Larry Nassar: After the Exolosion

[Lily Barnes]

Austin Rollins, 17, brought leally owned hand guy by the shooters father on Tuesday, March 20^thand opened fire. Critically wounding a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy at Great Mills High School. A school resource officer got to the scene within a minute and fire a shot at Rollins. Rollins was severely injured in the exchange and was later pronounced dead in the hospital. Police said the school resource officer was uninjured. Officials and students praised Gaskill, the resource officer’s quick response to the shooting.The 16-year-old victim, Jaelynn Willey, remained in critical condition Wednesday morning at the University of Maryland Prince George’s Medical Center. She was severely injured during Austin’s Rollins rampage, and her condition is still unclear as she continues fighting for her life. It was not clear how the teenager, got hold of his father's weapon or what make or caliber it is.The sheriff’s office would not offer further information about the gun. The gun was legally owned to his father name, and investigators and piecing together how Rollins gained access to it.Maryland law specifically prohibits a person from leaving a loaded firearm in the open where an unsupervised child under the age of 16 can gain access to it. The violator is given a misdemeanor and charger with a fine up to $1,000 dollars. Due to Austin’s age of 17, its unclear how the courts will rule once the trial begins.

I chose this article because after discoing the death peanility and how they would try a minor it spoke to me. This case is tricky all on its on starting from his age of 17 years old. Even though he did commit a capital murder crime does he deserve the death penalty? If he were in texas would his fate be different? These are the question I keep asking myself and its sad to know that incidents like this keep happening. Just a few days ago in texas a shooting happened and the most heart breaking thing about it was that "students were expecting it" its no longer a big surprise, but more a everyday life event. I remember when it was a big deal that a dentist killed a doctor and now slowly someone shooting up a still its just expected.

I dont think there is one way to fix this problem. If you take guns away people will still find a way to obtain them, where theres a will theres always going to be a way. I think if you back tracked even further than that and didn't let these kids fall in the cracks of our education system. Maybe if you had more out reach places set in within the school students wouldn't feel the need to release their anger through shooting their school.