The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school was a horrific event that happened in Newtown‚ Connecticut by Adam lanza. It caused many deaths of students and teachers. Lanza also Shot his mother in the head four times before going to the school. It all started on the morning of December 14‚ 2012 in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Students and teachers were all preparing for the day of school ahead of them. They had no idea that the tragic event was going to happen. At around 9:30 a.m. the shooter entered the
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Plot for Revenge: The Mass Murder at Sandy Hook Elementary Girard Pugsley Argosy University - Denver Just after school began on a Friday morning in Sandy Hook‚ Connecticut‚ Adam Lanza opened fire in the main office of Sandy Hook Elementary. What followed was the mass murder of 20 students and 6 staff members (Stroller‚ Strauss & Stanglin‚ 2012). A mass murder is defined as “single episodic act of violence‚ occurring at one
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Sandy Hook Shooting On December 14‚ 2012 the most horrific school shooting happened. A young man took the lives of innocent children and adults. No one knew what was ahead of them that Friday morning as they awoke and started their daily routines. Adam Lanza took the lives of 26 people. There are clear statements as to why this happened. The poor security‚ School Shooter video game‚ mental illness‚ and pedophilia are all causes to why this could have happened. The poor security in the school at
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Massacre at Sandy Hook The Sandy Hook massacre in Newton‚ Connecticut caught the attention of many American families throughout the nation. The final death toll reached twenty-six‚ with a total of twenty students and six teachers. Although this infamous event will always remain a tragedy‚ it will be remembered as the most significant event of 2012 because it influenced the controversy of gun laws‚ illuminated the health care system‚ and made school safety an issue. After the shooting at Sandy Hook‚ the
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fate of a society could depend on this maxim. This question made me think‚ a lot. Before I finally decided my side‚ I really thought about real life situations and what needs to be done to help the most people‚ and that is helping the many. In Sandy Hook‚ a teacher hid her students and put herself in the fire just to save the many. Of course she had family‚ but at that moment‚ she felt that that her students and their families were more important than her fate at the time. These kind of things can
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Sandy Hook Cause and Effect On December 14‚ 2012 a 20 year old man by the name of Adam Lanza shot twenty children in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty young children are dead because of one man’s actions‚ and the world is wondering why any person would take part in such a disastrous event. His background yields causes for his subsequent riot actions. The causes of violence at Sandy Hook Elementary school were based on one man’s actions and the effects shocked the nation and changed
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If you are not familiar with the whole Sandy Hook ordeal. It was a school shooting that happened in Connecticut were 20 children were killed by a gunman. Many blame the death of those children on the assault rifle which was used. The gun was not what killed them children‚ it was a man that was not right in the head. After Sandy Hook there have been plenty other school shootings at high schools‚ colleges‚ and all schools. This has become a big issue in schools
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the tragic occurrence of the Sandy Hook massacre many theories have taken place‚ whether this was an actual event or a conspiracy. If you never heard of this horrible event took it place on December 14th‚ when armed gunman Adam Lanza allegedly shot and killed twenty-six people ‚ twenty of which were innocent children kindergarten to first grade and six teachers. Police also say that Adam was thought to have killed his mother before even entering this school. Sandy Hook is a well populated school
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am‚ Friday. BANG! Daniel looks up‚ startled. He watches Ms. Soto’s face go blank. “Get under your desks angels!” she says‚ briskly walking to the door and closing it. Then in an instant‚ a strange man slams through the door with a gun and begins shooting. Daniel watches in complete horror‚ as he hears what sounds like the fourth of July‚ and the screams of his childhood friends filling the room. Ms. Soto tries to protect her angels‚ and puts herself in front of the gunman and takes the bullet. Daniel
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In the case of the Sandy Hook Massacre‚ gunman Adam Lanza was consumed with the massive variety of weapons. He also had a huge obsession with violent video games such as Call of Duty‚ it has been said. The walls of his bedroom‚ where he had spent a majority of his time‚ were covered with posters of weapons and even tanks. This was claimed to have been seen by a plumber who worked in the home at one point.“The kids who play these games know all about guns. I’m not blaming the games for what happened
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