School: is it Safe? Schools are supposed to be a safe environment for students to learn and thrive‚ not an environment of constant alertness and anxiousness. Families should not feel nervous or apprehensive to send their children to school because they are not sure of their safe return home. Because of how common school shootings are‚ these adjectives that I used in the previous sentences are familiar to many families across this country. A school shooter has one purpose and one purpose only: to
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Abstract Over the years school shootings have affected many lives all over the world. Witness of a school shooting can have emotional‚ psychological‚ and physical effects. In United States alone there have been 142 school shootings since 2013. What can we do to prevent school shootings? The first thing they need to do is strengthen gun laws. Only people who are mentally stable and have a good reason should only be allowed to own a gun. All gun owners should attend a mandatory training;
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The guns fired in the school. In 1999 April 20 school shooting broke out. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were responsible for the deaths of Rachel Scott and other boys and girls. Rachel was the first person to die in the shootings Columbine High School. Rachel was asked if she loved God‚ she replied and said yes. Dylan Klebold shot her in the head because she said she believed in God. Dylan and Eric planed this attack very well. They put bombs everywhere. They went into the school and shot 12 kids and
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Recall two of the deadliest school shootings in the United State history involved horrific tragic deaths. The first happened in 2007‚ at Virginia Tech in Virginia. Seung Cho‚ a twenty three year old young man‚ shot and killed a total of thirty two students and teachers before he killed himself (History.com‚ 2011). The second‚ and latest deadliest school shooting of December‚ 2012‚ occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. Gunman‚ Adam Lanza‚ was a young man at the age of twenty. First he
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Making of a School Shooter Over the past decade there has been a rise in school violence. In particular‚ school shootings. There is a curiosity about the students who commit this crime and many speculation as to why they do it. In order to understand why‚ we must first understand exactly what is a school shooting. According to Department of Education‚ “a school shooting is an occurrence in which an individual discharges a gun at an educational institution‚ such as an elementary school‚ secondary
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it’s a one-day story” (as qtd. in Kemp). Barack Obama‚ as well as the residents of the once top-notch country of America have witnessed in disgust the well-known‚ unfortunate phenomenon that has faced the nation since the eighteenth century‚ school shootings. School violence is arguably one of the most controversial topics in America‚ mostly because the causes and methods of prevention are debated frequently. The only undoubtable detail is how catastrophic the outcome is. The devastating issue has only
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The Societal Factors that Lead to Mass School Shootings Conner Koe - 1330997 Sociology 1A03 – T24 (Tyler Alderson) Wednesday‚ March 5th‚ 2014 Introduction Although historically violence has always seemingly plagued education systems and their schools‚ the last 20 years has marked the emergence of a new form of violence occurring within these institutions‚ one which is far more deadly and cruel. The act of an individual or multiple individuals executing what is known as a rampage
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Introduction School Shootings A number of cases have been examined with hopes of uncovering features that school shooters have in common in regards to family life‚ personalities‚ histories‚ and behaviors. Not only are they examined for that reason‚ but to also shed light on how they are different. Statistically speaking school shootings have been a very rare occurrence‚ but they are societal issues nonetheless. However‚ the reasons in which a person chooses to commit these horrific crimes is
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School Shootings Kimberly Cotton April 25 2016 Professor Hanser University of Louisiana at Monroe Abstract School shootings are a form of violence that happens when a child or student is bullied at their school and wants revenge on their peers. The go to the school and open fire and often afterwards commit suicide. Why do school shootings happen‚ the effects of shootings and how it can be prevented are very important key topics that will be discussed in this paper.
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Ramzi Doudar Daniel Ante-Contreras English 1B 18 May 2014 You Have the Potential to Shoot Up a School! In the eyes of news media‚ whenever a travesty such as a school shooting occurs all other forms of news cease to exist. News stations spend days reporting on the same exact story regardless of any updates. Every time a school shooting occurs the media attempts to establish that the shooter is psychologically ill. Media outlets bend the truth‚ exaggerate quantitative data‚ and appeal to unqualified
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