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    Another school shooting goes down and is preyed upon by the media for a gripping new story. Jonesboro‚ Arkansas‚ West Paducah‚ Kentucky‚ and Littleton‚ Colorado all have one thing in common. All these places are sites where school shootings have occurred. Why do school shootings happen and who is to blame when they do happen?. These are two questions that are still trying to be answered. Some people say that school shootings are due to the excess marketing of violence in movies‚ television‚

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    Have you ever wondered how school shootings‚ violence‚ happens in everyday school life without teachers and parents knowing how their child became involved? I support random backpack checks. I believe it would help keep our schools and kids safe. Backpacks are a perfect hiding spot for hiding drugs‚ weapons‚ knives and guns. Due to the different pockets and enclosed sections within the backpack. Students feel that school staff are not going to search their backpacks because of the 4th amendment

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    School Shootings 05/26/13 Tiffin University Applied Research Design Donald Kalamas Over the past 10 the 15 years we have seen an increase in school shootings. As a police officer these attacks have changed the way police respond to school shootings and how they handle their schools security in their areas. As a parent of a child that is in elementary school‚ these school shootings are extremely alarming and frightening. As I’ve already stated I have two interests in this area. The first

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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

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    effective for his audience because he is showing the truth about how the paramedics. After reading this article Paramedics are taught not to risk their lives after the mass shootings‚ they are talking about that paramedics staying back out of the hot zones because it is to dangers for them after a mass shooting. In Columbine school shooting in Littleton‚ Colo in 1999‚ and the paramedics would not go in to save lives unless the swat team has cleared the place before they went in only because they don’t want

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    events and brutal shooting incidents that have taken place in schools that are related to the safety of children‚ faculty and other visitors. Further this paper discusses technological solution that could be applied to avoid such events and provide more safety to the people at school. Introduction: School shootings‚ especially in United States of America‚ are being witnessed all over the world. These shootings are not just recent incidents; we can find these throughout history. School students who

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    Columbine High School Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ was a turning point in the lives of many Columbine students and families. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ two former students at Columbine High School‚ went to school on that day for one purpose‚ to annihilate the school building as well as the student body. Although Eric and Dylan’s bombs did not detonate‚ they still succeeded in destroying the lives and families of the twelve students and the one teacher that died. The Columbine High School shooting occurred

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    history of shootings in the primary and elementary schools in the United States‚ one is confronted with some brutal realities. Some of the examples include West Paducah (Kentucky) in December 1997‚ Jonesboro (Arkansas) in March 1998‚ Springfield (Oregon) in May 1998‚ and Littleton (Colorado) in April 1999. All these incidents have one thing in common. School aged children who were also avid video game players‚ were at the center of those incidents. More recent violent crime at school which we can

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    researching gun control the first information I found was about school shootings. ‘The Academy for Critical Incident Analysis at John Jay College of Criminal Justice reports 294 attempted or actual school killings with at least two victims over 250 years in the U.S. and 37 other countries.’ I agree‚ and understand these numbers are outrageous and something has to be done. In recent history Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚

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    Sarah Chesno Sociology 101 November 1‚ 2012 Extra Credit The movie “Saw:” focuses on a madman who sees himself as a vigilante and takes justice into his own hands by torturing his victims on both a mental and psychological level. The movie opens up to the scene of two men on the outsides of a bloody victim in a dirty bathroom floor. Jigsaw’s plot was to have one man decide who shall live and who shall be the first to see death. The Jigsaw Killer showed acts of deviance by using entrapments

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