Guns are the problem, not mental illness
Recently in news reports on school shootings, there are many people and health organizations that are under the influence that the cause of people shooting in school grounds is by mental illness. Mental illness is not to be blamed on school shootings, it is blamed on the people who had the gun and what their reasons were for creating a mass shooting in schools. Guns are more of difficult to access since the chance of any person to commit an act of crime or violence to harm others or themselves. Which is why gun laws need to be monitored in deeper detail and stable in order to prevent violence in other states. The more that people place mass shooting on mental health, the less likely society are to see the troubled youth that seeks for help. The government needs to take action on the mental-healthcare issue that is holding the attention of the nation. The final result is that Americans should be aware of seeing the causes when guns are placed in the hands of imprecise people.
According to Mayo Clinic, mental health is "refers to a wide range of mental health conditions-disorders that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior." One of the examples of mental illness is depression, which is common and serious disease in a person daily life. Depression and any other type of mental illness does not create murders, more likely it creates them as victims of violence. In the American mental health counselors association (AMHCA) states on the once again, the media uses mental illness as a coverage and causes others to think that those if they know someone with mental illness that they are labeled to be dangerous. Causing people to overlook the issue of gun violence and focus on mental illness to be at blame. Leading up to the causes on how gun violence affect and traumatize the lives of many.
On average, the estimate amount on how many children died because of gun violence is nearly 1,300 per year. In the Brady Campaign, it states that about 7 out of 46 children died from gun violence per day while the rest survived but were still injured from the attacks. Mass shootings are highly traumatic events that no child should ever face in schools and should never have to witness the deaths of their friends and expect to carry on as if nothing happened. "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand." The quote states towards to Isaac Newton first law of gravity, meaning that no object can be used to harm others unless its been given a motive by the wielder of the weapon. It is easier to blame the weapon, but the weapon is neither good or evil, it only exists. The decision is up to the individual intentions of the weapon.
Media research that are concerning public reactions towards people with mental illness is reviewed with evidence from clinical studies on mental illness and violence risk assessments. Policies and laws are meant to reduce gun violence in relation towards mental illness and the safety of the lives of students in schools. Keep in mind that it is impossible for everyone to see how many youths are diagnosed in their teenage year or for the rest of their lives. It is difficult enough to be attached to mental health problems, but worse is to be labeled as a murderer just by having an issue with one's mentality.
According to Mayo Clinic, mental health is "refers to a wide range of mental health conditions-disorders that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior." One of the examples of mental illness is depression, which is common and serious disease in a person daily life. Depression and any other type of mental illness does not create murders, more likely it creates them as victims of violence. In the American mental health counselors association (AMHCA) states on the once again, the media uses mental illness as a coverage and causes others to think that those if they know someone with mental illness that they are labeled to be dangerous. Causing people to overlook the issue of gun violence and focus on mental illness to be at blame. Leading up to the causes on how gun violence affect and traumatize the lives of many.
On average, the estimate amount on how many children died because of gun violence is nearly 1,300 per year. In the Brady Campaign, it states that about 7 out of 46 children died from gun violence per day while the rest survived but were still injured from the attacks. Mass shootings are highly traumatic events that no child should ever face in schools and should never have to witness the deaths of their friends and expect to carry on as if nothing happened. "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand." The quote states towards to Isaac Newton first law of gravity, meaning that no object can be used to harm others unless its been given a motive by the wielder of the weapon. It is easier to blame the weapon, but the weapon is neither good or evil, it only exists. The decision is up to the individual intentions of the weapon.
Media research that are concerning public reactions towards people with mental illness is reviewed with evidence from clinical studies on mental illness and violence risk assessments. Policies and laws are meant to reduce gun violence in relation towards mental illness and the safety of the lives of students in schools. Keep in mind that it is impossible for everyone to see how many youths are diagnosed in their teenage year or for the rest of their lives. It is difficult enough to be attached to mental health problems, but worse is to be labeled as a murderer just by having an issue with one's mentality.
Gun violence and mental illness are often linked with each other and is always debatable in politics. Mental illness is defined as a disorder, however, what percent in the United States are in fact mentally ill and how many murders connecting to gun violence are connected to the mentally ill? One thing I did like about your post is that you defined what mental illness is and how you showed the number of children who got murdered by gun violence in a given year. However, what percentage of children makes up the US population in total? Another suggestion you could add to your post is to classify which children were murdered by people with mental illness and children who were murdered by people who were not mentally ill. That would be an interesting statistic. Overall, great job on your post and keep up the good work!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kaitlyn that it was good that you defined mental illness here in your post. I'd also like to see the larger subset/estimation of those with mental illnesses in America. I think what people would immediately find is that the numbers is in the millions, and that there isn't a real correlation between those with mental illness and gun violence. I do wonder--have you found any data/research about databases being created that would limit those with other violent crimes (say someone convicted of domestic violence) from being able to obtain a weapon? How has that worked?
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