Nedzel initially catches every person’s eye by starting off the very first sentence by listing every school shooting. Nedzel uses pathos in that moment to set a serious tone and begins to engage reader’s attention. The author notes that school shootings are shattering and has concerned society from the start. “Concealed Carry” shows how school shootings started as an individual killing one or two people, but has evolved to an individual killing a large number of faculty or students. Some parents or grandparents reading the article written by Nedzel immediately begin to visualize their children or grandchildren sitting innocently in the classroom when a terrifying being barges in the door with a gun ready to shoot their precious child and their friends.…
In the article entitled “‘How Did This Happen?’ : Grief and Fury After Florida Shooting”, writer’s Julie Turkewitz, Patricia Mazzei, and Audra D.S. Burch discuss the Florida Shooting and how the Country is suffering a terrible loss and is in a state of mass panic. First the writers explain how the FBI had “failed” to warn the school when they got a tip last month that Nikolas Cruz might kill people at a school. They further stated that the FBI director is being called out on his actions and that he has been asked to resign.…
27th February 2018 Miami Herald 3511 NW 91 Ave Doral, Florida, US. 33172 Dear Editor, Yesterday, you reported on the tragedy that occurred in Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, where seventeen innocent people had lost their lives. This is ridiculous as the United States Legislative Body doesn’t seem to be affected and not being able to resolve this problem. The Legislative Body’s solution is to increase school security by having experienced teachers possess guns during school hours to defend students and themselves. This solution is perceiving as teachers may use the guns to protect themselves but not the students.…
America has had one hundred and fifty school shootings since 2013. Every school shooting that has happened either killed or injured an individual. One may ask how can we prevent or avoid school shootings that are happening all around the world? Everyone wants to feel safe in any environment that he or she may be in. We have to stop school shootings in any way possible.…
The United States' Congressional Research Service defines a ‘mass shooting’ as a shooting in which four or more people, not including the shooter, are randomly chosen and killed(___). In America, the 153 mass shootings, since 1950, have occurred in a place where civilians are banned from carrying firearms. This data shows that even with the strict gun laws, people will still find a way to use guns(___). In august 2016 alone, the city of Chicago reported 92 homicides, the majority of which a gun was used. Chicago has more homicides than New York and LA combined despite the city's strict rules.…
School shooting is an event that is committed by a student with gun violence at a school campus or other institutions. This is becoming a very common and a serious in the United States. Common causes of these school shooting deprived from the desire to revenge, social media, and access to guns. School shootings cause a lot of sadness because children are getting injured and killed for no reason. It is important that school personnel and students aware of the possible threat and warning around…
Devastating, frightening and incomprehensible, school shootings are hardly new to the United States of America. Statistics gathered from just ten school shootings, account for one hundred and thirty-three dead and one hundred and forty-two injured, representing the work product of America’s ten deadliest school shooters. To qualify as one of the ten deadliest, the shooter must have struck a minimum of ten individuals and caused at least five deaths. Yet, the question remains, what type of person would enter a school with the purpose to extinguish human life?…
The biggest issue found while researching school shooting data in the United States is the definition of mass shooting. The data that was reported by numerous different researchers and reporters varied on whether they counted the victim in the number killed, the number of murdered people it took to qualify for a mass shooting, if injured people counted towards their numbers to qualify as a mass shooting, or if just the firing of a gun on school property counted as a school shooting. Paradice reported that There is no commonly accepted definition of the term “mass shooting.” The Congressio¬nal Research Office defines a mass shooting as an event in which 4 or more people, excluding the shooter, are killed.…
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.…
¨In the last three years, there has been approximately two hundred recorded school shootings in America.¨ Hundreds of innocent lives were taken, within those years. We all always ask that one question, why? Why has this happened to our country. It is slowly becoming a problem in our society, that needs to be taken charge of. According to CNN, “School shootings are far more frequent in America than in other countries.”…
School Shootings in America On November 7, 1994 teacher Lowell Grimm was one of the four victims from the school shooting at Wickliffe Middle School. The shooter, Keith Ledeger was a former student that suffered from mental illness. In the 3 minutes and 34 seconds, the gunman fired off twenty rounds, and hit four people.…
After the Sandy Hook (2013) shooting the National Rifle Association suggested that every school in America no matter the size have armed guards. Looking the enrollment size of a school with less than three hundred people about twenty-three percent of schools had security guards or sworn in officers in (2005-2006) school year; and about twenty-seven point six percent in (2007-2008) and the number goes down to twenty-five percent in (2009-2010) school year. When the enrollment size increases to 300-499 students, the same pattern occurs with a school enrollment size 300 or less. In the school year 2005-2006 about thirty percent of schools had security guards or sworn in officers. In the school year 2007-2008 the number increases to thirty-six percent of school nation wide having armed personnel in schools.…
The most recent school shooting, committed by a 19 year old. This is just one of the many mass shootings that have occurred in America, yet, nothing ever changes. It is easy to forget how often this actually has happened. Since 1982, there have been 97 mass shootings in public places across the country. These killings unfold in 34 states, and 58 of these shootings have occurred since 2006.…
I dislike this quote because it reminds me about the mass shootings that occurred this past year. Reading that your own country’s homicide rate is greater than others is definitely not a good thing. Hundreds of innocent lives have been taken away due to the use of guns, which is terribly unfortunate. With only one man and one gun, fifty-three people tragically got injured while fifty others lied dead on the floor from the Orlando shooting. This is the biggest mass murder in U,S, history.…
School shootings cause a lot of sadness because children are getting injured and killed for no reason. Not only families are feeling upset, but others are too. People feel bad for families and the innocent children. People may wonder if schools have enough security and protection. Schools have a lot different ways they’re using security.…