28% of students in grades 6 through 12 in the United States experience bullying. Bullying can be defined as hurting, intimidating, or persecuting someone, who is usually weaker. Bullying is aggressive and repetitive. A power imbalance is common in bullying, the bully usually uses their power, whether it be physical strength or access to information that could harm someone to hurt other people. However, both bullied children and other bullies can grow up to have lasting problems. Bullying can lead to multiple effects. The government should put laws in place to prevent bullying. Although physical bullying is not as common as social or verbal bullying, it is still a problem. Bullying can often lead to violence. Whether you are being bullied or bullied, you may want to resort to violence. The bully may want to go a step further to intimidate the person he or she is bullying. The person being bullied may view violence, such as bringing a gun or knife to school, as the only way to get revenge. Bullying has become so common in schools that it seems natural. It no longer affects most students and they don't feel they have to stop it. People get used to it. When some people are bullied, it can lead to something extreme. Something extreme like a school shooting. Studies have shown that most school shootings are the result of bullying. The people who go to extremes like school shootings are the ones who have actually been victims. They feel anger. Anger is a feeling people feel when they feel like victims. Many of the students who bring guns to school do so to protect themselves. 1 in 20 students have seen another student with a gun at school. They feel like they need that security. Sometimes,...... in the center of the paper......ine Shooting."Psychology Today (7 May 2009). Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 May 2014.displayGroupName=Viewpoints&action=2&catId=&documentId= GALE% 7CEJ3010149410&source=Bookmark&u=oak30216&jsid=a3c8cd050f25a151421aa34b71470548>Leven, Ellen “Kids Who Terrorize Kids” GoodHousekeeping (1988): 1. May 1, 2014McMackin, Emily “Bullies Teasing hurts feelings, it can lead to violence” The Decatur Daily News (2005): 1. May 1, 2014 Reinberg, Steven “Childhood Bullying Can Leave Lifelong Scars.” Healthday (2013): 1. May 1, 201433/childhood-bullying-can-leave-lifelong-scars-673673.html>