Video games are a big industry today all around the world, and has been for the past couple of years since the nineties. One particular type of video game that is very popular among youth today is the violent video game. Violent video games are all the rage to many individuals ranging from preteen years to early twenties. The issue of whether or not violent video games are good for adolescents has been raised years back and is still being looked at today. Many would argue that video games are fictional
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The Development of Children and Violent Video Games Jerry Pierre Post University Strategic analytical studies including well-identified statistics have shown that the violence between youth is increasing drastically every year. Inconsiderable amount of people blame Mainstream Musical Artists in all genres who portray abrogating actions, as something affirmative. Others might blame the guardians for not overseeing their children, but many people fail to convey technology as a bombshell. The au
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Active School Shooter Introduction The intention of this paper is to look at and present some issues and strategies that members of a school community think about when trying to create safer schools. Particularly when addressing an active shooter in a school setting. A major issue to consider when trying to keep all schools safe, is the simple fact that no two schools are the same. Understanding this can lead us to the conclusion that it is impossible to have one global plan or program that can
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On April 20, 1999 in a suburban town called Littleton, Colorado one high school was about to have one of the most tragic and deadly days in US history. Columbine High School was in the forefront of this tragedy. Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, opened fire on their fellow classmates and teacher. These two students cut the lives short of thirteen students and one teacher. They then turned their guns onto themselves leaving the nation with no answers as to why? They did leave videotape
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Armed security forces in schools: Who’s protecting your children? Throughout history there have been many acts of violence taking place in schools. “Since 1980 there have been a total of 137 fatal school shootings that killed 297 victims.” (Kirk, Chris). All of which may have been prevented with the presence of an armed officer, because let's face it, by time the cops have been alerted, very seldom are they able to arrive at the school in time to stop the crime. The problem is we need quicker response
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The Columbine High School massacre in Littleton Colorado will always be remembered as an unforgettable horrific event that still leaves a mark on the town today. The controversial filmmaker Michael Moore took his take on it and ventured into the creation of events that took place that day. The documentary that was produced, directed, and written by Moore deconstructs the events of this particular decimation and uses his techniques to compose a use of visuals, sounds, editing, and political messages
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There were more than seventy mass shootings in the last thirty years. To clarify, a mass shooting is an incident involving multiple victims of gun violence(“Gun Control Pros and Cons”). The Columbine Massacre was one of these mass shootings. It occurred on April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado by two high school boys. They chose to do this because they were bullied in high school. This incident left fifteen people dead and twenty-four people injured. The guns used during the shooting were illegally
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The setting of the movie, “Bowling for Columbine” takes place in a little town country. Two boys are having a game of bowling when suddenly a pretty faced girl appears wielding an M-16 type of assault weapon. It is just a normal typical morning in America. Even though, the scenery is bombarded with ruins of buildings demolished after the bombing approval by the president. The USA is recording high numbers of people killed by small firearms and yet there is no civil war at present. Michael Moore then
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There are many reasons why school shootings and violence affect the economy. So many school shootings have happened in the past few decades; we must find a solution. There are people who think that more security would fix the problem. Other people think that if schools were to implement stricter rules then the problem would cease. These are some schools that have been greatly affected by shootings: The University of Texas, Columbine, and Sandy Hook are examples of schools where mass shootings have
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The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting happened on December 14, 2012, in Newton Connecticut when a 20-year-old male fatally shot and killed 20 children 6 staff members and murdered his mother before driving to the school. As responders arrived at the school the 20-year-old male committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. This incident went down as one of the most horrifying mass shootings at a high school or grade school in U.S history. This incident has placed the second amendment up for
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