As a lot of people know, school shootings are always reoccuring and that’s not
good. A bunch of schools have gone through them in multiple states and many
kids and teachers have sadly passed away due to these incidents.
Almost every year, 3,500 children and teens are shot and killed during school
shootings. 15,000 more are injured and close to death. Schools have now had to
do safety precautions, when this shouldn’t be a thing. School should be a safe,
and good place for children and teenagers to go and learn. People fear going to
school because of these reasons.
A recent school shooting was at Oxford High School in Oakland County,
Michigan. On November 30, 2021, Ethan Crumbley, a 15 year old boy who
attended Oxford High School shot up Oxford High School. Resulting in 4
students being killed, and 7 people injured from his crimes--one person being a
teacher. Although he was a sophomore, he was charged as an adult. He was
charged with 24 crimes, two being murder and terrorism (Who is Oxford High
School 'shooter' Ethan Crumbley? (the-sun.com)).
Here is a link to a video that a student recorded during the crime: Oxford High
School students hide in classroom during deadly shooting | USA TODAY -
YouTube
His parents, Jennifer and James Crumbley, were also charged for not securing
the handgun used in the shooting. They were charged with involuntary
manslaughter. After they didn’t attend their arraignment, they were subjects of a
manhunt. They were found and arrested on December 4 (Oxford High School
shooting - Wikipedia).
Now, Ethan Crumbley is said to be mentally ill after being charged with adult
charges (Is Ethan Crumbley Mentally Ill? Everything To Know About Michigan
School Shooter, Parents Incident Explored (mixedarticle.com)).This being said,
how could we possibly prevent this? There’s some ways we could maybe prevent
these kids or people from doing these horrific crimes and here’s how.
The first way is just listening to them. Some kids have problems with sharing their
feelings, resulting in them bottling up their feelings. Sometimes, just letting these
children talk about their problems might help. Mental health is really important,
and young children don’t know how to handle the problems alone. Allowing these
young high schoolers talk about their problems could definitely prevent these
horrible thoughts going into their mind.
Another way to prevent this is just generally watching their behaviors. Seeing
how people treat them, seeing how they treat themselves. It’s all about how they
respect themselves, and how other people respect them. I think kids decide to do
this horrific act because people in the school treated them in a bad way. Though
this doesn’t excuse their actions, it gives a reason and makes people realize
why.
Cora Haas, a student in 7th grade, was asked how we are able to prevent school
shootings. She said, “I think we need to make gun rights more strict. People
having guns freely is a little weird because they can do whatever they want with
it.” I think shes definitely correct. Making gun rights and rules may help
sufficiently if we give the right people guns. This being said, WHO should be
getting guns? I think there should be a contract about having a gun so it’s more
secure, plus police officers having them at all times (obviously.)
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