December 14, 2012 was a very emotional day at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The major shooting that happened wasn't just a shock to the small town in Connecticut, but it caused a complete disturbance to the rest of the world when the news broke out about this very tragic event. 27 short lived students and teachers unfortunately lost their lives to the maniac shooter. However, the school shooting was a lesson about violence in our society, especially in the United States where carrying a gun and storing an armed weapon in a residents home is normal and even requested by the US state of security. In the United States, killing another person that is harming someone is a way to resolve the problem, which is absolutely absurd! This elementary shooting has opened the worlds eye, especially the United States at how having a gun at home can end in an awful way. In my opinion, this event should have caused the US government to tighten the gun laws to reduce the amount of violence.
This is one of the hardest days in America's history and probably the hardest day ever for the parents of the victims. When i first learned of this i went speechless, i couldn't imagine why anyone, no matter what state of mind you are in would hurt a child. For my english summative i talked about video games and its effect on society and when the investigation for this was underway, they found score sheets in the killers room that are very similar to what you would see in a video game. This just proves that anything could effect someone negatively even if it wasn't intended too. I pray for the families of the victims and hope they recover in this dark time in their lives
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