Blogg Three

In the article Actually, there is a clear link between mass shooting and mental illness by Grant Duwe and Michael Rocque, goes into a lot of detail on a topic that has been roaming the internet this entire year. With so much gun violence that has occurred is no shocker that people are demanding answers. Is it mass shootings or mental illness? This article provides a lot of research, and facts about the United States mass shootings that have been taking place in the past century. 

Although the article does not state the main audience. I do believe that the intended audience is every American citizen. Many American citizens are confused about why mass shootings keep happening. They're searching for answers while trying to keep themselves more educated with a mass shooting, gun policies, and mental illness. 

The author credibility is supported with the research he has provided which states that most of the people who have committed a mass shooting suffer from a mental illness and fail to receive the proper treatment leaking mental illness to mass shooting as early as 1903. As of right now, there’s a lot of debate going on with people blaming mental illness with mass shooting's  and others blaming gun policies. The article touches both topics and shows how both play a huge role in a horrible outcome.

I agree with the article and believe that the author did a very good job talking about such a sensitive topic. He did not approach the topic in a demanding way. He focused on one topic more than another and used data to back up his theory as well as past history. 

Trump Signs Budget

On Thursday, February 8th, 2018, The New York Times published an article titled” Trump Signs Budget Deal to Raise Spending and Reopen Government”. The article’s main topic is how Trump signed a major budget deal early Friday morning. The bill, which many people were against had been up for debate for many months now. This article, in my opinion, is definitely worth the read, as a citizen you should be aware of the different bills our president is signing, and how it can affect our country. One of the main things that really stood out to me was that in September 2019 Trump will get the huge increase in military spending, but what other programs would he be cutting? Some programs that the article mentioned were the environmental protection program as well as the health research program, how would cutting this programs affect us? How can increasing military spending help us? Not to mention he is also planning to get rid of DACA which allows MANY, MANY immigrants to receive a good future, and help America in different ways. That’s why I strongly advice for this article to be read so we as a whole know exactly what is going on with the government, and our country's future.