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    Public Criticism of Police Shootings       The nature of police work can be one of stress and long‚ hard working hours in which police officers deal with many types of situations that endanger themselves and their fellow officers. The fact that many people do not trust‚ appreciate‚ or support the police department is a terrible result of the public being taught to hate them. They do not like the police presence and the authority that the police have over them. Once a police officer shoots a suspect

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    Hey you think Dylan’s and Eric’s parents go in jail for what the kids did? The columbine shooting happened at the high school where they all went to school. The parents of the two boys should go to jail because they did nothing to stop them. They should be punished for their kids because they went in and killed kids in their school. Dillon had a bomb in his dad’s closet. The shooting happened in 1999 and it was April 20th and it was in Denver. He put a gun under his bed and no one knew it was under

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    witnessed multiple school shootings‚ including recent mass shootings in Newtown‚ Connecticut and Roeburg‚ Oregon. Growing up in the town right next to Newtown I was witness to the horrors and affect the shooting had on the community. Realizing how this shooting impacted not only Newtown‚ but also all towns in Southwestern Connecticut and around the world‚ opened my eyes to the crisis of school shootings. There have been stricter gun laws put in place‚ but as seen by the shooting in Oregon this fall‚ the

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    How the Elephant got its trunk. Long‚ long ago‚ the mighty Elephant had no trunk. His nose was short‚ and only as big as a boot! But the Elephant’s child‚ just a baby Elephant‚ was very curious and always asked silly questions: “Aunt Ostrich‚ why do your tail feathers grow so tall? …Uncle Giraffe‚ what makes your skin so spotty? … Miss Hippo‚ how does your mouth open so wide?” One fine morning the curious baby Elephant asked‚ "What does the Crocodile have for dinner?" All together everybody

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    In a period of 18 months there has been 74 school shootings. That’s 4 to 5 shootings happening every month. Throughout the past decades mass school shootings have increased dramatically. Now a days kids are scared to go to school because they are worried about getting harmed in their learning environment. Schools are meant to be a safe environment for children to learn‚ they feel like they can’t concentrate because they feel unease. Students should not be afraid when it comes to going to school

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    Reflection on Gun Shooting on American Campus Nowadays the campus violence problem becomes a hot topic which arouses more and more people to be concerned about campus gun shooting. People in the world have heard and seen this kind of tragedy over and over in the news. The Safety of United States schools was seriously questioned by the world when in the news all we heard about was there was another shooting in an American high school or university. According to “School Shooting Statistics” which

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    On October 2nd‚ 2002‚ a shooting spree near the Nation’s Capital would begin with the killing of a 55-year-old man and last 23 days. By the next morning‚ the 911 call center in the area would become inundated with calls of shootings across Montgomery County‚ Maryland. By the end of the day‚ four people were shot and killed in Maryland‚ and another was killed in the District of Columbia (FBI‚ 2007). Law Enforcement needed to act quickly to figure out if the shootings were linked and if so‚ who the

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    ended‚ was covered in news of mad mass shootings. Young lives were taken away‚ leaving only wounded hearts‚ sadness‚ and the question: What has gone wrong with society? Mass shootings have always been an issue. Studies show that mass shootings and gun ownerships have a direct relationship‚ that means‚ the more guns people own‚ the more likely for us to experience these incidents. Studies also show that the United States had nearly double the number of mass shootings than most of the developed countries

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    for anybody. It is even more painful when it is caused by someone’s malicious actions. The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting has definitely added fuel to the controversial gun debate. Many school districts in Texas have allowed teachers to be able to carry a gun on campus. Although they will be able to have a gun in their possession when a tragedy like the Sandy Hook shooting occurs‚ will they really act the way many claim they will and take down the shooter? Is the Second Amendment more important

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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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