There was thirteen victims that got killed and more than twenty was injured in the columbine shooting that happened on April 20 1999. Cassie Bernall, Corey Depooter and coach Dave Sanders was three out of thirteen victims. Twelve of the victims was students and only one was a teacher. It was a horrible tragedy that happened. It took the families of the victim’s a long time to get over the deaths of thirteen innocent children. Coach Dave sanders was a hero because he was running around making
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School in Littleton Colorado, and went on a rampage killing spree leaving 12 students and 1 teacher dead and over 20 people injured before killing themselves. This crime is known as one of the most deadliest school massacres in the United States history (Pittaro). On the day of the massacre, previously to the attack both Erick D. Harris and Dylan B. Klebold placed small fire bombs in a field three miles away from the Columbine High School and another one a couple of miles away from the fire station
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Do you feel safe in your school. It breaks my heart to see how many school shootings there have been.53% of america think the teachers should be allowed to carry guns to school for self defence. The teacher should be trained and licensed. The teacher needs to have the gun stored in a drore where it is hidden. When you have an intruder you must do what you can to protect ,but it is hard to do that when all you have is books and pencils. Teachers need to have a gun. It has been proven that
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In the article "Kentucky school shooting: 2 students killed, 18 injured" by Holly Yan, Anne Claire Stapleton and Paul P. Murphy from CNN informs us about another high school shooting. It occurred on January 23, 2018 at Marshall County High School. The suspect entered the school at 8:57 a.m. ET and started shooting. Two students were killed and 18 other people were injured when a fifteen-year old opened fired with a handgun. The fifteen-year old was arrested at the scene, and was charged with two
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Violence in schools is a growing problem and depression is often used to explain why this rise in violence is happening. Abuse at home and bullying can be a root cause for depression which lead to a root cause of gun violence. The lack of help for depression can lead to worse things if not treated which could lead to gun violence. Many kids in high school especially deal with violence in school. According to Kann L, McManus T, Harris WA, et al. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 7.8% students have
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The United States has a developed a sinister trend that assaults the very foundation of America’s educational system. The 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
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Gun Control Research Paper In 2018 there have been 30 mass shootings in the united states, with the most recent and second most deadly in florida at stoneman high school which claimed 17 victims and many more injured. Nicholas Cruz a 19 year old former student of the school walked into the highschool, after he pulled the fire alarm and reacted like a student at the school panicked and ran out the building. The gunman then started firing shots at students, Then entered the school and shot up 17
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Are schools slowly caring less and less about the children’s protection while they're walking down the halls or playing outside at recess? Do you think schools should have cameras and fences located in and out of the school, just in case a kidnap happens or someone breaks into the school. You would want all the children to be safe wouldn’t you? If all schools had fences how much more safe do you think the children would be? If there are not a fence and there are a toddler in recess and they go walking
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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
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as he held onto his wound. Before he reached safety, he looked back over his shoulder at the gunmen. His eyes were so large, and filled with pure terror and pain.” (Citation Needed). This is an account from a survivor of the Columbine High School massacre. The account shows just how horrific school shootings really are. They have been a topic of much discussion in the past few months. School shootings are a problem because their deadlyness, their effect on academic performance, and the psychological
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