Justin Bizarro Mrs. Nye English 1301 14 November 2012 Stopping the Tragedy of School Shootings Every single day‚ millions of kids across the country wake up‚ get ready for the day‚ and head to school. The parents of these children trust the school with many things; a safe bus ride‚ a productive environment‚ and most importantly‚ keeping their kids safe throughout the day. School districts take pride in this‚ and on a normal basis‚ things will go smoothly. Despite all of their efforts‚ though‚ one
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mind; trap range and the traditional shooting range. While both ranges are used for the same type of hobbies they are completely different in the way things are done. A traditional range is used mostly to get a feel of a gun or practice your accuracy. A trap range is for those who want a
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couple of school shootings had taken place their minds and thoughts may have changed completely. On April 16‚ 2007‚ in the town of Blacksburg Virginia‚ a college student who attended Virginia Tech‚ opened gunfire to his fellow classmates. This shooting has been considered to be the biggest massacre in all of American history. There are many things to be discussed in this major tragedy. Some of them include the events leading up to the shooting‚ the timeline that the shootings occurred‚ the causes
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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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memorandum serves to inform the effort to aide in reduction of the amount of mass killings in the United States. Since 2013‚ there has been 242 shootings in schools alone (Scheller). Since the Sandy Hook shooting there have been at least 1‚518 mass shootings leaving 1‚715 dead (The Long‚ Shameful List of School Shootings in America). In recent events‚ as I am sure you are aware‚ there was a mass shooting in Las Vegas leaving 58 people dead (Yan). The shooter was found with 42 guns in his hotel room and
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Vincent M. Southerland and Jody Kent Lavy write about their take on sentencing children to life in prison without parole and why it’s wrong. Throughout the article the authors have you thinking about how cruel and harsh of a sentence life in prison is for children. A good argument the two authors make is that “young people are more susceptible to peer pressure than adults‚ and less capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions and assessing risks”. Through this statement the authors
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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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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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Narration: “Shooting an Elephant” To narrate is to describe an experience or a story that is linked in time. An effective narration “usually relates a sequence of events that led to new knowledge or had a notable outcome” (Aaron 60). George Orwell uses narration in “Shooting an Elephant” to support his thesis that imperialism is an immoral relationship of power because it compels the oppressor to act immorally to keep up appearances that he is right‚ just like his experience of shooting an elephant
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Reaction to shooting an elephant This time tables are turned for Orwell. In A hanging Orwell was the oppressor but in shooting an elephant I felt that Orwell was oppressed by the Burmese people as he mentions that "In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people" and he emphasizes on that fact by adding "As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so" and was also oppressed by the empire as he was forced to do a job that he doesn’t
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