The tragedy that occurred in Newton, Connecticut has overwhelmed the world with a variety of emotions. Many people were angry or saddened by the tragedy. I think most people were angry about what happened to those 20 innocent children. Parents send their children to school thinking they are safe but in this case it ended in tragedy. I will discuss similarities and differences between two articles. I will also discuss how this shooting is a symbolic crime, how likely it is that policy changes will be implemented, and how unlikely it is that they will be implemented. First I will discuss the similarity between the two articles. These two items have very few similarities. These two articles focus on ways to help society prevent another incident like the Sandy Hook shooting. They have developed policies that can try to prevent another school shooting of this level from happening again. Both focus on the safety of society. Secondly I will discuss the differences between the two articles. These two articles have numerous differences. The main difference is how they will prevent another shooting. The NRA focuses more on a program called the National School Shield Emergency Program. This program focuses on placing a trained safety officer in each school to help keep children safe. The NRA said this program will be free to ensure every school has a chance to get it. With respect to the NRA, the other article offers several ideas to help protect children. Most of these ideas involve improving licensing standards. Making them more stringent so that people have to renew them every two years. There is also talk of fire safety and training requirements… at the heart of the document… g, which could have raised questions about policy changes. While policy change hasn't happened yet, I think we will eventually have new gun policies. The focus of the policies may not be directly related to schools, but I think they will help prevent more shootings. I think policies will focus on the gun purchasing process and the permits that accompany gun ownership. As these policies go into effect, I think they can help prevent more shootings like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary from happening again. Ultimately, both of these articles contain ideas about policies that need to be put in place. Even though they may come from different perspectives, they both have the same idea of ​​ensuring the safety of citizens. I hope that eventually some of the policies they have come up with will be put into place. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.