assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were also white. Rampage killers are often in the news. Nearly everyone who has murdered a large number of people in one horrific event has been white‚ the only exception is Korean student Seung-Hui Cho‚ who was responsible for the Virginia Tech shooting. Yet even though many of these shocking events have gained massive media coverage for months if not years‚ no one concludes that white people are killers. They are untouchable as a race. Statistics
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Gun violence is any act committed by the use of a firearm that causes bodily injury or fatality. Gun violence in the United States has become increasingly evident and has led to mass tragedy nationwide‚ affecting all walks of life. It has had a devastating effect on communities throughout the country and has resulted in numerous injuries and deaths. Within the past decade‚ there have been more than “100‚000 people killed as a result of gun violence” in America‚ and millions more have been victims
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Firearm Ownership: Common Misunderstandings of “Gun Control” vs. “Crime Control” The movement for stricter gun control in the United States would not permit civilian ownership of firearms. However‚ there are arguments that give a plethora of reasons that gun control is irrational and people should be allowed to own and use guns for recreational use and personal and home protection. Those for stricter gun control “if guns were not legal then there would be less killings and mass shootings”
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Lance Morrison Professor Evans Writing 021 3/6/09 Topic: Gun Control: Would it really help? “If guns are outlawed‚ only outlaws will have guns‚” Edward Abbey argues in his essay‚ “The Right to Arms.” Many people are familiar with the expression‚ “Guns don’t kill people. People kill People.” I am a firm believer in this statement. A firearm is a controllable‚ unbiased‚ and uncorrupt object; a tool with multiple and important purposes. To discredit them because of their potential
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Right now at this very moment you can turn your TV on and watch just about anything that you want to‚ this also means so can your children. Do you know how much violence is being broadcasted through the media just today? Do you understand how this is affecting your child? Do you know that from birth to age 25 their brain is growing‚ and there are these neurons‚ "mirror neurons" that teach us to imitate what we see? What if it was your child who went to school with a gun? What if it was your child
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Gun control Introduction On July 12 2012‚ James Eagan Holmes walked in to a cinema dressed in tactical clothing‚ armed with tear-gas grenades and several firearms he killed twelve people and injured fifty-eight. On December 14 2012‚ twenty-year old Adam Lanza walked in to Sandy Hook elementary school and killed 20 children and 6 adults armed with combat gear using semi-automatic guns. In Australia‚ a mass shooting occurred at the popular tourist site Port Arthur leaving 35 people dead
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(19 wounded) – James Oliver Huberty (aged 42‚ shot at scene by police); Killeen‚ Texas (restaurant) Oct 16th‚ 1991 – 23 killed (20 wounded) – George Hennard (aged 35‚ suicide at scene); Virginia Tech – April 16th‚ 2007 – 32 killed (25 wounded) Seung-Hui Cho (aged 23‚ suicide at scene); Fort Hood‚ Texas‚ (military base) Nov 5th‚ 2009 – 13 killed (29 wounded) – Nidal Malik Hasan
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beat 6-yr-old daughter to death) Sante Kymes (grifter who‚ with son‚ murdered elderly socialite to get townhouse) Robert Chambers (“Preppie Murderer” in Central Park) Kathy Boudin (radical involved in robbery that led to death of 3 people) Seung-Hui Cho (killed 32 people at Virginia Tech) Michael Devlin (kidnapped & sexually abused 2 boys‚ while living openly as their “father”) John B. Taylor (former Wendy’s manager who robbed and shot 7 employees) Bernard Madoff (perpetrated world’s largest
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Video Games: A History of Violence? HAHA! I KILLED YOU! I’M NOW LEVEL 30! How and why does mass media influence aggressive behavior? More specifically‚ does playing video games cause aggressive behavior? Because children and teenagers spend an increased amount of time each day viewing/playing video games‚ they are shaping their values‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors. For people who do act out aggressively‚ the results can be deadly. Monthly‚ the news is filled with blood-chilling accounts of crimes committed
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Spree Killers and What Made Them Snap What is the difference between a spree killer and a serial killer? Well it has nothing to do with the amount of victims. A serial killer is defined as a person who murders three or more people with a cooling off period between each killing. A spree killer on the other hand is someone who kills two or more people with little or no cooling off period in-between. Spree killers‚ or mass murderers are among the scariest types of killers because most of the time
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