Mass Shooter Incident

I. Introduction
A. Mass shootings otherwise known as mass killings is a crime that is becoming common in America
B. Mass shooter has many other names that refer to it including active shooter, and many more.

1. Active shooter refers to progressive shooting and a crime that could affect the processes applied in response to and reaction at the scene of the incident
2. A majority of mass shooting, 70 percent, are within the educational or business/commercial setting such as churches, health care facilities, residences, government properties, and open spaces
   C. The incidences of mass shooting are often caused by firearms and they happen as a result of the absence of other criminal activities such as drug deals, robberies, and gang-related turf wars) hereby a gun serves in killing four to more victims
   D. Psychological and childhood issues that may boil aggression in an individual and unless detected early could result in incidences such as mass shooting
3. Mass shootings result in a great public horror, outrage, the lack of an assistant (in the case where the mass killing committer is an adult), feelings of social estrangement, and preparation for the offense
   E. Mass shootings started to occur in the USA in 1966 with incidences
4. Since 2000-2013, there have been about 160 and more active shooter situations that target education or business setting conducted by a single individual followed by suicide by the shooter
   II. Criminal Event
   A. The Orlando mass shooting is a criminal event in which a 29 years old Omar Mateen from Fort Pierce, an American man that pledged allegiance to ISIS during the shooting, killed 49 individuals on a Sunday morning at a gay nightclub
   B. During the occurrence, there was the trapping of several people who kept calling the friends, police, and relatives.
5. Omar Mateen was the mass shooter
   III. Etiology
   A. There are several theories that account for a mass shooting and related deviant behavior.
6. Strains theory and social control theory offer an account for such deviant behaviors.
   B. Strain Theory provides that mass shooting is becoming an ‘exceptionally American problem’ as a result of social strains.
7. Individuals who hold aspirations of success and wealth might be prevented by society to attain their desires. Resultantly, they respond in case they are poor, by wanting to steal, sell drugs, or be involved in street crimes for they offer coverage to the false promise and denial of opportunities to achieve in the legal enterprises, hence driving such people into crime
8. Most of the inspiration to deviate from the society results from the perception that an individual is not achieving what they want because of what is occurring in the society itself.
   C. Social Control Theory affords an explanation while looking at attachment in which normally individual are compassionate and empathetic towards coworkers, friends, acquaintances, and family
9. In commitment aspect, every individual has given energy and time that is allocated for particular social goals and activities like accomplishing a degree, getting to a profession, investing and so forth
10. Considering involvement, people who are buried in conventional and gratifying social tasks often never have interest or time of getting involved in illegal activities
    IV. Prediction and prevention
    A. Based on strain theory, indeed, the structure of the society can result in deviant behavior since an individual that longs to reach a given level of life disillusions and might turn deviant, violent, aggressive, and criminal if they do not attain their goals
11. The failure of Omar Mateen to attain his objective resulted in him expressing the disappointment through mass shooting.
    B. In the Social Control Theory, people who tend to shoot a crowded harbor and internalize disappointment, anger, and frustration stemming from a number of stressful events that could be perceived or actual
12. In commitment aspect, despondent and isolate characters of an individual who turns irritable and erratic embraces a kill or be killed perception and willingness to take own life or being killed
13. Considering involvement, Omar could be classified to a large extent as a loner and more of an outcast who had an awkward social life and distanced self from friends and family such that he did not feel meaningful in the society
14. Omar Mateen’s belief aspect did work in the Orlando mass shooting. In the Muslim religion, gay is condemned and is an abominable sin.
    V. Recommended Criminal Justice Responses
    A. The government should imprison or confine an individual that is detected in advance as planning to kill others.
    B. The utilization of diverse methods is essential in order to prevent mass shootings
15. Third parties including families and institutions could help prevent such cases
    C. The gun legislation is another consideration that could help the American society escape death through mass shooting
    D. In the case families realize that an individual is turning violent, there is a need of notifying necessary authorities so that they assist in addressing the situation.
    E. Consideration of mental health problems and violent culture regulation through alleviation of poverty provision of care for at-risk youths, and a myriad of concern and care for the emotionally and physically scared survivors is inevitable
    F. Awareness about ‘warring signs’ for targeted violence serves in offering risk management plan and preparedness that could reverse the revenge of the committer
    G. Health and educational campaigns emphasizing on identification and reporting or possible shooters through observation of psychological behavior and relations as well as gun acquisition
    H. Friends, teachers, members of the family, and religious figures should offer guidance and counseling to young people so that they learn on grow to cope and adapt with frustration, rejection, and disappointment
    I. Building resilience through making connections so that he or she has positive relationships with friends, family members, and the immediate society that can offer support
    J. Individuals should be trained on how to move towards their goals and acknowledge regular small achievements that will make them feel worth in the society
    K. There should be securing of critical tools appropriate for the rooms and these include keys, floor plans, telephone lines security numbers integrated with ac actively coordinated physical security in all departments
    L. Human resource department and the business and institutions should be reminded of their responsibilities in safety and security
    VI. Conclusion
    A. Overall active shooter incidences are not inevitable in public institutions
16. Proper knowledge and awareness, through preparation and preparedness, the proper reaction the public institutions will be safe and eliminate damages emerging from active shooter situation.
    B. In case one grows up in a society and fails to achieve the dreams they had because of the impediments created by the society, their frustration and anger is redirected to the deviant behaviours such as forms of crimes including stealing, or shooting.
    C. Considering the fact that mass shooting is carried out by individuals who are ready to face death, death penalty or jailing is quite difficult to apply and thus effective ways should be sought.  
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