assault weapon ban. The only silver lining to the tragedies of 2012 is that they have generated considerable momentum for tackling the root causes of mass murder. Whether the sense of urgency is continued long enough for change in law or policy to be applying remains to be seen. If changes occur, the