Sandy Hook Elementary

Gun control has been a major issue in the new today. Many recent shootings have stirred up everyone’s attention. On Friday December 14, 2012 a 19 year old man went into Sandy Elementary school and shot 27 children and adults. After his assault was complete he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The whole country was affected by this terrible tragedy. When events like this happen in America we look around and realize how quickly a life can be taken. The level of innocents that these students had was over the top. Heroes were created and killed the same day in this school and we all need to take a moment of silence for those who lost a loved one.

The first grade teacher at this school stood out among the rest. She did something that was very courageous and life threatening. When she heard that there was a killer on the loose within the school she forced all her students to go into the cabinets and locked them all. By the time the killer got to her room he stormed in demanding where her students were, she told him that they were in the gym. Once he realized that they weren’t in the room he shot her and moved on to kill even more people. This first grade teacher gave her life for her small students. Would you be able to do that for your students?

Everyone in that school was shaken. School was closed for the next four days. Why did this man decide to take so many lives? He was a homeschool student that used to go to Sandy Elementary when he was younger but was taken out for extreme misbehavior and mental issues. This fellow was so sick in the mind that he took his mother’s handgun, shot her and went to the school to continue this nasty behavior. I am sure that he didn’t entirely know what he was doing and the damage that he was taking place.

Should handguns be allowed to be owned? The mother of this child had the right to buy and use this gun, but she couldn’t control that he attached her and took her gun. Obviously a gun in a mentally unstable person is not a good idea. As a teacher in this instance it would have been a good idea to have a gun in their desk so they could have defended themselves and their students.

Our country came together after this happened and mourned. This event should not have happened, but what can we do about it? The president addressed America and trying to fix the outstanding issue about guns. There needs to be more control and regulations on the ownership and use of guns. People get killed every day from being shot by a gun, but it is brought to our attention when 27 or a large group is taken. This madness needs to stop. America is becoming a more dangerous place and the American dream is slowly slipping away. We need to bring it back into check. (514)