Essay On Mass Shooting

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On Feb.14, Stoneman Douglas High School was under the onslaught of former student, Nikolas Cruz, 19, taken in by Rocxanne Deschamps, a fellow neighbor, along with his brother, who contacted the FBI warning them that Cruz would shoot up the school. Rocxanne Dechamps said that he had a subsided mental capacity. " He put the gun at the head of his brother before so it's not the first time and he did that to his mom. It's not the first time he put a gun to somebody's head." said Rocxanne. Nikolas became easily enraged and it was only a matter of time before Nikolas was going to "explode". There is still a search for Cruz's motives.
Anthony Borges, a student victim of the massacre who is 15, blames Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel and Superintendent Robert Runcie for the Feb. 14th mass shooting during a news conference. Borges was shot fives and suffered wounds to the lungs, abdomen and legs. He was too weak for his own words during the conference and was assisted by his attorney. The surviving students have taken prodigious action in demanding that Florida and Congressional Legislators to place a ban on assault weapons and fortify background checks for gun buyers. The students having organized a move for Washington, D.C., and marches all across America and have referred to as the March of Our Lives, as a result of students that are actually marching
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“…it seems that the mass murdering of students won’t reach them.” The March for our Lives was organized by students to help ensure that there will no longer be anymore school shootings and

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