Bowling for Columbine

Responses to Crime The case I chose was Pedro Espinoza trial in the Murder of Jamiel Shaw because it has been such a hot topic in the media and I wanted to know more about it. Espinoza was an Illegal alien from Mexico with a long and violent criminal history and part of the 18 St gang and had just been released from serving 4 months of an 8-month sentence. Within 28 hours he murdered 17-year-old high school football star being recruited by Stanford Jamiel Shaw with one shot to the stomach and…

Many people have speculated the cause behind school shootings is mainly violent video games. No one ever thinks about other causes. The real problem may be much deeper than that. There are several ingredients that go into the cocktail of violence ,that is so prevalent in our society. When tragedy hits and horrific happenings occur, we scramble for a quick answer and a quick fix. The senseless tragedies that happen are unnecessary. It proves that catastrophes can strike anywhere and anytime. Our…

American’s have the right to own a gun by following the right procedure in the United State. The gun control have been discussed in the last few years. The hot topic discussing that should we banned the right to own a gun as functional protection. Few people who owns a gun have few committing of violent crimes which like school shooting, suicide, and homicide in America. As the number of gun holder increasing, the number of death rate increasing every year. For this horrible issue, there are…

On 1st October at 10:38a.m, a horrific shooting unfolded that resulted in ten people getting killed. Including the recent gun shooting, there were several massive casualties by gun shootings such as the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999, the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. After the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, federal law enforcement agencies have taken a forward leaning approach to these types of incidents by…

the assailant spent enthralled in this fantasy world morphed a killing machine at least that is what some would claim. Violent videogames like Doom have been in the hot seat because according to some reports this was the favorite video game of the Columbine school shooters. Violent video games are not to blame for creating violent tendencies or creating confusion between fantasy and reality. There are many factors that can contribute to such behavior and to blame just one influence is…

The increase in the media coverage of mass violence, has been found to be one of the reasons mass events increase. More mass shootings happen every day, and the news give attention to the accused shooter. This results in spurts of copycat killers: people who crave attention enough to resort to mass violence. The reason for the increase in media coverage comes from the people's right to know: people need the truth so the reporters do their job. Still, it is the journalists' responsibility to help…

For instance, “The good news is that in general, our nation’s schools today have a higher level of awareness of safety issues and preparedness for emergencies than they did prior to April 1999 (History.com Staff). Since the Columbine shooting, schools nationwide have learned from it, increasing security measures, and ensuring preparedness. Without Columbine’s unfortunate disaster, schools would not have the necessary prevention tactics that keep them safe today. “Virginia Tech…

Should Teachers Be Allowed To Carry Guns In School? Imagine a scenario where you are defenseless against someone with the intention to wreak mass havoc on staff and students within a campus. It is unfortunate to note that columbine High school experienced a tragedy in 1999, which holds historic benefit to the concept of providing protection to those within a campus in case of a tragic scenario. It is important to know that when over ten students lost their lives during shooting in school, the…

The Columbine High School had a security guard and a shooting still occurred. Expense is an issue, it would be cheaper to get efficient security systems. Furthermore the guards won’t protect the students, they only sit at a table and check ID’s. There isn’t enough…

Throughout the years, school shooters have been categorized into a stereotype. Additional incidents have rather proven that any person occupying a seat in a classroom could one day carry out a plot to devastate a society according to the student’s “threshold”. However, that argument made by Malcolm Gladwell is his recent article, “Thresholds of Violence” is absolutely absurd. That is equivalent in saying that under certain circumstances, every student will eventually shoot up the school they…