...There is no legal definition what a mass shooting is, according to the Federal Government at least four people must die at a single time. A recent mass shooting event happened in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018. Around 2:00 p.m. a suspect was identified as nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz. To begin with Nikolas was a student at the Maryjory Stoneman Douglas High School, he was expelled for behavioral problems. Before the shooting, Nikolas Cruz has been getting into trouble. Such as posting pictures of dead animals and guns on social media accounts. Not to mention Nikolas Cruz legally owned guns, including an AR-15 pistol. Another key point is Mr. Cruz and his brother Zachary were adopted, both of his parents died. On February 14, 2018,...
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...Media in America Marco B. Avecilla COMM/215 August 13, 2012 Ruth Palumbo Media in America Mass shooting in Movie Theater causes mass chaos for a nation (DenverChannel News Team, 2012), and the media should quit over publicizing news. As an America, good and evil does exist. The bad always out shine the good in the Media and news. The Mass shooting in the Aurora, Colorado movie theater (DenverChannel News Team, 2012) has not only shown the evil that exists in the world but also the negative and not so good Media coverage that also exists in the world. The Mass shooting is a close runner-up to evil acts. Media coverage is out of control. On the other hand, it can be manipulative and exhausting to replay coverage of a certain horrifying event, when in fact, in just another state where barely any news coverage over deaths in a car crash that killed the same number of people. I believe as I write this paper I am almost ashamed and horrified as the person who murdered so many and claim the glorification in some way that perhaps the murderer were seeking. Is our country focusing on certain situations as massacres to somehow put out fear in our country for may be mind control or government moves beyond our understanding? I am not sure exactly what is going on, but the one thing I do know is that America's media coverage on many aspects of life is disheartening and depressing. Thus, almost always too focused on the negative when we can try to find more positive to give Americans...
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...Day-to-Day Mass Shooting cannot be prevented By Katherine Zelaya Mass shootings have caused many controversy in our American community. People should stay at home safe instead of going to shopping centers, movie theatres, and other public places risking the danger due to all the violence and massacres going on in America. Throughout the decade there has been many cases involving interactions with people in possession of guns. Since as long as I know, mass shootings have become a global issue that has increased within the years. In addition, mass shootings have doubled within the past 10 years, not to mention, these crimes have resulted in numerous deaths, due to the wrong people in possession of firearms. Occurrences like...
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...Mass Shootings Mass shootings have become a recent tragic phenomenon sparking much discussion around our country. Every time we seem to flip through the news channels we see someones worst nightmare happening right in front of our eyes. The sadness and mourning process that the families endure when loosing a loved one should be enough evidence to prove we have a major problem here in the US. This type of violence has become an epidemic in the United States and by looking at the history of mass shootings its only going to get much worse. There have been many different arguments suggesting more gun control, mental health facilities, and more technology advances in security. These suggestions seem very practical and can definitely help the cause...
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...According to Frank T. McAndrew's article "The Evolutionary Psychology Behind Mass Shootings" from the Cable News Network (2016, July 8) each new statistics of mass shooting is truly surprising. Whenever a tragedy happens, politicians and the media quickly go behind the reason of the suspects, the often reason are either mental illness or easy access of guns. McAndrew (2016) is curious that why man is always responsible for these shootings and turns out to be a young man. Two psychologists, Joseph Vandello and Jennifer Bosson stated there is a problem that only man experience and they call it "precarious manhood". Conversely, Vandello and Bosson argued about "manhood" because every man grew up in a different culture and their dignity is tied to be...
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...Fear of mass shooting can breed its own anxiety. When people keep worrying about being murdered or killed in a mass shooting, stress and anxious would come after them; therefore, over stress and anxious would be the first killer to kill themselves. Dayvid Diamond, a neuroscience professor at the University of South Florida, he mentions, “Anxiety alters the way of our brains process information. It actives a primal part of the brain known as the amygdala that can be hard to turn off, making it hard to relax in a theater if you’re afraid someone is going to walk in and start shooting” (qtd in Daileda). When people overwhelming with something, they will feel extremely anxious, which is a feeling that is hard to turn off. When people receive surprising news or statistics about mass shootings continuously, anxiety will develop quickly without their knowledge, which is when a panic occurs. Besides, once this feeling is developed, it is hard to turn it off because human’s brains are very sensitive to those surprising information. Accordingly, if people control their reactions when they see media’s inflated...
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...In the recent times, mass shootings have become prevalent in most schools in America. For us to refer to it as a mass shooting, then four or more must die from the catastrophe. It is evident that apart from the people who end up dead, several or many other students end up injured, especially if there was a stampede. According to research published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies and led by Antonis Katsiyannis of Clemson University, USA, mass shooting incidences are an epidemic that needs even more attention from the government and school administrators. In the article published on Springer, the research team concluded that the mass shootings trend increased in the 21st century than in the previous one. The past 18 years have recorded...
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...Sally Ngo 3/23/2015 Professor Davis Mass School Shootings Should Not Get Media Attention “So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain…” Obama delivered this speech to the solemn crowd about the horrific school shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Should the media be allow to broadcast school shootings? The media is an accomplice in almost every single public shoot out. Nobody realize the risks local television stations and radio stations are doing by broadcasting school shooting. Could the media be at fault for creating mass shooters? Yes, because when events like this occurs, all major television stations drops their current duties and focus their attention on the shooting, and suddenly it becomes a major media event. Because they want to be the one who has the breaking news first. And that is what the perpetrator is aiming for; to become famous. The perpetrator now a name for him or herself and instantly he/she becomes an overnight celebrity. All major television and radio stations will talk about nothing else but him/her, the spotlight will primarily...
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...The culture of weapons is the biggest reason for the US be leaders in death by firearms among developed countries. Mass shooting is defined by FBI as incidents which four or more people get shot or kill in a single event, at the same general time and location, not including the shooter. During the year of 2015, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 people and wounding 1,870 (FBI) and those numbers indicate that mass shooting events are also occurring at bigger frequency, specifically with mass public events or places, usually where the victims do not know the shooter. Those attacks are often pre-meditated with the purpose of retribution, mass-murder, terrorism, or mass-hysteria. Additionally, more than one a day is how often, on average, shootings that left people wounded or dead in the United States (Cohen, Sarah, Lafraniere and Oppel)....
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...Between October 1997 and may 1999 there were seven mass shooting in schools. Perhaps the most infamous of the seven occurred in Littleton, CO performed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. They killed 13 individuals and wounded 24 at Columbine High School. (Kleck, Mass Shootings in Schools, The worst Possible Case for Gun Control) Some gun related patterns that are found because of these seven shootings are, 5 out of the 7 mass shootings had multiple guns. Because they had multiple guns they did not need guns with a large capacity of magazines to shoot many victims. Killers take their time; they deliberately fire at individual victims over a long period of time. Second, Theft is primarily how killers acquire their guns. Of these seven shootings,...
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...growing number of mass shootings in the United States has begun to heavily impact American morale causing panic and fear to spread across the country. The upsurge of shootings in public places has captured media coverage and is generating the perception that public shootings are an irreversible consequence of freedom. However, how can America idly sit by and not enact drastic measures to battle against these atrocious actions? What is the true cause and purpose behind the enactment of violence through gunplay in a school atmosphere? These questions must be resolved in order to prevent unfortunate events such as the Red Lake...
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...Response to Mass Shootings in U.S. Gun ownership laws in the United States have drawn much attention within the past few years. Many citizens believe that there is no longer a need to own firearms. However, gun owners in the U.S. are hesitant to give up their second amendment right. In Healy’s article, she explains the findings of a new study that shows the correlation between gun laws and the frequency of mass shootings. The findings show that nations with a large gun-owning population have more mass shootings than nations with a smaller gun-owning population. The topic that this article tempts is gun control. Through the logic of the article, it can be said that if citizens could not own guns, then mass shootings would not exist. However,...
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...Mass shootings throughout the U.S. is increasing at a rapid rate, but why? Almost 2 people everyday die because of mass shootings. In this year alone there have already been over 70 mass shootings in the U.S. resulting in 125 dead and over 140 have been critically injured. This is a very debated topic in the government today, and what can they do to reduce how frequent these attacks occur. The increase in these mass shootings can be linked to the lack of effective security measures and easy access to firearms. In your typical school, most do not have a school resource officer in the younger grades, leaving more susceptible to gun violence. In high school you often have 1 or maybe 2 resource officers in the building, but having people walking around in a school full of 2nd graders would terrify them. It’s not only in schools, about 26% of shootings happen in school while the rest of them are in the rest of the U.S.(Washington Post). A researcher by the name of Patrick Alder...
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...For every 100 people in the United States, there are 88.8 guns. Containing only 5% of the population, the U.S. held 31% of the world’s mass shooters, according to a study done by Adam Frankford, who led a study in mass shootings from 1966 to 2012. In another study, a reporter Adrienne LaFrance projected that more people will die from shootings than in car accidents in 2020. We’re also number one worldwide for number of mass shootings. Yay America! So with these huge mass shootings being a recurring issue that we constantly see in the news, the question of the second amendment comes to mind. To refresh, the second amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep...
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...Research by Harvard University suggest "that the frequency of mass shootings has increased threefold since 2011". Gun control becomes an issue when criminals steal guns and fires them. When mass shootings occurred around the world. Also preventing private gun sales with unlicensed people. The government need to enforce the regulation of firearms more strictly. So it can clamp down on unlicensed gun transactions, preventing criminals from firing stolen weapons, and stop mass shootings. "In report last year, counted 160 active shooters." Last year the FBI counted 160 shootings between 2000 and 2013. Research by Harvard University suggest that the mass shootings has increased since 2011. Two online news reports track shootings where four or more wounded or killed found there has been 335 such shootings since January in 221 cities and 47 states. Coinologist do agree that similar awareness of killings of unarmed citizens by police spiked after Michael Brown's death. Fear to increases that may make it harder to come to be some sort of resolution because feel a greater need to protect themselves by being armed, take defensive action, or blame certain people and contain those people....
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