According to Harold Pollack‚ high-profile mass shootings are relatively rare‚ resulting on average in a dozen deaths a year. Pollack also states that mass shootings are quite difficult to prevent. “Yet‚ as we show‚ notions of mental illness that emerge in relation to mass shootings frequently reflect larger cultural stereotypes and anxieties about matters such as race/ethnicity‚ social class‚ and politics. These issues become obscured when mass shootings come to stand in for all gun crime‚ and when
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The white rhinoceros and the Asian elephant possess many similar characteristics‚ including the way they look‚ yet also possess many differences such as the two continents they live on. There are five living species of rhino (black‚ white‚ Indian‚ Javan and Sumatran) and only two of the elephant (African and the Asian). All are in jeopardy of extinction with their slow rate of breeding‚ poaching and in the rhinoceroses‚ their territorial behavior. Both of these beasts belong to the same kingdom
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Narrative: The Elephant- Slawomir Mrozek Telling a lie in order to save money is good‚ right? In this short story‚ the elephant in the zoo is getting too old a weak and it needs to be replaced. The director of the zoo doesn’t care for the animals or the zoo itself‚ he just cares about the how the zoo and animals benefit him. The zoo keepers and staff are excited about the new arrival of the new great elephant. The excitement ended when the director sent a letter notifying them that the order
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think that “more guns‚ fewer shootings” is the answer to the debate about gun control. Some say gun incidents are decreasing. However‚ people have failed to notice that guns are still the reason for numerous amounts of death. Once we understand that firearms are one of the main causes of mass shootings‚ we’ll begin to see that the answer to the problem is gun control. It’s best to increase the rules and regulations regarding guns to decrease the number of mass shootings. Many gun laws have been taken
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maybe a solution to the mass shootings that occur in our society‚ an example of a PSA would be anti-smoking smoking ads. Anti-smoking ads are aimed towards “rebellious” teens; teens who hate being told what to do and how to do it. The ads usually depict a teen having to always give up free time or spend their hard earned money which explains the consumption that smoking has over their lives. PSA’s should also focus on the kinds of individuals who commit these mass shootings‚ talking about and illustrating
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‚ Reading the October 8th‚ number 8 series of the Duke‚ it was a pleasure realizing that you reacted on‚ shooting on campus. Thank you for your reaction and observation on this issue and the measures to take to prevent it re-occurring in Duquesne campus. Your reaction on shooting on campus in‚ raise some opinion on the topic It was a good observation especially on this aspect that‚ “individual schools can take steps to address the growing threat of violence and adapt to the culture of fear on
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Police Shootings Are Getting Out of Control “Police killings are beginning to get out of control”‚ is what many people are saying. We shouldn’t have to say that‚ in fact‚ it shouldn’t be something that is happening in the first place. Whether it was justified‚ or not‚ things need to change. There are too many unjustified police shootings. Something needs to be done. We can’t just sit here‚ waiting for another shooting. I feel like these officers need to be brought to justice. I’m taking the position
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even to protect the officers themselves‚ the officers need to be armed with the pistol. The officers have only short time to ponder before the first shooting and it will be resulted to the suspects. In some cases‚ if they have decided to shoot‚ it may result to fatal suspects and non-suspects too‚ this may be innocent. Therefore‚ the first shooting‚ it is extremely important to prevent the loss a life. Especially‚ in the event of rebellion with the protests of various groups‚ the military and police
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Circus Elephant Animal Abuse Problem The day had come when little Timmy would finally get to go to the circus. He was so eager that he was the first one out of bed that morning. Too excited to even function‚ Timmy ran to his parents’ room and jumped on this parents shouting for them to get up. His parents moved sluggishly to the bathroom and got ready to go to the circus as Timmy chattered on about what animals they were going to see that day. Timmy was mostly excited to see his favorite animal
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Whitman climbed to the top of the observation deck at The University of Texas in Austin. He was armed‚ and during a rampage which lasted 96 minutes‚ he killed 16 people and left 31 wounded. (Kingsbury.) Since then‚ at least 50 incidents of school shootings have rocked the nation at its foundation. ("Timeline.") Not all were so destructive at their ends as that of Charles Whitman. Some were more so. All have one thing in common: they have forever changed the face of the nation as we thought we knew
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