In search for topics that affected my life and the lifes around me I decided to do gun control, school shooting, and mental disorders. While analizing the googlt trends data, I descovered a spike in all three around febuary. After some research I discovered that the spike in intrest was caused by the Parkland school shooting. The Parkland school shooting happend in early febuary in Florida. This was the biggest school shooting in America, with 17 people dead and 15 left injued.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/18/us/parkland-florida-school-shooting-accounts/index.html
Sanchez, Ray. “Inside the Florida School Massacre, Moment by Moment.” CNN, Cable News Network, 18 Feb. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/02/18/us/parkland-florida-school-shooting-accounts/index.html.
This article gave background on the parkland school shooting, and also gave a couple different stories by students that were there. The school shooter was a 19 year old man that was expelled from parkland the year before. This event took place on valentines day with 10 minutes left in the school day.
https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/opinion/26156/what-causes-school-shootings
Portsmouth Daily Times. “What Causes School Shootings?” Portsmouth Daily Times, 26 Mar. 2018, www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/opinion/26156/what-causes-school-shootings.
This article was written by Dr. Melissa Martin. This gave a background on why school shooters commit these acts. In the article she talks about different reasons, mental health, wasn't raised right, traumatic experiences, but what the truth is that doctors don't actually know why these acts are committed.
“Analysis | After Parkland, Gun-Control Advocates See a Turning Point for New State Laws.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 21 July 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/21/after-parkland-gun-control-advocates-see-a-turning-point-for-new-state-gun-control-laws/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4cd604aec38b.
This article talked about the effects of the parkland shooting and how it changed gun laws in America. After the school shooting, gun law advocates had the best year on record. With bipartisan support, both republican and Democratic states implemented new gun laws. Some of the major gun laws added restricted certain people from getting one, or tightened on the areas guns could be carried.
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