Yet another shooting spree has taken place in America. The one in question was in Flordia, where a man shot and killed one person while wounding five others. The victims and shooter were seemingly unrelated and police are still searching for a motive. At the moment, it seems like a random shooting. He was driving around the Gainesville neighborhood sniping victims that seem to have no particular connection. After the man was pulled over and apprehended by the police, he committed suicide.
Incidents like this are the perfect example of why I want to look into the Criminal Justice field for college. I want to be able to prevent things like this; I want to protect citizens and be the superhero that saves everyone. There is something very sad about the fact that shootings are something of a normality now. Ten years ago, a random shooting would have thrown the entire state, if not parts of the country, into complete shock. Now its more of a "oh, that's too bad" kind of reaction. Isn't there something a little perverse about such an easy dismissal of a life? Especially one not related to a war, or some kind of risk.
How horrible! Just randomly shooting people? I agree with your statement, "Now it's more of a 'Oh, that's too bad' kind of reaction." This kind of action should be still considered an "oh my gosh" reaction. Things need to be done if a lot of people are starting to think that shooting others will solve their problems or is the correct way of getting revenge. Harming people should never, ever be an option, but sadly this option growning and grown every single day. A life is a life, no matter how cruel that person was, they still have the right to live.
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