event of an attack."(Kelly David) which would prove to be potentially useless by the time the police arrive‚ just like Sandy Hook elementary school‚ (the school that a shooter got into and shot multiple people and left 26 dead) Terry Siewiyumptewa proved a valid point that "If I(Terry) need a deputy‚ it will take 30 to 45 minutes to get here‚" she said. "How long did Sandy Hook take? Thirteen minutes? And 26 people were dead?" although sad‚ this is a very truthful fact‚ it takes time for the police
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control for what is happening on campus. All the people who want to enter school should be checked on camera and if identified‚ can be let in‚ if not‚ they will not be given access to the school. This gives us control of who comes into our school. If Sandy Hook would have used these tactics‚ the school would not have been able to identify the killer because he was not part of the school. Therefore‚ he would have never gone inside the school
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citizens .However‚ there are private citizens who believe that there should be laws to limit the number of people who own a gun. Even though the United States has enacted laws for regulating firearms‚ the recent shootings at Aurora movie theatre and Sandy Hook Elementary School which both occurred in 2012‚ and many other school and public place shootings‚ has once again brought this issue to attention. The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights states‚ “A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to
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K THOMPSON 1/12/13 OPINION EDITORIAL 1ST DRAFT YOUR FREEDOM‚ YOUR RIGHTS AND YOUR GUNS On December 14th‚ 2012; 20 year old Adam Lanza‚ entered Sandy Hook Elementary School to carry out the mass murder of innocent staff and children of the school. This shooting as well as others‚ such as the "Batman" shooting in Colorado‚ have sparked the emotions of almost everyone in our local communities. Members of the media as well as government have been left asking how did this happen in our
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July 12 2012‚ James Eagan Holmes walked in to a cinema dressed in tactical clothing‚ armed with tear-gas grenades and several firearms he killed twelve people and injured fifty-eight. On December 14 2012‚ twenty-year old Adam Lanza walked in to Sandy Hook elementary school and killed 20 children and 6 adults armed with combat gear using semi-automatic guns. In Australia‚ a mass shooting occurred at the popular tourist site Port Arthur leaving 35 people dead and 23 injured. Two weeks after the
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Fo-shizzle-ism is our generations tendency to hand out fame to random undeserving‚ talentless people who haven’t earned it. Just because someone does something stupid or acts crazy enough for the world to take notice‚ doesn’t mean they deserve to be famous. A prime example of fo-schizzle-ism is the rapper snoop dog‚ who was the inventor of the term “fo shizzle”‚ earning himself his own part of the American cultural history just by coining a catchy phrase that happened to go viral. As of right now
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are concerned about laws that will allow teachers to carry small arms in an educational facility. What gets me are the teachers who are opposed to having to arm themselves to protect a national resource‚ our children‚ and themselves from another Sandy Hook or Virginia Tech incident. While researching various websites to balance out opinions in this essay‚ there’s an entire Facebook page
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A constitution is either a written (codified) or unwritten (uncodified) body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state is acknowledged to be governed. Generally‚ a constitution is only written after a major event. In the case of America their constitution was written in 1787‚ after the American Revolutionary War came to a close. There are a number of issues with America’s constitution which make it‚ arguably‚ unfit for the 21st century. The most apparent
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a play about betrayal‚ revenge‚ and love. The characters shape all the concepts of the story. Cassius is a deceptive witty man who is the leader of the conspiracy that killed Caesar. Anthony‚ Caesar’s right hand man‚ is shrewd and ruthless man‚ willing to do anything to get revenge for Caesar’s death. Titinius‚ Cassius’ best friend‚ ends up killing himself out of the death of Cassius. In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ betrayal can
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“Armed police resource officers in schools are not new but the notion of arming teachers and principals and schools is new to most‚” (Koonce‚ 2014‚ p.165). School shootings in a school have become a nationwide problem and heartache. For example‚ the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Colorado‚ was national news and hurt the country. Not to mention it is a parent’s worst nightmare to send them off to school and not have their child come home that afternoon. Mass shooting are becoming more prominent
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