School Shootings Essay

School Shootings: Columbine High School On April 20th, 1999 the world was forever changed. This was the day of the famous school shooting at Columbine High School. On this day 13 people were killed in what is thought of as a safe place. How could two people do such an act? There was many theories about how someone could commit such a tragic crime, their parents, mental health, social cliques, and influences from music, video games and movies by examining this I will be able to analyze the root…

happened that changed the way I've lived. The school shooting that happened in the year 2012 was a major change in society and a greater effect in my school life. After the shooting a lot of things changed in school Parent's couldn't relax knowing that schools might not be a safe place for the kids. Before that event there wasn't so many cops at school they would only be one officer. Also there wasn't so many lights that covered the school haft of the school would be dark and they would be okay…

On October 1st, 2015 someone we will not mention: opened fire at Umpqua Community College killing 9 people and 9 injured. Eighty nine percent of school shooting are assembled at Universities with a student body averaging of about twenty five hundred students. For the shooting to occur at a community college hit too close to comfort at Northern Maine Community college. This fatal attack has open numerous debates on gun laws, regulations, and safety precautions. With round the clock media…

Do you know anyone that in a school shooting? If you have i imagine you know the long term effect of it. There are school shootings that occur daily. There is many things that can lead to one. Many things like bullying, mentally unstable, lack of discipline in a household etc, can be a big cause of school shooting. Likewise when school shooting happen “it makes people scared, frightened, upset etc. “ () The long term effects of witnessing a school shooting can be harsh for anyone. If…

Even though school shootings are bad in most people’s eyes, the government thinks we should bring more guns into school. Are they trying to prevent school shootings or cause them? I’m going to explain why the government might change the school environment forever and why it is the worst idea. There may be some pros to the idea but the are a LOT more cons to counter. Let’s get right into it. About a month or two ago, there was a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The seventeen people who lost…

gunman opened fire on students and teachers at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. The shooting resulted in the killing of 10 and 7 being injured. It has shined a light on the need for better security and policies at public schools and universities. It has also brought such tragedies into the public spotlight. President Obama gave a thirteen minute televised speech shortly after the shooting. He spoke about how the lives of the victims and their families are forever changed. He…

since the Columbine High School shootings in 1999. Vossekuil (2002) analysed thirty-seven incidents of targeted school violence in which he found common characteristic in the profiles of the offenders among the incidents. Like (author), Vossekuil (2002) identified that all of the attackers were males, and 95% of them were current students with 5% being former students; attackers worked alone in 81% of the incidents. Regarding the target involved, (author) found that school shooters appear to…

Two articles focus on school shootings. The reasons why students become shooters is explained by Jesse Signal. The preventive actions that can be taken towards school shootings are given by Frank J. Robertz. The article "Deadly Dreams: What Motivates School Shootings?' written by Frank J. Robertz and published on Scientific American on July 30th, 2007 describes how young adults become school shooters. Robertz explains the process of how over a long time adolescents start being more…

1999 Littleton, Colorado the whole country was shaken to its roots because of the tragedy which had taken place at Columbine High School. Two armed and highly dangerous students named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had launched a full on premeditated assault on the school and its occupants. They reason for their attack was the hatred that grew within them for the school and its occupants due to its social cruelty, injustice and unfairness. They had premeditated this attack for 15 months prior to…

which were analyzed, found some common risk factors present in perpetrators of school shootings. One of the most prominent risk factor noted in offenders of school shootings is interpersonal rejection, either socially or romantically (Bondu, 2015; Gerard, 2016; Leary, 2003). Social rejection is being bullied by others or being ostracized, while romantic rejection is a break-up. In a data analysis and case review of 28 shooting incidents, researching offence and offender characteristics. Gerard,…