Mass Shootings on Uprise?

Graph of mass shootings, not including years 2013-2015

This article review is parallel to the recent California mass shooting. This article talks about how mass shootings are becoming more common; however, gun violence has been declining. Hitting on all of the shootings within the last two decades scientists still cannot fully determine what leads to these mass shootings.

There is a graph to the left which I provided to show the rise in mass shootings, not including years 2013-2015. The author of this article argues that they have increased over the years but not by a huge amount. The author also talks about how guns make the attacks far more fatal than without. Presenting information over an attack in China in which a man only had a knife and no one was killed in the elementary schools. Could overruling the constitution in the rights to bare arms possibly decrease mass shootings or just cause more problems? In my opinion I believe it would just infuriate more citizens possibly causing more attacks.

Cartoon sketch of mass shootings and impacts over last 5 years

This article strongly supports all of the ideas and things that are presented. No really outstanding weaknesses in this article all of the ideas form around the authors main idea of increases in mass shootings.

Overall, the article presents very crucial facts and examples that show how mass shootings are increasing in the United States. While also hinting at the fact that taking away citizens rights to bare arms could possibly develop a safer environment but this will most likely never happen, which I believed was a bad idea in the first place. This article has many brilliant pieces and ideas that should be checked out in the link above. (Click the second or third word "article review)