In the small town of Littleton, Colorado, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School on Tuesday, April 20th, 1999 prepared to unleash havoc on the masses of the school. The two students had formulated a plan months before April 20th, part of the plan consisted of assembling bombs that were designed to destroy the cafeteria and the library. Furthermore, Harris and Klebold both took note of the amount of students that were inside the cafeteria at each time of the day so the bomb could be set off at a time with the utmost students in the cafeteria thus leading to the maximum amount of casualties. In addition to the bomb arrangement, Harris and Klebold both purchased various guns and spent an extensive amount of time out in the wilderness filming each other practice their aim as preparation for the big day.…
What really happened at Kent State on May 4, 1970 why did it happen, what was the after match of the shooting?…
The Columbine High School Massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. It is one of the most notorious school shootings that occurred in the United States to this day. This was due to it being the first high school shooting with a significantly high death toll (List of school massacres by death toll, n.d.). The two perpetrators of this shooting were Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold. The boys, aged 18 and 17 respectively, were both senior students in the aforementioned high school. (Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, n.d.)…
On April 20, 1999, two teens, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They killed thirteen and wounded more than twenty before turning the guns on themselves. It was the worst school shooting in U.S. history. It caused a huge investigation to determine what motivated the boys. It was a pretty tragic event that changed the safe feeling that any high school student felt across the country.…
The Fort Hood massacre, like all things, has a before, a during, and an after. Before the shooting, people were going about their day as if nothing were new. During the shooting, people became the people they were meant to become. After the shooting, people felt the pain of loss; they thanked God, and they moved on. “I just thank God he missed me” (CNN). “Unit at Fort Hood deploying a month after shootings” (Fox).…
Hey you think Dylan’s and Eric’s parents go in jail for what the kids did? The columbine shooting happened at the high school where they all went to school. The parents of the two boys should go to jail because they did nothing to stop them.…
The poor security in the school at Sandy Hook Elementary School led to a major tragedy. The school’s security failed. A gun man got into the school by the lack of security. The teachers were not properly trained on how to react when an intruder comes into the school. The school’s poor security led to the killing of 26 people.…
After reading the articles and watching the news and hearing others talk about this tragic topic on whether or not the schools, the parents, or media is the issue with school the conclusion is the individual is the one to blame. These individuals had many different resources and options to decide from in order to receive help yet the individuals made the choice to take the lives of innocent people. These children are aware of their consequences and have it set in their mind that there is no other way to let go of their pain but to cause misery and pain to their fellow classmates. Some will still argue that either the school or the parents or the media is the problem, but the individual is to blame because, they are aware of their consequences,…
While some believe that school shootings are caused by mental illness in reality it is caused by bullying because, when kids get teased it makes them frustrated and angry so by shooting the school they are taking their anger out and trying to scare them.…
Erin has been shooting up meth, herioin, and pain pills for many many months. Her children were previously taken by Jason and Kristy Smith. Jason is the brother of Trey Smith, the father. Trey is currently in rehab for alcoholism. Erin agreed to allow Jason and Kristy take the children so that she could check herself into rehab and get better, which she did not do. She did supposedly get clean for a short time. Long enough for them to bring the children back. When this situation was first discovered, Erin's arms were covered in needle marks from top to bottom and the children had been found unattended numerous times, while Erin was "dope sick" in bed and the babies were not taken care of. At those times the babies were taken to a friends home to be cared for.…
20 year old Male Adam Peter Lanza fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in the village of Sandy Hook in Newton, Connecticut. On my quest to look up information on this perpetrator Adam Peter Lanza - (April 22, 1992- December 14,2012) it is stated on wikipedia .com that Adam and his mother Nancy Lanza age 52, lived in sandy Hook, 5miles (8km) from the Elementary school. Adam did not have any criminal background with the police and he also attended sandy hook for a brief time back in his day, but he mostly attended St. Rose Catholic school in Newtown, and then attended Newtown High…
New gun control laws and reduced mainstream media publicity might be the solution to rampage shootings.…
The columbine shooting that happened April 20, 1999. Twelve students and one teacher were killed by the students of Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18. Eric labeled as psycopath and knew how to control it, and Dylan labeled with depression and didn’t care about life anymore. Based off their motives, they were lead to kill all the victims because of bullying and confusion that they had in high school.…
Approximately two years and ten months ago a massacre happened in Newtown, Connecticut. December 15, 2012, a man dressed in a military vest and heavily armed walked into a Connecticut elementary school and opened fire. Within minutes, 26 people were dead, 20 of them were children. School shooting has increased dramatically over the years, and some of this shootings is because of the discipline in parenting, media, and bullying.…
One time Abby went to Washington D.C to be close to some family members. Since they were in D.C they decided to go visit the White House. When they went up to the White House they saw several guards with big arms, lots of weapons, and a thing in their ear. They were guarding the White House lawn. Her cousin decided to go up to one of the guards and ask them a question. The question was if the windows were bulletproof. When he asked that, all of the sudden the guards started to pat him down in search of a weapon. Once they were done with that the guards started to ask him questions like why did you ask that question? Were you planning on shooting at the White House? Well Ryan apparently answered one question wrong and so he got taken to jail. His eyes grew wide, his jaws dropped, and he had tears in his eyes. All for asking a question. Just one questions! While he was in jail some interesting things happened to him.…