Belligerent | Seung-Hui Cho | The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on Monday‚ April 16‚ 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ United States. In two separate attacks‚ approximately two hours apart‚ the perpetrator‚ Seung-Hui Cho‚ killed 32 people and wounded many others[1] before committing suicide. The massacre is the deadliest peacetime shooting incident by a single gunman in United States history‚ on or off a school campus.[2] Cho‚ a senior English
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Virginia tech massacre is a tragic event that in history and has impacted many people. Before the disaster Seung hui cho at eight years old he immigrated with his parents from korea in 1992. He was known to be quiet and introverted. Cho’s parents had huge expectations for him. It might have to do with his native background. Cho didn’t have that much to do anything unrelated to school. Cho has shown some odd behavior. A neighbor had said he acted broken hearted around
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repeat itself. In the United States‚ the FBI defines a mass shooting as when “four or more [people are] shot and/or killed in a single event [incident]‚ at the same general time and location‚ not including the shooter” (Mass Shootings). In 2008‚ Seung-Hui Cho‚ a Virginia Tech student at the time‚ killed 33 people on his school’s campus making the Virginia Tech Massacre the second deadliest
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The Causes of School Shootings School shootings have been on the rise. Many kids are feeling the pressure of growing up in a world that is constantly changing and some do not know how to handle the situations that surround them. No one knows the exact reasoning behind why school shootings have risen so rapidly‚ but many have suggested motives for why children feel pushed to turn to school violence. Bullying‚ mental illnesses‚ and lack of gun control all influence a child to act out in violence.
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violence that has taken a new toll in schools. Every student who has ever handled a gun to kill or shot others at school have been students who were mentally ill‚ depressed‚ emotionally stressed‚ marginalized or irritated. Kleinfield stated that‚ “ Seung-Hui Cho‚ who shot and killed 32 students and staff of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg‚ Virginia had low self esteem and was a victim of bullying” (Kleinfield ). Bullying is rampant in schools and is an intoxication of power for which the bully harms‚ intimidates
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Stephen claims that if there is anything unique about Cho Seung-hui the Virginia tech shooter‚ “it wasn’t that he was a paranoid schizophrenic armed with Walther .22 and 9mm Glock pistols and driven by rage but rather it was the ease at which he was able to obtain the weapons” (20). Furthermore‚ Stephen provides evidence supporting the effect media publicity had on the aftermath of the Virginia tech rampage shooting. Stephen states in his article that Cho was a product of a 21st – century technology that
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no explanation for. On April 16th‚ 2007‚ Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people on the Virginia Tech college campus. Cho‚ the armed perpetrator‚ arrived on the Virginia Tech campus with multiple pistols. Cho sent a video of himself with his guns to NBC News and explained why he was going to commit a mass killing. He claimed that "rich brats" were bullying him. Not only did he send a video to NBC News‚ but he also left a suicide note in his dorm room. Cho knew that if he didn’t kill himself‚ he would
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The U.S. school shootings The school shooting in Blacksburg‚ Virginia on the 16th of April 2007 was deadliest in American history. Twenty-three year old Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before taking his own life. He carried a 9mm semiautomatic and a .22-caliber handgun‚ both with the serial numbers obliterated‚ federal law enforcement officials said. No matter what kind of perspective one uses there is not just one event that occurs before a person chooses to become a mass murderer and the motivation
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Solution for the Issue of Gun Control in America. The major cause of the debate revolving around the gun control issue in America is the misinterpretation of the Second Amendment. “A well-regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a Free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed” reads the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights. There are two theories regarding the interpretation of the Second Amendment‚ the individual rights theory and the collective
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Guns have affected millions of people in the United States ever since the second amendment was put in place. With just a pull of a trigger you can affect someone’s life exponentially. There is a need for stronger gun control regulations and laws to ensure that these guns aren’t ending up in the wrong hands and costing peoples lives. I believe that regulating guns and closely monitoring who is obtaining these guns would benefit the problem of gun violence. Throughout time the United States has had
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