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    are all kinds of school related violence and shootings today. If The Police are not full force in the schools they are not going to be able to quickly respond to something that happens unexpectedly. The first people to protect the students are the school staff themselves‚ Yet they do not have the resources to do so. Arming the teachers is the easiest way to do that. Indiana has passed a law that requires schools to have an armed Protection Officer on campus at all times during school hours (Chapter

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    Outline—Gun Control in Schools I. Introduction II. Parents Feel Safer III. Stopping Threats IV. Saving Lives V. Conclusion Tylor Fontenot 3rd Block English III 29 April 2014 A national telephone survey finds that 62% of Americans with children of elementary or secondary school age would feel safer if their school had armed guards (Pavlich). Many people (parents) believe that if schools had armed guards on campus they could stop the next mass murder at schools. These are some of the reasons that

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    0 Report Objectives Sacred Heart School is an education institution. The Headmaster Mr Keenan would like to know why violence exists in the school grounds and the effects of violence and what can be done to eliminate this. This report is an analysis of the causes and effects of violence and suggested solutions to reduce the percentage of violence that exists on the school grounds. 1.2 Historical Background There are approximately 1500 students in this school‚ offering 8 different subjects. There

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    1. Boyd‚ Hannah. Keeping Schools Safe. Education.com. Web page. Secondary Source. Intended Audience: Parents concerned with school safety issues. This article talks about the statistics in school safety‚ revealing that violence in schools are actually at a decline (most likely due to the technological advances). As far as preventing violence‚ Boyd says you should ask your child if he feels safe in school and if there are any problems. Also‚ talk with your school to find out what it’s doing

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    Gun violence in the United States has exponentially grown into a highly pressing issue in political and social discourse in today’s society. More and more cases of teenagers‚ young adults‚ and psychopathic criminals engaging in gun violence have arisen in recent years. Years ago‚ gun violence was typically associated with the inner city‚ but recently the plague has reached college campuses‚ malls‚ movie theaters‚ high schools‚ and even grade schools. The government‚ schools‚ peace organizations‚

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    Gun Violence in New Orleans Carolyn Mayo November 11‚ 2013 Gun violence in the United States is a problem that has plagued this country since I was a child.  I know this because I have been the victim of gun crimes on more than one occasion.  Gun laws in this country need to be changed in order to stop the ever increasing occurrences of violent crimes involving guns. Taking a stand against gun violence calls for more background checks (Brown‚ M. (09-06-2013). During a study

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    Argumentative Essay: Gun Control Gun violence in the United States is a significantly large problem for our society. Many people die daily due to senseless gun crimes. Although I realize that the availability of guns isn’t the only factor that causes gun violence‚ I believe that making more responsible regulations is a step in the right direction towards making a difference. For this reason more gun control regulations should be enacted to ensure the safety of our citizens. The Center for American

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    Hilary Clinton says that she plans to power background checks and close high-risk loopholes in our country. She also wants to make gun sellers and makers accountable for guns being in the hands of terrorists‚ domestic abusers‚ and other violent criminals. As I quote she says‚ “I don’t know how we keep seeing shooting after shooting‚ read about the people murdered because they went to Bible study or they went to the movies or they were just doing their job‚ and not finally say we’ve got to do something

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    Do videogames contribute to gun violence? In modern society‚ many people like to play video games. Some people even become addicted to it. They don’t go to work‚ and they just play video games all day. I think video games are good for killing time and entertainment‚ but we shouldn’t play too much. Playing video games does not help people for anything. Many people also think that playing violent video games would make people become violent. According to a survey‚ a whopping 75% of polled parents

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    School Violence: The School’s Responsibility? The focus of American schools these days have so changed from the "basics" of teaching children to read‚ write and do arithmetic. Instead of just being an academic institution that was entrusted with teaching our children skills that would enable then to be intelligent contributing members of society‚ the schools are now looked at as "extensions of the community". Therefore‚ according to John Dewey‚ " schools should share social burdens and

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