senior editor of USA today and Mother Jones stated that in 2002‚ there was a mass shooting that happened in Appalachian School of Law in Virginia. The killer was stopped by armed students‚ but those students were current and former law enforcement officers. Also‚ the killer was out of bullet when they subdued him. (More guns More mass shootings) This shows no matter how responsible the gun owners are‚ if they don’t know how to handle the life threatening situations‚ it becomes more dangerous because
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different when it comes to police action shootings. Mistake-of-Fact shootings happen all too often. Although officers are trying some less lethal options‚ 18% of police action shootings in LA in-between 1998-2002 were thought to be mistake-of-fact shootings. Steps need to be taken to lower numbers of mistake-of-fact shootings. In my opinion officers need more low-light training‚ less lethal training‚ and usage of sight alignment. A lot of mistake-of-fact shooting are due to three major things: misidentification
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Gun Control and Mass Shootings Over the years‚ mass shootings have been occurring more and more frequently. About fifteen years ago‚ hearing about a mass shooting was very rare and uncommon‚ but years later mass shootings are happening every six months to a year. A mass shooting is an act of violence in which numerous people are targeted at one time. Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ Aurora‚ Colorado‚ and Blacksburg‚ Virginia are all places where a mass shooting has occurred. These shootings are occurring one after
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School Shootings Kimberly Cotton April 25 2016 Professor Hanser University of Louisiana at Monroe Abstract School shootings are a form of violence that happens when a child or student is bullied at their school and wants revenge on their peers. The go to the school and open fire and often afterwards commit suicide. Why do school shootings happen‚ the effects of shootings and how it can be prevented are very important key topics that will be discussed in this paper.
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Doudar Daniel Ante-Contreras English 1B 18 May 2014 You Have the Potential to Shoot Up a School! In the eyes of news media‚ whenever a travesty such as a school shooting occurs all other forms of news cease to exist. News stations spend days reporting on the same exact story regardless of any updates. Every time a school shooting occurs the media attempts to establish that the shooter is psychologically ill. Media outlets bend the truth‚ exaggerate quantitative data‚ and appeal to unqualified
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist Dario Fo’s original play‚ Accidental Death of an Anarchist has been adapted and transformed an innumerable number of times‚ to greater or lesser success. Most often‚ adaptations that involve a modernisation or complete transformation of the play can be seen as less successful as they tend to alter the original so much that the original message and intention of the play is lost. However‚ often when adapting the play to a modern context‚ a complete transformation
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has been a major debate in the U.S.‚ especially after all the mass shootings that have taken place. Gun control advocates believe that the government should carry out stricter gun laws to prevent more shootings. People who opposed to gun control think that harsher gun laws will not affect the amount of gun crimes in the United States‚ and they believe it is unconstitutional. Gun laws should be heavily enforced because of mass shootings‚ the possibility of it falling into the wrong hands‚ and other countries’
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debates in the world ever known for today is the restriction on gun control and weather or not government and Obama should take away gun control or leave it alone. Just since 2013‚ there have been over 143 school shootings in the United States. Just in 2015‚ there has been over 45 school shootings in the United States. In some states‚ new laws have been added stating that if you’re going to buy a gun‚ you will need a background check. They do this for the safety of other people but not only that; but for
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it’s a one-day story” (as qtd. in Kemp). Barack Obama‚ as well as the residents of the once top-notch country of America have witnessed in disgust the well-known‚ unfortunate phenomenon that has faced the nation since the eighteenth century‚ school shootings. School violence is arguably one of the most controversial topics in America‚ mostly because the causes and methods of prevention are debated frequently. The only undoubtable detail is how catastrophic the outcome is. The devastating issue has only
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in the shooting range area‚ specific guidelines have to be followed in order to experience a day of shooting experience. These guidelines tend to be general; range guidelines can vary depending on self-discipline being shot. In case you are actually not sure on a specific thing inside the range‚ talk to the range expert. 1. All the range officer (sometimes it called RO) manages every person and also has to be obeyed quickly. 2. Do not ever get the guns loaded other than on the shooting lines and
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