School shootings don’t occur often‚ in fact‚ they are very rare‚ but when they do‚ it is a catastrophe. According to Macmillanddictionary.com‚ school shooting is a violent act in which someone‚ usually a student‚ uses a gun to kill or injure teachers‚ students‚ and staff. School shootings have started political debates over the act of gun violence and also gun control. According to Wikipedia.org‚ The United States is the highest number of school related shootings. From the year 2013 all the way to
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Department of Public Health. Unfortunately‚ it has been the second deadliest shooting in California‚ while the San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre is the first in 1984. Mass shootings has been at a rise the past a few years‚ and every year mass shootings is becoming into a common thing especially with the media getting every drop of juice from these horrible events. It’s important to look at the factors behind mass shootings‚ who are behind it‚ and the consequences in the community‚ friends‚ and family
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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
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school. This rampage was the Columbine High School shooting. Many students lost their lives but valuable lesson were learned. These morals include better help from police‚ improved security‚ and mental illness awareness. Although the Columbine High School shooting was an unfortunate day in history‚ society has benefitted by improving security and technology‚ creating faster police reaction‚ and raising awareness for mental health. The Columbine High School shooting was a tragic
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Sandy Hook Shooting On December 14‚ 2012 the most horrific school shooting happened. A young man took the lives of innocent children and adults. No one knew what was ahead of them that Friday morning as they awoke and started their daily routines. Adam Lanza took the lives of 26 people. There are clear statements as to why this happened. The poor security‚ School Shooter video game‚ mental illness‚ and pedophilia are all causes to why this could have happened. The poor security in the school at
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Lord of the Flies and Columbine High School Shooting On April 20‚ 1990 a horrible tragedy occurred‚ the Columbine High School Massacre. It was one of the most horrible school shootings in the United States. When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebod killed students at their high school‚ it was similar to Lord of the Flies where children were stranded on an island by themselves with no adults‚ and they gradually started to become more violent ending up trying to kill each other. What drove these boys to
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The Columbine High School Shooting allowed for advanced security among schools all over the United States. As claimed by a 2007 report from the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ “there have been about half as many deaths per year since Columbine as in the seven school years before the tragedy…school homicides dropped from 33 in the 1998-1999 school year to 13 in the 1999-2000 year” (CITE). We have improved security and stricter rules to blame for this
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The Columbine Memorial lies silently in Clement Park‚ ten minutes’ drive from my aunt’s home. Nine years ago‚ two students in Columbine High School killed twelve students and a teacher before committing suicide there. Even today‚ many people regard it as a nightmare and don’t want to talk about it. Unfortunately‚ this tragedy is not alone‚ and during the last two decades‚ numerous school shootings have happened around the whole nation‚ and hundreds of people have died during the school massacres
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Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado is home to the deadliest high school shootings in United States history. On April 20‚ 1999‚ two Columbine High School students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ went on a shooting rampage at their high school (shooting teachers and students) killing fifteen‚ including themselves‚ and injuring twenty-four others. John Stone‚ the Jefferson County Sheriff‚ said “When we did make entry into the library‚ it was a pretty gruesome sight.” Stone also called the
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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. Dylan Klebold‚17‚ was the child of upper class
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