For the year of 2018, there has been multiple school shooting across the U.S with many resulting in both the death of students and faculty members. The most recent shooting in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has caused society to protest and speak out towards the advocating of reforming gun- control laws. Alfonso Calderon, a survivor of the attack, took a stance willing to drop out of school if it will benefit the motion of furthering the cause of gun control: “Everybody
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According to USA Today, in 1996 a mass shooting happened in Dunblane Primary School. And in 1999 a mass shooting happened in Columbine High School. Since 1996 there has not been another mass shooting in the UK, but there have been over 160 since 1999, according to USA Today. Some people think the U.S. should adopt the UK’s gun laws to decrease the amount of mass shootings, while others think revising the laws will not change anything. The U.S needs to adopt gun laws similar to the UK in order to
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The Columbine Massacre: Why They Did It In April of 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris made a decision that deeply affected our great nation. Together, they decided to enact upon the teenage rage that had been building in them for years and attempted to murder hundreds of students with both bombs and guns. They successfully killed fifteen people--thirteen students, a coach and finally, themselves. They left an impact on America’s Society, many calling for gun control and higher security of school
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Columbine was one of the first major school shootings in the United States. It brought attention to gun safety, bullying issues, and mental health. Columbine brought a sense of fear to the nation, school was suppose to be a safe environment. People were concerned that if something like this could happen at school, it could happen anywhere, especially with little gun safety laws. We now practice lockdown drills, have gun safety laws, and are more prepared in case of an emergency. The shooting of Columbine
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Did you know that paradise has problems with school? In Hawai’i, shootings are less often but, there are other problems like having no air conditioning, and bullying. On October 14th a Waipahu Intermediate student was shot with a bb gun. He was only 13 years old, but he didn’t die from the injury. Although people are helping to fix these problems it still happens and is needing attention. Sadly, this is the reality of life and there is no way of changing reality, but we can save the future. With
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Our nation’s schools are expected to keep students safe; however, many students and their parents believe that unintentional injuries and outbreaks of violence can occur, causing an interruption in the student’s learning environment. According to Paul Timm, a school security expert claims that “guns and shooters are not always the dangers of school safety, instead the lack of strategies to attack such threats is the greater risk.” Many schools are improving their security by having lockdown drills
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To begin, video game violence has been a problem for a long time now since the video game Death Race. “The objects was to run over these things called gremlins with a car and then which they would turn into tombstones.” (Source #1). Next, as many as 97% of kids 12-17 play violent video games. On “Oct.7 2005, California passed a law that requires violent video games to include an 18 years of age to play.” (Source #1). The problem is that so many people are playing violent video games that is is having
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On Thursday at 10:38 am, the police received a call from a student on Snyder Hall reporting gunfire at Umpqua College. Harper-Mercer went into the building and walked into an English/Writing class he was enrolled in and fired a warning shot. The students were on the floor when the Harper-Mercer asked them to get up, then asked some students to head to the center of the classroom. He gave an 18-year-old student an envelope saying, “You are ‘the lucky one’, I will not shoot you if you give this to
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How do you distinguish people who carry their handgun responsible to those who do not? “When I went to Austin to speak to lawmakers about campus carry, one of my co advocates was a survivor for the Virginia Tech Massacre,” Chasse mentioned. There have been numerous shootings in school campuses around the nation, The Sandy Hooks shooting, The Virginia Tech shooting and the most recent shooting at Umpqua Community College. However, is not in it’s original form. Since
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Statistics have shown that a person would have to attend a school for 6,000 years before they would be apart of a school shooting (Bowers 1). They are very rare but still manage to happen. What would ever make a human being so crazy in the mind to burst out and kill innocent people? Recently, school shootings have become such a large issue in the United States. This affair needs to be resolved before it gets too far out of hand. On March 21, 2005, Jeffrey Weise attacked Red Lake High School (Enger
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