Persuasive Essay About School Shootings

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“Evil does not exist within a gun. It exists in the minds and hearts of those who pull the trigger for evil purposes.”- Samuel L. Jackson. People seem to think that guns are the problem when really the person behind it is the problem. Guns are made for us to protect ourselves when danger is near not for us to use it when we want to harm others. The school shooting has been a big deal for the last couple of months. It doesn’t seem to make sense for people to do those horrible things to students who go to school to get an education. People who use guns to commit a massacre end up killing themselves after they are done. We end up finding out that the person who committed the mass murder had mental issues and didn’t know what he/she was doing. Students are afraid of going to …show more content…
I personally would be afraid going to school every day having to worry about our school getting shot up. I am thankful that my school has the police department on speed dial and could get here right away due to things that had happened in our school the last couple of years. There is always some crazy person out there waiting to do something that could hurt each and everyone. You don’t know whether or not it is going to happen at your school but, we need to have our eyes and ears open from now on. This is just the beginning.

To begin with, guns are not the problem. When mass shootings happen, we are so quick to blame the guns. The person behind the gun is the problem. Everyone wants stricter laws over how we need more gun control but if we do end up having more stricter laws on gun control that won’t change a thing. People are going to keep doing what they’re doing no