Columbine High School massacre

A study by Dr. Jason Matejkowski, a professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, explored the criminal records of over 500 convicted murderers. The study finds mental illness was associated with a lower likelihood of using a firearm during the crime. Looking at the statistics and studies, it is quite obvious

hallways of your school. This sends the whole school into terror and panic mode. The threat of death is too real. The shooter comes raging into your barricaded classroom. Within seconds they begin shooting everyone and yourself. With a blink of an eye you and everyone in the classroom are dead. What could have stopped this person from shooting? Who could have stopped this person form shooting? What actions can be made from this event? One serious issue that threatens Columbia High School and other neighboring

On February 7th, 2007 the most tragic United States mass shooting happened in history. 23 year old student, Cho picked up a Walther P-22 pistol and killed 32 people at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia. This left the whole nation in shock leaving innocent students fearful , higher education administration astonished and families mourning the loss of their children. Cho was found guilty after submitting his own confession video to NBS news along with 28 gruesome photos and profane

Bowling For Columbine is a documentary that was produced by Michael Moore which focusses primarily on the relationship between the crime rates throughout various regions. After learning that Canada and the United States had a very similar ratio when it came to households and guns, Michael was intrigued that Canada had a substantially lower rate of gun related crimes. This documentary became a tool for Michael to delve into the questions that were raised; although he was unable to extract a specific

School shootings are normally unexpected and they drastically impact life. The effects of an unexpected school shooting are displayed in Jodi Picoult’s novel, Nineteen Minutes. In the novel, Peter Houghton has endured bullying throughout his entire life. One day he snaps and he goes to his school, Sterling High, where he kills ten people and wounds many others emotionally and physically. Peter is then put on trial, where he is sent to prison for life. Josie Cormier, the girl Peter has been in love

when talking about shootings on school grounds that happened since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting(Lott). Now reduce that number to 12, that is the number of potential mass shootings that could've happened that were stopped by guns(Roosevelt). Guns don't shoot people. People shoot people. Teachers, staff, and security must be allowed to carry guns on school grounds in order to prevent mass school shootings. Overall individuals within a public school should have the opportunity to be

information is unreliable and proves that these games should not be banned from minors. Violent video games are very beneficial to gamers’ mental health. In a recent study conducted in Baghdad, Iraq, one thousand kids from fifty-five different primary schools were surveyed and observed. It was determined that one of the main benefits of playing were the participants’ ability to express emotions, such

Nidal Malik Hassan On November 5, 2009, Nidal Malik Hassan, a Muslim terrorist went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others (Ernst, 2017). This was the worst mass murder at a military installation in U.S. history. Although the U.S. State Department's and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a statement indicating there appears to be no association between Hassan and any formal terrorist organization, there might be reason to believe that Hassan

Americans, including youngsters who scarcely began their first year of school. What will it take in order for our representatives to do something about it? As a constituent and a mother, I urge you to support the expansion of gun control. I am primarily concerned about the victims of gun crimes because I am a mother and an aunt. The incident that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14,2014 makes me wonder that if they go to school,

placed aside with the dangerous rifle creates a connection resembling two different worlds, fiction and nonfiction. The icon ‘fiction’, is an illusion towards the shootings taken place in elementary schools and how the American public are blinded on the issue even after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,