On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed twenty children and six adults in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Before driving to the school, Lanza shot and killed his mother Nancy at their house. On November 30, 2012, 456 kids were enrolled in Sandy Hook Elementary School. The school's security had recently been upgraded. Doors to the school were locked at 9:30 am each day. Newtown is located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, about 60 miles outside
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Teachers Should Be Armed in Schools Over the years the numbers of school shootings have increased. The controversy Americans are discussing is whether teachers should be able to legally carry guns during school hours. Individuals are saying armed teachers would be an awful idea, because everyone has different judgement of when is the right time to shoot. Steve Smith, the superintendent of the Bibb County School District, tore down the idea as soon as he heard it. Smith states, “We could give (teachers)
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When it comes to school shootings in the United States, it may be appalling to many that it has become an american ‘culture’ filled with death. Not any other country has reported such outstanding school shooting numbers other than the U.S, and not just school shootings in general, but mass shootings as well. It is difficult to understand the validity of what we are dealing with because you can’t add up why such a well-developed country is dealing with these problems. Like it always does, it will
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In 2018 alone, the United States has suffered 17 school shootings (Ahmed & Walker). Gun violence is greater in the US than in any other first world nation. In fact, when compared to other nations, the number of gun-related murders in the United States are at an all-time high (bbc.com). This goes to show that more government involvement has been shown to be necessary for the current political climate. In the past, when Congress became more involved and banned assault rifles, there was a fewer number
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Teachers be armed? One problem that society has been going through in this days are shootings at schools. Many of this problems had happened around our country. Students and also teachers had been proposed that teachers will be armed at schools so they could defend themselves or others, also President Trump and the National Rifle Association have been clear: Make school fortnesses, employ every deterrence, fight fire with fire, arm teachers could help at schools. Every person was important in the
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According to Everyone in the U.S In 2018 there have been more or less than 18 on campus school shootings. There have been multiple school shootings but, there are very different such as sucidal, not during school hours, and during school hours. This being a real isuure some people think school shooting are not a issue on the other side of people some thing that gun violence is not under control. There are different situations during a school shooting. There is susdial stiuations where a young teenager
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Guns Are Not the Problem, People Are Violence in school environments have become a major issue, and there are many precautions we can take to prevent this violence. Precautions such as better background checks before purchasing a gun will greatly decrease deaths due to gun violence. In America, the average number of school shootings is approximately 1.37 per week (Davies). There are too many lives lost throughout the year to gun violence. It is time for America to step it up when addressing the
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On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys opened fire on their high school in Colorado. Several problems and issues presented themselves due to miscommunications or laidback approaches. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 12 students, one teacher and wounded 21 others using weapons purchased from private dealers at a gun show. Part of Columbine’s issues should’ve been prevented if the gun laws in Colorado were enforced properly. Although it wasn't entirely Robyn, Eric, And Dylan's fault, the seller shouldn't
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School shootings have been a big issue this past year. We all heard about the parkland shooting which made a huge impact and opened a lot of people’s eyes. We had a recent school shooting in parkland Florida. A fellow student shot up school. The police had various tips but never followed up on it. This student has a record of violent acts. The police got many reports from various people even one person close to the student stated “That (students name) had a desire to kill people and worried about
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As an American citizen in high school, I believe the popular topic of gun control in schools is most relevant to me at the moment. There have been OVER 300 school related shootings since 2013—an average of about one a week. As a student who has never been put in the position of having to protect oneself from an active shooter, I believe teachers should not have guns. Michael Drayton (1596) created a wise saying: “add fuel to the fire” this is still relevant today. By allowing teachers to have guns
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