In a stuffy overcrowded police station of the once quiet town of Littleton, Colorado. A place that was never host to any real commotion until the day of April 20,1999 where two shooters opened fire in the local high school. The press rushing Captain Stephens with questions of how Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold got their firearms. NBC News Reporter, to the captain: Captain Stephens! Captain!…
On December 14th, 2012, 20 year old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people at an elementary school. Before doing so, he shot and killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, at their home in Newtown, Connecticut. He then took a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle and two pistols which belonged to his mother (“Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting: What Happened”). Once he arrived, the doors to Sandy Hook elementary school were locked due to a new security system which locked the doors at 9:30 am each day. Authorities say he used “assault weapon” to shoot an entrance into the building (“Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting: What Happened”).…
In April 20, 1999 there was a school shooting massacre at Columbine High school. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris was the shooters during the incident. Who or what is responsible for the Columbine massacre? Eric was the mastermind of Columbine shooting.…
Umpqua Community College shooting On October 1st, 2015, a 26 year old student, Christopher Harper-Mercer, fatally shot nine people and injured nine others at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Students reported that the shooting was in his English and writing classroom, where instead of bringing his books to class that day, he brought his firearm. One survivor, Tracy Heu, stated to CNN news that “he came in and shot towards the back of the wall while telling everybody to go to the center of the room. He then started to ask people about their religion and if they believed in god. When they replied yes, he said “good you’re going to see him soon” then shot them.”…
Interviewer: How was school like before the incident happened at Pleasant High? How do you like school after the incident? Which did you like more? Thomas Bishop: I loved school.…
The staff members were having a meeting and heard the gunshots, a few of the staff members went into the hallway to see what was going on and were shot on the spot. The school had gone under lockdown. Teachers were hiding the kids in…
The plague of gun violence as taken over the country. School shooting occur from all corners of America. In the Schoolyard chapter of Rick Bragg’s book, described the school shootings at Westside Middle School orchestrated by two juvenile. On March 24, 1998, two boys ambushed students and teachers outside Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Andrew Golden, 11 years old, and Mitchell Johnson, who was 13 years old, was responsible for the tragedy.…
The Columbine Shooting Imagine, what starts off as just another day at school turns into the worst high school shooting in history. Imagine losing some of your friends on a day that started worry-free. These are some of the events that occurred for the students of Columbine High School on the tragic day of April 20, 1999 (“Columbine High School shootings”). The Columbine shooting is a tragic event that today it’s background, the actual massacre, and the impact on the town are still talked about today.…
Invulnerability by Nib or Hollow Point We can't ignore the ongoing violence in America's schools. There have been numerous school shootings already in 2014. Feeling safe doesn't always mean being safe. We can't afford another year without action on gun control. It's important for people to be prepared because if there's a crisis on campus, they need to be able to take care of themselves until somebody can render aid.…
Mass Shootings The anti-gun crowd would like us to believe that with more guns, comes more gun violence, but since more and more states have allowed people to carry a side arm, crime has declined. Can these things be a mere coincidence? Perhaps, but even if that’s true, it still proves that allowing law abiding citizens to be armed does not increase crime, and suggest that it contributes to lowering it instead (Federal Bureau of Investigation, n.d.). Something else to ponder is where do mass shootings occur?…
There are many alternatives but as many may not work we have to keep trying to solve these problems. Many thing will fail to stop mass shootings but we’ve got to find something. We cannot turn to something as dangerous as guns on school property it would create an even bigger problem. They had a buzz-in system at Sandy Hook, but it did them no good at all, the guy shot his way in. School-associated student homicide rates decreased significantly after the federal laws restricting guns in schools were adopted in the early 1990s, and fewer students are carrying guns.…
School shootings are a trend that unfortunately has been getting popular for more than a decade. This is causing schools to increase security and prepare for a potential war against unknown individuals. This has shown a negative effect on a significant amount of students who now see school as unsafe. Metal detectors, security cameras, and many other security safeguards have been a regular necessity for schools. Instead of using these things as a last resort effort to prevent violence there needs to be a less invasive plan in place that limits the security presence on campuses without it being overwhelming.…
Majority of students attending college are stressed about their academic workload and worrying about the safety of the school is another burden. According to the article, “There Were More Than Two Dozen Reported Shootings At College Campuses In 2013” by Tyler Kingkade states that in the year 2013 there has been at least 27 college campus shootings. There was a total of 18 students killed and many others injured (Kingkade). These college shootings create fear to students to walk on the campus especially if they dorm. A way to decrease the number of shootings and bring peace in the campus is to add cameras inside and outside the college.…
Located in Littleton, Colorado, Columbine High School is most famously recognized for being one of the “deadliest school shooting in American history”, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Two high school students were to blame for this tragedy. Abc News reported that the shooters “slaughtered 12 students” and left others critically wounded with serious life threatening injures. School shooting in recent years have unfortunately become a prevalent issue in our society, they happen so often that high schools across the nation have each implemented some sort of emergency evacuation plan, if a shooting were to occur. When it comes to the Columbine High School shooting, who is to blame or where might the blame fall?…
School shootings can lead to other violence because of the sadness that was caused by the school shooting. People do not realize that school shootings do not only affect the students who attend that school, but school shootings affect others across America. There are many ways school shooting affect children. Many students may feel anxiety about the events that took place. A lot of people worry that a school shooting or similar events could happen in their school (Brantly 1).…