Mass School Shootings in the U.S. Essay -- Mass Shootings, School Shoo

In the United States of America the adjust to bear arms gave birth to a phenomenon called the shoot culture, the term coined in 1970 by a historian Richard Hofstadter, which describes Americas heritage and warmheartedness for weapons(1). Not only did gun culture become an inseparable severalise of American democracy, but also it is considered to be synonymous with independence and freedom, the roughly important values for American society. Even though the shame value and murder rate in the U.S. is higher than in any early(a) developed country, U.S. citizens oppose every attempt made to pass gun control legislation(2). However, it may sound like a paradox, but the crime level in the most liberal states, when it comes to gun ownership, is the lowest in the whole nation according to FBI statistics(3). In fact one of the major(ip) drawbacks of free access to weapons is the murders committed by juveniles. School pellet is the paradox which origins argon deeply rooted in the fami ly background and the upbringing of children as well as in the free approach to carrying weapons. To understand the concept of gun culture one have to be born in the U.S. but living outside American society is significant to take into account subjective criticism of the acts of violence such as school shootings. The unworthy massacres at schools are definitely not a new phenomenon they are part of gun ownership policy. The first recorded school shooting occurred in 1764 in the present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the attempt was a part of the so-called Pontiacs Rebellion -the rebellion triggered by Indian tribes and aimed against British colonies. jibe to the story told by the one student who survived the massacre Indians constrained and scalped football team students of the Pennsylvani... ...07532_1088608/?_refineresult=true&facet=category%3AShotguns16.Great Dreams. For students shot at okeh Schools. Accessed February 1, 2014.http//www.greatdreams.com/gibson.htm17.Reuters. Boy, 12, opens fire at New Mexico school, wounds two students. Accessed February 2, 2014. http//www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/14/us-usa-shooting-newmexico-idUSBREA0D11Q2014011418.NBC News. accelerator pedal went bowling before Arpahoe High School shooting, police say. Accessed February 2, 2014.http//usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/30/22112064-gunman-went-bowling-before-arapahoe-high-school-shooting-police-say?lite19.Wikipedia. Columbine High School Massacre. Accessed February 1, 2014. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacreFirearms20.Wikipedia. Cassie Brenall. Accessed February 2, 2014.http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassie_Bernall