Parker Wallace
Fox, J. A., and M. J. Delateur.
"Mass Shootings in America: Moving Beyond Newtown." Homicide Studies 18.1 (2013): 125-45. Web.
Summary: This article examines a variety of myths and
misconceptions about multiple homicide and mass shooters, pointing out some of
the difficult realities in trying to avert these murderous rampages. This
article is peer reviewed, and references over 40 other peer reviewed articles
in it. The author concludes, “Eliminating the risk of mass murder would involve
extreme steps that we are unable or unwilling to take—abolishing the Second
Amendment, achieving full employment, restoring our sense of community, and
rounding up anyone who looks or acts at all suspicious. Mass murder just may be
a price we must pay for living in a society where personal freedom is so highly
valued.”
The author is writing to people concerned about the
state of the country succeeding a tragedy. I know this because he discusses
what goes on with policymaking and other factors of preventing these shootings
after the shootings happen. The author’s purpose is to disprove myths about
solutions to the mass shooting problems and I know that because he explicitly
says that in the article. He references many other sources to give his article
more credibility. He doesn’t have many restraints because he is just a
journalist and is writing a relatively unbiased article so it doesn’t affect
the article very much.
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