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    In the last 10 months there have been 45 school shootings in America. Since December 14‚ 2012‚ there have been 142 shootings at schools. Many say the chance that a person will be targeted in school shooting is bellow 1%. However‚ despite these odds‚ many students and parents have become extremely worried in the wake of the most recent tragedy. On Thursday‚ October 1‚ a gunman opened fire at a college in Oregon injuring many and killing 10. Many people all over the country are now demanding a change

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    victims that have encountered school shootings. America experienced one of the most horrific school shootings of our time. On December 14‚ 2012 Newton‚ Connecticut- Sandy Hook Elementary‚ Adam Lanza (20) killed 27 people (20) children and (6) school staff. Following that shooting the same month and year 2013‚ there were (4) more gun shootings on college campuses. Since the 1700s‚ school shootings have occurred in the United States. There have been over 57 college shootings

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    cases of school shootings that left 63 injured and 66 dead. This growing problem has increased over the years and has put fear in the minds of parents and their children. Even though children may jokingly exaggerate that school is terrible‚ it now seems as if going to school is truly a life or death situation. There has to be someone or something to blame and it seems as if this problem can debatably be blamed on the security among schools. Having a more advanced security system in schools is essential

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    that America’s schools were being taken over by these so-called "juvenile super predators." The American people would assume that every quiet kid who gets picked on is going to turn around in school one day and start unloading his newly acquired firearms on his peers. This is hardly the case. While there may be an occasional "super-predator‚" the media has highly over publicized these rare‚ extraordinary events. Perhaps the most notorious school massacre was at Columbine High School. It was here

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    School shootings have increasingly become an issue in the United States of America. Regardless the accounts‚ it continues to swindle out of control. The causes of school shootings are limitless and are usually unable to be distinguished. However‚ the effects can be life threatening for those who witness‚ survive‚ or live relatively near the school in which the incident happens at. When it comes to school shootings‚ there are two typologies that are typically exhibited: rampage and targeted shootings

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    previous school shooting that have happened in the United States. It looks at the shooters‚ and also look at theories of what possibly could’ve been their motives for commenting such a tragedy‚ taking innocent lives. The paper looks at what we have learned and what we can do to prevent future school shooting tragedies. It looks at how bullying has pulled the trigger and how kids just want to be heard. The paper looks at what psychologist and criminologist have to say about future shootings and past

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    can we do to make American schools mass murder free? Over two thirds of American parents are concerned about their children’s safety at school following the Columbine Massacre (Madfis‚ 2016) and other high-profile school shootings in the US. Are their concerns justified? Having examined a report by (Borum‚ Cornell‚ Modzeleski‚ & Jimerson‚ 2010) which addresses this question by reviewing a range of empirical evidence‚ I feel as though it is safe to say that American schools are safe and the publicity

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    people and left 31 wounded. (Kingsbury.) Since then‚ at least 50 incidents of school shootings have rocked the nation at its foundation. ("Timeline.") Not all were so destructive at their ends as that of Charles Whitman. Some were more so. All have one thing in common: they have forever changed the face of the nation as we thought we knew it. Who were these shooters? What caused them to massacre their respective schools? What had happened to them in their lives to cause them to be so distraught

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    School Shooting Approximately two years and ten months ago a massacre happened in Newtown‚ Connecticut. December 15‚ 2012‚ a man dressed in a military vest and heavily armed walked into a Connecticut elementary school and opened fire. Within minutes‚ 26 people were dead‚ 20 of them were children. School shooting has increased dramatically over the years‚ and some of this shootings is because of the discipline in parenting‚ media‚ and bullying. One cause of school shooting is the discipline in

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    Over the past decade‚ there has been a spike in school shootings‚ one the most infamous took place at Columbine High School. This shooting has been spoken about across the globe because of the brutal killings two high school students engaged in. The two students committed an act so horrifying it shocked the nation. This tragedy has been contemplated for almost twenty years. The Columbine High School shooting is one of the deadliest school shootings in history‚ but it’s recently been brought into

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