The US might be the most powerful as well as the richest nation in the world but it also hold the dubious record of a high gun crime rate. Acquiring guns with or without license is pretty much easy and dissident teenagers have now discerned holes in laws too.
In the last three years, teenage gun crime has risen by a large proportion. Angry and frustrated teenagers going on a free shooting spree in school compounds have been arriving from all corners of the US. In the US, due to a huge degree of freedom bestowed ion the individual states, there’s no universal law on gun acquisition. In some states, guns can be procured even over the counter.
The latest incident of a shooting spree in a US school occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the SuccessTech Academy near downtown Cleveland. The perpetrator was a 14-year student, Asa Coon, who incidentally studied at the same school. Police forces believe that the young boy was angry over some discilinary action that his teachers might have taken against him. Coon walked down the halls firing a 22- caliber revolver in one hand and a .38-caliber revolver in the other. 5 people were shot, including two teachers, and the tragedy is that Coon shot himself in the classroom.
Students getting angry with their schools or teachers are not uncommon but what is bizarre is the way the US school students are responding. The US is already suffering from a high crime rate and with teenagers also getting into the act, the situation is rapidly spiraling out of control. Gun control in the States is almost non-existence and this is leading to immature and underaged kids gaining access to such weaponry.
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Source: CNN
