Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Americas Killing Problem

The shooting at Columbine High School will always be a negative day in America’s history and something that will not be forgotten. America has had many awful massacres that we all wish we could forget about, and instead of figuring out what the problem is we continue to let these killing sprees take place. Why is it that no other country in the world has even close to as many killings as us? In the documentary Bowling for Columbine many people in America have a theory, for example many people said entertainment, video games, more guns, etc. The hard fact about all of these theories is that all the other countries have the same if not more guns video games, and many of the same exact entertainment. So if it is not the social media and the amount of guns what is it? I cannot give an answer to that but I believe it is a topic that our government and people in our country should explore. We have 10 times the amount of killings then most countries. Why is that? What can we do? The only reason I can come up with is the society we live in supports violence. The media is constantly covering negative things like killings, because it draws people in. Many role models are known for killing and doing illegal things. Many Americans see the way to resolve their problem is to kill. If we could figure out the reason of why we have more killings then our country would be a vastly improved.

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