Guns, Mental Health, and Anger: A society seeks for solutions.
Our nation has once again been brought to face another tragedy after a gunman murdered 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida. As a society that has become all too familiar with breaking news alerts of mass shootings we desperately look for answers as to why these tragedies occur and what solutions can be found to prevent them. We all want to prevent the horrors that unfolded on that campus from happening again and we cannot let our endeavor be in vain.
In the wake of another senseless shooting gun control laws and mental illness are the two topics that have taken a prominent position in the national debate. According to a poll from ABC News, more people believe that increased mental health screening and treatment would likely have prevented the Parkland shooting over stricter gun control laws. Read more
