Exaggeration

This is just a bit of perspective. People like to quote an article that said there were 18 school shootings within the two months of 2018, well does a bullet accidentally going through a school count as a school shooting? If yes, there were 18 school shootings. While school shootings are terrifying and evil, trying to find a single source to blame is immature and dangerous. People love to blame guns, and by extension, they want to get rid of them. I personally LOVE guns, they are so much fun to shoot and the feeling of security that comes with holding a gun is unparalleled. Defending your home or your rights with an Armalite Rifle 15 (AR 15)is great, but against a military with a 600 billion dollar budget, no magazine capacity can save you. You own a gun because you love guns, not because you want to defend your rights. It is easy to blame guns, mental health, or the NRA, but the problem of school shootings isn’t anyone of these. It is a product of the way our society functions. The bullying and discrimination in schools, the astonishingly low price of guns, lack of funding for mental health patients. This all has led to an astronomic rise in the number of mass shooters. These people are the byproduct of schools valuing conformity over creativity, a society that values competition over compassion, and a country that values individual rights over general welfare. If we want to end school shootings, we need to begin to make well-informed decisions and change legislation to make our schools safe, not walk out of our 2nd periods for 17 minutes.