It’s Monday April 16‚ 2007. The day starts normally for students‚ they go to class (even though it’s only 7:00) when two shoots are fired. The shooter -Sung Hui Cho- just shot two fellow classmates. When nothing else happens‚ police think his motive was jealousy they were wrong. At 9:30 Sung Hui Cho locks a hallway door that leads to many classrooms. He then enters each classroom shooting as many people as possible‚ until shooting himself. This rampage only lasted 10 minutes
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Can schools really be 100% safe for students? I have heard a lot about violent activities that have been happening in schools not only colleges‚ but elementary schools as well. People are shooting and killing innocent people. “The National Safety Center believes that schools have the choice to create and maintain safe schools or return to their institutions to safe‚ secure and effective places of learning”. So‚ why are we letting this happen? We need to make some changes to make our schools a safer
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On an unseasonably cold March morning in 1993‚ high school sophomore Edward Gillom exited his first period classroom and made his way through the crowded hallways of Harlem High School. After engaging in a heated argument‚ allegedly over a girl‚ with Ronricas “Pony” Gibson and Ricoh Lee‚ Gillom pulled out a .38-caliber gun and opened fire. Gillom’s shots fatally wounded Gibson and left Lee with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the neck (Washington Ceasefire‚ 2011 pg 1). The shooting in Harlem‚ Georgia
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Associate Level Material Critical Analysis Forms Fill out one form for each source. Source 1 Title and Citation: An Updated Background Check System Will help Prevent Gun Violence | Watkins‚ C. (2012). An Updated Background Check System Will help Prevent Gun Violence. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Viewpoints&zid=09f25cf4b1025b220de942513a8391bc&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010015251&a
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Introduction Increasing more than ever‚ American society is fascinated with serial and mass murderers. Throughout the decades‚ people have celebrated killers who have reached the peak of success within their field by glorifying them in movies‚ documentaries‚ magazines‚ and even on trading cards. In 1991‚ a trading card company in California created its first mass and serial card collection‚ which included notorious murderers such as Jeffrey Dahmer who killed 17 men between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer
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Many wonder how Cho-Seung Hui was able to get his hands on powerful automatic weaponry that killed thirty two of his classmates. This proves that the background checks performed are insufficient and need to be more thorough. More than fifty survivors and family members of
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Gun control: now or never In 1924‚ Presidential Candidate‚ Robert La Follete said‚ “Our choice is not merely to support or oppose gun control but to decide who can own which guns under what conditions.” After many years later‚ the debate over gun control has always been a hot issue not only for the U.S but also for the whole world. However‚ this problem has truly become more significant since the outrageous Sandy Hook shooting was happened in Connecticut last year. There have been many debates over
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Should Guns Be Allowed on College Campus? In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For CRJU 1100 Introduction to Criminal Justice Armstrong Atlantic State University Fall Semester 2009 Doctor Junseob Moon Date of Submission: December 5‚ 2009 Introduction “Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost $5‚000. Because if a bullet cost $5‚000‚ we wouldn’t have any innocent bystanders.” (Rock‚ 1999) Chris Rock got a big laugh when he expressed his
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An ongoing and highly debated social problem that continues to grow in our society today is the gun control epidemic. Gun violence in the United States is a national epidemic. Many people take advantage of guns using and manipulating the tool with hardly any thought. Countless lives have been lost due to fact that people have been able to obtain firearms legally or illegally and have taken the notion to be judge‚ jury and executioner in holding ones live in their hands. This is a common issue that
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An Argument on Gun Control: Ann Coulter’s “Guns Don’t Kill People‚ the Mentally Ill Do” In this lengthy article “Guns Don’t Kill People‚ the Mentally Ill Do‚” that was published in the Townhall Daily‚ the author‚ Ann Coulter‚ argues about a major prevailing issue today‚ gun control. She believes the problem isn’t the guns themselves‚ but the mentally disturbed people. Coulter credits the declining mental health system as the main setback. She supports her argument by providing tragic examples
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