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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Running head: SERIAL KILLER PAPER Serial Killer Paper: The Columbine Tragedy Carsyn Ehlinger DMACC Abstract The Columbine Massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 20th, 1999, in Littleton, Colorado. Shooters Eric Harris, and Dylan Klebold killed 13 in what was then the biggest school shooting. The Columbine massacre is a topic of interest because it was one of the first heavily reported mass shootings, and had been handled poorly by law enforcement. Today Columbine
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Are we being censored in America? Today we have to be careful what we say because someone will take it the wrong way and be offended. In America, we have the right to say what we want, but to what cost? People don’t have the right to tell them what is okay to say and what is not. Where are the boundaries for what we say? This is where social media and laws don’t help us today. Wounds and wars are beginning because of something someone said. Does social media help us? Today, most everyone
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wedge it down, when he started getting weaker the other 17 people pushed on the door and the shooters gave up and went another route. On July 20th 2010 Samuel's friend Alex Teves was shot and killed at the "Dark Night" showing. Samuel now speaks for Massacre survivors and says they need counseling to be available. He's now working on a columbine documentary about the
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How many students and teachers die every year by school shooters? If teachers have a gun in the classroom, or in their possession, would there be less deaths? “Colorado school district will allow teachers to carry guns (nypost.com/2016/12/15).” If someone walked into a school with a gun, how many people will die before the cops arrive? The answer is one to many. If teachers had guns, they can protect their class, and themselves. “In Colorado Springs it takes law enforcement an average of 20 minutes
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The mass shootings have been crazy in the last few years. It seems like every time we get comfortable with sending kids to school another one happens. But are we doing all we can to keep kids safe in school? Is there a solution? I’m only sixteen years old. I don’t have child. But I have a little sister, and to think that my little sister goes to school everyday completely helpless really frightens me. I think I would feel much better about her going to school if the teachers had guns to protect
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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
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the lunch that everyone claims tastes like prison food. One thing that most New York City and other public schools within America have in common is the fact that they have law enforcement officers present within them. The Columbine High School massacre was an extremely tragic shooting that took place at the Columbine High School in Colorado on April 20, 1999. Two white male students, whose names were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, wore dark clothing that prevented others from identifying them,
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Critiquing a Critic School shootings are indeed a tragedy that rock our nation each time it happens. What makes it more so is the never-ending news cycle that seeks to politicize events while they are happening. The Parkland shooting was no exception. However, this time the underage student survivors took up political arms with pundits mixed into the fray. In an op-ed article, Molly Roberts wrote an opinion article entitled “Can we criticize the Parkland kids?” (Roberts). This was written as a
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Why have school shootings become a common theme and news headline in America today? Americans are faced with a crisis that needs immediate attention and action. As school shooting continue to tear a part communities and take the lives of innocent adolescents, government officials and leaders have failed to develop effective change. Countless ideas have been created by lawmakers and society, yet no major legislation has been passed. Many people how spoken out on how to solve this crisis, like current
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