Active shooter

Louisiana, 38 percent say they have a gun in the home. Men above the age of 50 have the highest rate of gun ownership. A 2014 report from the FBI, studying active shooter incidents from 2000 to 2013 found that active shooter incidents have dramatically increased. The first half of the study had an average 6.4 active shootings per year compared to 16.4 active shooting incidents per year in the second half. Half of the 12 deadliest shootings in United States history have been in the past eight…

shootings, and other active shooter events, Americans have been protesting gun violence, voicing their opinions and ideas on how to help stop these massacres that have become common in American society. One major topic that has been growing rapidly is the suggestion to have…

Sweeney, Emily Mr. Zick English II 13 May 2016 Gun Violence Did you know in 2016 alone, there has been at least 4,000 deaths due to gun violence? Gun violence has quickly become a very common topic on the news. Gun violence has also affected many innocent families and communities. However, many people have different views, which leads to controversy. For example, some people believe that anybody and everybody should be able to own a gun, others believe only certain people should own…

shooting in Orlando, Florida. The shooting occurred on June 12, 2016, and 49 people were killed, including the shooter, Omar Mateen. The Pulse nightclub shooting was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. At 2:02 A.M, the Orlando police department received reports that shots had been fired at the nightclub. An off-duty officer was working there and “engaged in a gun battle with the shooter,” said Orlando Police Chief John Mina. More officers arrived at the nightclub and they were…

it will have a positive effect on the people who have to sit in that area due to knowing that others would be armed responsibly. If a shooter wanted to pick a target, they would pick one with the fewest possibilities of being retaliated against. Gun-Free Zones are a prime target for mass shooters, because it is the path of least resistance. The Columbine shooters targeted their high school because there were no armed guards, and it was a Gun-Free Zone. In that particular shooting, had an armed…

screaming crowd. After negotiation failed, the Dallas Police Bomb Squad Robot killed the gunman. The police investigated his house and found multiple weapons and gear. (Including: bomb kits, rifles, ballistic vests, etcetera.) “this was a mobile shooter who had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and that’s what he did,” Dallas Mayor, Mike Rawlings said at a news conference. “as we’ve started to unravel this fishing knot, we’ve come to realize this shooting came from…

I personally do not think Americanism should be promoted in my school or community because America is a wreck. I have a suggestion on how to “Make America Great Again.” How about some laws against the use of guns? In the last week, this country has had another mass shooting at a Florida high school, killing 17 people. Innocent lives are being lost; many of those being young with their whole lives ahead of them. But, those lives were all ended with the pull of a trigger. Recently, we’ve had…

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scene played out on the television, but never believed it would arrive in your classroom. An active shooter has entered your school, and you’re sitting stationary beneath a desk, helpless. Because there is nothing else to do, you begin to analyze the situation. Were you going to die? How many students and teachers would be hurt before they were captured? How did the shooter get the gun? How did the shooter enter the school with the gun? Would there be an extension on the processed affirmative? A…

restaurant’s windows out and continued to fire his rifle toward the customers. Luckily, the gunman ran out of bullets; therefore, he decided to reload his rifle. According to the article, one customer, James Shaw, decided to step up against the active shooter and take charge. While the man was reloading his rifle, Mr. Shaw grabbed the barrel of the rifle and forcibly pulled the weapon away from the…