People are getting terrified and sad because of all the shootings that are happening in many different states. In the article “Famous Speeches: "We call BS‚" Emma Gonzalez’s speech to gun advocates”‚ by Emma Gonzalez it talks about how all of these shootings are going down but it is not always the victims fault and the shooters in Florida do not need a permit or a gun license which is not safe. In the article “Issue Overview: Guns in America”‚ by Bloomberg‚ talks about how there are many deaths every
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Yes to guns! No to gun control! Banning Guns Cannot Prevent School Shootings! Imagine yourself at the scene of the Virginia Tech shooting. You hide under the desk that you were sitting at peacefully just moments ago. Gun shots ring though the air as you sit curled up on the cold floor‚ wondering who the next victim of the evil rampage will be. Don’t you wish you could have had a gun in this moment? Don’t you wish you had a way to defend yourself against the murderer? Because we cannot go back in
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There are situations in the world that are worse then others. Take for example mass shootings or even worse school shootings. Though they could be more then just shootings they could be massacres. Treating people differently can cause school massacres. The day started out normally for Sandy Hook elementary students. They went to class learned math everything seamed alright‚ but at 9:30 things took a turn for the worse. It’s Wednesday December 14‚ 2012 and the time is 9:30 for Sandy Hook students
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there is yet another tragic story of how a beloved child has fallen victim to a school shooting. These horror stories many times have no explanation as to why the school shooting has occurred‚ leaving us in shellshock. Since the columbine shooting on April 20th‚ 1999 when thirteen people lost their lives‚ some due to religious belief‚ there have been thirty-one school shootings. This is a staggering number of shootings that have resulted in a death toll of 162 victims – not including the Oklahoma City
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wounded seven others in a school shooting in Pearl‚ Mississippi. In a note‚ Luke declared: “I am not insane. I am angry. I killed because people like me are mistreated every day.”1 He explained that he was tired of being called a “faggot”; he was additionally enraged that his girlfriend—whom he killed in the shooting—had broken up with him. At the start of the Woodham case‚ I began examining school shootings. Two months after the massacre in Mississippi came a shooting in Kentucky‚ then one in Arkansas
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normally‚ fail to obtain the attention needed because they have spoken of those “crazy” things beforehand but never followed through. Not until it is far too late that they actually receive the attention necessary for their “crazy talk.” School shootings normally occur in rural schools rather than schools located in big cities. The reason behind this is because students who do shoot schools are
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after the shooting occurred‚ the Wall Street Journal covered the horrific event and stated “A man armed with two semiautomatic pistols killed 20 children at an elementary school Friday in a rampage that left 27 people dead and one injured in this suburban town before he took his own life‚ authorities said. A federal law-enforcement official said a .223 Bushmaster rifle was found in the back of a vehicle at the school.” Through the review of stories that were reported when the shooting first occurred
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The Las Vegas Shooting On October 1st‚ at around 10PM‚ a gunman started shooting in the crowd for eleven minutes of continuous fire. Just image that‚ scary huh? It’s crazy to think that someone‚ that seemed so normal‚ wanting to take the lives of innocent people. Why no one knows what caused this or if there was any way to prevent it‚ for whatever reason it was a very tragic event. The shooting took place at Route 91 Harvest music festival where Jason Aldean was performing at the time
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explain the most seemingly complicated and abstract concepts. In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell argues two things. One of these things is small; the other is large. However‚ both are explained by one seemingly insignificant event. The small thing is shooting an elephant‚ and the large thing is how a person’s pride often forces them to give into the pressure from others. At the surface‚ “Shooting an Elephant” is about‚ well‚ shooting an elephant. Orwell narrates the whole
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2014 Statement on the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings Analysis President Obama’s comments are expected‚ necessary‚ and typical of a posttraumatic event happening somewhere in the United States. People of America need the reassurance that everything is going to be all right and we look to our president for that reassurance. Being a president‚ Obama has to deliver great speeches‚ and the Statement on the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings‚ being one of them. He uses copious rhetorical devices
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