On February 23, 2018 The Los Angeles Times published an
OP-ED article titled “Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings
and mental illness” this article was written by Grant Duwe and Michael Rocque.
This article briefly talks about how they think mass public shootings are
strictly a mental health problem rather than a gun problem. I agree its
possible for the mass shooting to be both a gun and mental health problem but
that shouldn’t be the reason we the people should feel bad or sorry for the shooter.
In Florida’s mass shooting they talk about how the kids adoptive parents had
passed away and was now being cared by a close family member of the adoptive
mom. The family described him as odd and very distinct as to his brother who
was always playing and being active. Right away you know it’s a problem in the
house maybe the shooter didn’t feel welcomed? Maybe he wasn’t getting enough
attention? Maybe he felt alone ever since his adoptive parents passed away?
Many mental problems come from once roof so in my opinion this could have been
avoided if the shooter felt more loved by his family I might be wrong about
that but every one will have their way of thinking.
"According to the research 59% of the 185 public mass
shootings that took place in the U.S. from 1900-2017 were carried out by
diagnosed people with mental disorder."
In a way I do agree with the author of this article that mental health
has a lot to do with the decisions the mass shooters take. His intensions were
to get the audience to focus more on how we can treat mental health and help
those in need. Yes, we all agree guns are bad and how its crazy now a days how
students can carry guns and little kids can purchase them like nothing if they
have a license honestly they can even get a gun with out a license. Having back-to-back mass shootings in school
has made it scary for all students to attend school. School is the one place we
should all feel protected. What I’m about to say may not have anything to do
with mass shootings its just crazy to me how one can get pull over or fined for
smoking a cigarette in campus its ok to have guns with you in campus? Out of
subject but that’s crazy to me. Back to the subject I strongly believe stopping
gun control and focusing on mental health would help a lot in preventing another
shoot out.
