Running head: SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: AMERICA ’S TRAGEDY School Shootings: A Tragedy in America School Shootings: A Tragedy in America The school shootings at Westside Middle School were orchestrated by two juveniles. On Monday‚ March 30‚ 1998 two boys ambushed students and teachers outside Westside Middle School in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas. Andrew Golden a youth of 11 years and Mitchell Johnson who was 13 years old were responsible for this hideous tragedy. Apparently‚ Mitchell Johnson hid
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Most students at college campuses are worried about exams‚ homework‚ social relationships‚ family‚ and financial responsibilities. School shootings and school violence are not at the top of the list of concerns for these same individuals. Looking back nine years ago this was also not of concern for the students at the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University that April morning. No one is prepared for tragic events and no one is ever expecting them to happen. They happen in a
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Introduction The social issue that I have chosen for the essay is based on the mass shootings or gun violence that have happened in some schools and colleges in the United States‚ its effects on the gun rights and issues based on the 2nd Amendment. I found this topic to be interesting because in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting‚ the issue on the banning or control of gun ownership by the public is being strongly debated. Some claims that the 2nd Amendment of the United
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The Causes of School Shootings School shootings have been on the rise. Many kids are feeling the pressure of growing up in a world that is constantly changing and some do not know how to handle the situations that surround them. No one knows the exact reasoning behind why school shootings have risen so rapidly‚ but many have suggested motives for why children feel pushed to turn to school violence. Bullying‚ mental illnesses‚ and lack of gun control all influence a child to act out in violence.
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School shootings School shootings are something horrible yet something that has occurred more than once in the USA. I have had a hard time understanding exactly how someone can pick up a gun and shoot people at their own age – people they’ve gone to school with‚ innocent people. I don’t understand how you can steal their life for no reason. It’s teenagers who suddenly shoot people – boys and girls who are supposed to be their friends. Why do they do this? The first person that did a school
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and 23 wounded in a High School‚ Four girls and a teacher are shot to death and 10 people wounded during a false alarm in school Those were the headlines of all newspapers at one time or another. High School shootings have been occurring throughout the United States. Why is it that a student would come into their school and open fire? Why is it that no one notices the signs before the incident? How is it possible that they were able to bring the firearm into the school? Those are some questions
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learning from the tragedy of Newtown We must turn from this trauma to tackle America’s complex failures over gun control‚ inner-city crime and mental healthcare A woman waits to hear about her sister‚ a teacher‚ following the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Melanie Stengel/AP Friday’s news that 20 children and six adults were gunned down in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ a small community known locally for its Great Pootatuck rubber duck race every spring to raise money for charities
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approximately one hundred have been wounded as a result of shootings at American schools. States throughout the nation‚ from California to Pennsylvania‚ have been affected by school violence. Several lawmakers began calling for legislation to allow teachers to be to carry guns for protection. Year after year faculty has begun arguing for the right for them to carry concealed weapons while on campus. People who did not agree to allow guns in schools and on campuses feared it would lead to more chaos and
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School shooting in the United States A school shooting is an incident in which gun violence is used on a school campus. Schools shooting are committed by students or even intruders. School shooting is topic of intense interest in the United States. The first school shooting ever recorded in the United States was the Pontiac’s rebellion school massacre. As time change‚ the progression of school shooting increases. On April 20‚ 1999 a massacre occurred at columbine high school in Littleton‚ Colorado
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School Shootings I. Cases of where this has happened A. Columbine High School massacre B. Montreal‚ Canada shooting II. How can it be prevented A. Metal detectors 1. Efficiency 2. Private rights B. School Resource officers 1. Intimidating 2. Friend C. School Surveillance 1. Cost 2. Effectiveness D. Counseling III. Who is committing these crimes? A. Students B. Outcasts at school C. How they form groups IV. Why is this happening? A. Teasing B. Lost of old friends
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