Gun Control

Tyler McDonough                                                                                                                                                                             10/15/15

Mass Communications

School shootings have been a huge problem in the United States and occasionally overseas in previous years. Happening in high schools, elementary schools and also in colleges across the nation. The problem has not been solved to stop this terrible thing from happening and the president has not come up with a solution to stop it as of right now. Only time will tell on how long it will take for us as a country to stop the massive tragedies from happening. Until that time comes innocent lives will continue to perish for no right reason at all. 

The most recent United States school shooting was in the state of Oregon at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. There was no reason for the shooting to occur. The shooter was a 26 year old enrolled student. He killed the Assistant Principle and 8 students in a classroom while injuring 9 more students around the campus. The shooter 26 year old Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer had 5 hand guns, a rifle and enough ammunition to have a prolonged gunfight with police. He also wore a police grade Flak jacket but it did not help that much due to the fact the perpetrator was hit in the right side of his abdomen from a gunshot during a shootout with the first two responding detectives. 

No police officers were injured in the process of eliminating the target. The perpetrator was shot once and then retreated to a nearby classroom where he then continued to shoot himself and end the Shooting.  All of the guns the shooter used were legally obtained by the gunman himself or close family members and relatives. President Obama spoke out on the tragedy later that day stating that the school shootings in the United States had to come to an end and something had to be done about Gun Control. 

This enraged many citizens and made them question if Obama knows what he is doing and knows how to stop such tragedies such as these shootings. The questioning of a gun control law came about after these shootings and if it would be the answer. He got multiple responses from multiple kinds of people. Many ex-military members strongly disagreed with the new possible law of removing guns from citizens. Many thought that schools and colleges all over the country should have armed security guards. 

I believe that President Obama should encourage more people to legally purchase their own firearms and use them to keep their families safe from possible threats. I also believe that businesses and schools all over the country should have multiple armed security guards or police officers in attendance. This would lower the rate of school shootings and make a possible perpetrator to re think committing such a crime. The public wants an answer from the president to stop all of the violence in our schools and businesses. Until that day comes people will continue to question Obama as president and continue to live with the fear of a massive tragedy occurring in their area. 

The last thing anyone in the United States wants is to fear their children going to school and if they will be safe or put in harm’s way. I believe things are going to continue to happen until someone in power puts their foot down and makes a stand against this issue. As much as I hate seeing these tragedies occur there is nothing I can possibly do to stop it or contain the tragedies. But I do believe people will start standing up to Obama and giving him more problems while he stays president. Until Obama makes a move to stop the madness then we will continue to see these things occurring from time to time. 

If the president was to pass a new law to remove guns from citizen’s control I believe only bad will come out of that decision. I am neither on Obamas side nor against him in this current situation do I just want to see massive tragedies stop occurring and our students and citizens stay safe and not have to worry about waking up and going to school. Until the time comes I will stick to my opinion and continue to pray for the ones that have been affected in these tragedies.