the number of people who are dying because of individuals who have mental or medical issues. Shortly after the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999‚ the National Rifle Association endorsed background checks for all buyers of firearms at gun shows. This would have closed an infamous loophole that allows private‚ non-dealer sales with no checks. Three of the Columbine shooters’ weapons had been bought at gun shows but the NRA’s willingness to compromise angered hard core gun advocates‚ and the
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students and one teacher dead at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ another deadly assault took place at Virginia Tech University. The aftermath of the Virginia Tech horror was even more gruesome than Columbine. Including the gunman who took his own life‚ a total of 33 people died—making it the worst school shooting in America’s history. (Media effects research : A basic overview :Glenn G. Sparks) The national discussion that followed both the Columbine and Virginia Tech incidents had
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fatality and tragedy to the surface. Schools prepare for these occurrences now that they have become more common. School shootings are often caused by mental disease‚ the culture of violence‚ and bullying. Sandy Hook Elementary‚ Virginia Tech‚ and Columbine High School are a few examples of school shootings that have affected millions of people. In 2012‚ Adam Lanza shot 27 people and then took his own life at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Armed with a semi-automatic rifle
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of the psychological theory. Bandura’s theory focuses that by observing others‚ individuals learn to be aggressive and criminal. This could explain Cho’s case on wanting to shoot up his university as The Denver Post claimed that Cho idolized the Columbine shooters‚ Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. Cho had done a video manifesto‚ much like Harris and Klebold did before their shootings (called the “Basement Tapes”). It is possible that he wanted to create a manifesto much like Klebold and Harris because
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of that nature have been occurring in the school setting for decades. However‚ it wasn’t until recently that these issues have been such a front-runner in the public spotlight. The three most well-known acts of school violence to date are the Columbine shooting‚ the Virginia Tech Massacre‚ and the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut. These tragedies‚ among countless others that are not as well-known‚ have resulted in the loss of entirely too many lives.
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But the question remains‚ should we feel this way in our schools? Evidently‚ after the Columbine shootings rocked the country‚ we have to feel endangered in our school systems. As the tenth anniversary of the slayings approaches‚ we have to wonder why these two kids would want to do this‚ and how this ultimately changed our country. April 20th‚ 2009 will officially be the tenth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings carried out by eighteen-year-old Eric Harris and seventeen year old
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even sleep with them loaded under their pillows. But that is why the children are able to bring their parents’ guns to school. Nancy Gibbs has written many articles like this one “The columbine tapes” which is also about school shootings. This article is about different episodes of school shootings‚ The Columbine High School Massacre‚ shootings at Santana High School. She mentions many examples in the article to illustrate that this happens very often. Gibbs also mentions that a 6-year-old girl
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vindictive characters. As Mahatma Gandhi once said “an eye for an eye can only make the whole world blind” Is it the bowling? It must be the Video games? Michael Moore’s award winning documentary; ‘Bowling for Columbine’ explores the reason for the violence in America and the reason for the Columbine High school mascara. In April 1999 two students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting rampage killing twelve students‚ a teacher‚ and injuring twenty-one people‚ before committing suicide. Eric
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1.) School violence occurs daily‚ openly or discreetly‚ most believe that school shooting is an epidemic by social media coverage of some serious school crime such as the Columbine and Roy High School. People believed that these school shooters are all alike being motivated through revenge of being bullied by their peers. Mythically they are always alone and have interests in weapons or characteristic of secluded behaviors. This often leaves them to become depressed and angry. In most cases‚ school
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