Bowling for Columbine

Since the dawn of time there's always been news and there's always been change. Is change bad? No of course not, but it depends on what it changes to. So did the change of news have a positive or negative impact on news today? That's what I'm here to discuss. Hello as you know I'm Gianine and I’m here to discuss how the constant demand for content made news now a laughing stock. Today to prove this concept correct I have chosen the story of the “Sydney Siege” and extracted three articles about…

First, almost one year after the Columbine High School Massacre, two Columbine High sophomores were murdered at a local sub shop. Their bodies were discovered after an employee noticed the shop’s lights were still on. They were eventually identified as Nicholas Kunselman and Stephanie Hart (Janofsky 1). These…

Teachers, Not Soldiers December 6, 2013, Karl Pierson, an 18 year old student at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, legally purchased and obtained a 12- gauge shotgun. December 13, 2013, Karl Pierson then used that shotgun to kill one student, injure another, and then kill himself. The domestic attack lasted only a minute and a half, but I can tell you from a personal perspective, the students and families will continue feel its effect forever. A lot of controversy came after the…

Nine shots were fired Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. A white male enters the church around 8 p.m. and joins a group bible study, waiting nearly an hour before standing up and firing at everyone. Nine church goers were killed, one of those nine being a church pastor and South Carolina senator, Clementa Pinckney (Shapiro, ABC News). Through the help of security cameras posted in front of the church, Dylann Roof, 21, was…

One topic has been ripping through America, resurfacing every couple months after another tragic event — Shootings. The type of shooting that I fear most take place where I am required to attend 5 days a week, 10 months of the year — school. The idea of teachers being allowed to have guns rattles me more. How do teachers being armed prevent school shootings? In fact, looking at recent news stories teachers having guns becomes an apparently bad idea. Take the gun trained teacher in California,…

Government in Action Summery 1 Shooting in schools and how to prevent it: According to Trump shootings are a problem because of mental illness. Mentally ill people do unexpected things. School shootings happen more often in America than any other place. People who are more likely to commit these horrible crimes are loners and rejected by others. Trump uses the resent shooting in a community college and he says that this particular college was a gun free zone, and that if more people on that…

The fact that school shootings are uncommon, most students think that school is safe, but unfortunately it has happened before and we should be prepared for one. Usually, kids who are going through depression, bullying or a hard time in their life are most likely to commit a mass school shooting. The shooters probably think that they will be remembered forever if they committed a mass shooting in school. School should have an website where you can report a crime like this anonymously, so they…

I am probably one of many students reaching out to you regarding previous events such as the devastating shooting in South Florida in this last month. School shootings have become very popular in the last couple of years. The numbers are doubling by the minute. I would first like to say that I am very pleased with the way you are handling these situations by taking immediate action and trying to fix a problem that will never be completely fixable. As a child who has been raised with multiple…

As educators, and school administrators, one of the goals is to provide a safe learning environment for students. In recent news there has been several school shootings and incidences where school violence occurred. While the members of the district hear about these acts occurring, they realize that there is a possibility of an actual school shooting or violent act occurring within their school district .Therefore, school districts are seeking ways to prevent it. When deciding how to protect…

Mass Shootings and the Moral Decline in the U.S. Megan jones 2 There have been over 294 mass shootings in the U.S so far in 2015. Many people have been left wounded or dead due to them. Yet they have very little attention payed to them due to a combination of the FBI’s definition of a mass shooting being when 4 or more people are killed, and because no one who enjoys a lack of gun control wants to put an emphasis on the fact that people are being killed, very easily, because of guns. Mass…