Potential Sources Pt. 2

Hello and welcome to another blog post regarding potential sources for an analysis paper I shall write on the blogging experience.  As far as potential sources go, there were some that were easy to find while others were not.  Some of the blogs I have found are very well done.  Unfortunately, practically all blogs relating to the issue with school shooters are written with bias towards the Republican Party and/or the NRA.  These are the potential sources I have found so far.

A blog post written by Alan Seidel brings up an interesting point on having armed security at schools for protection.  His concern is something everyone can understand and/or relate to.  What I don’t believe he realizes is that these guards have to be paid, and with the current economic situation as it is, some schools can not afford that with budget cuts the administration personnel are making.  He still can, however, provide an excellent example of blogs with bias.

The gun rights blog is a source that can show the positives of owning weapons.  It gives real life examples of how our right to bear arms has also saved lives.  Providing these examples can have a profound effect on deciding what to do regarding school shooters.  It will have people thinking twice about what they decide should be done regarding the gun issue.  Just like the previously mentioned possible source, however, there is still bias in these blog postings, which can be frustrating when trying to find blogs with authors that are neutral on the issue.

As odd as the title of the blog called “Snowflakes in Hell” is, Sebastian does discuss a wide range of topics from informing the reader about what politicians plan on doing to how this nation's citizens are reacting to the wave of gun violence.  His use of statistics can be very helpful when I will present and analyze the data he provides in my analysis paper.

There is a blog from wordpress.com that contains blog posts from several authors similar to “Snowflakes in Hell”.  It is similar in the way that these blog posts have statistics related to school shootings and gun control.  Despite that, many of the statistics are more in favor of right-wing ideas and goals.  Finding blogs, which mostly have bias in them, can be very annoying, especially when these blogs tend to lean towards one end on the bias spectrum.  However, a blog from the Sunlight foundation has blogs on gun control that contain some sub-topics that are neutral in the debate, so these blogs are invaluable.

Some potential sources I plan to use come from Gale Virtual reference.  These database articles can provide information that many of the bloggers I use as examples did not present.  The article “School Violence,School Shootings” by Claire M. Renzetti and Jeffrey L. Edleson, presents a wide range of useful data ranging from school violence in the early 19^th century to general reasons why students commit these acts and finally to some methods on how to thwart these kinds of actions.  Another database I plan to use is an article entitled, “Juvenile Criminals and Victims”, is one that presents data on why students are willing to engage in school shootings and other violent activities and what can be done to get them on the right track.

Hopefully these sources will help me in my analysis paper.  Stay safe fellow readers!