Bowling for Columbine

France in 2012, all the population and the police of France were on high security alert because of four places with shooting at four different Jewish schools in Toulouse. The events that are present in this crime is that many groups of the Muslim religion started to attack Jewish schools, they started to shoot them in the head to everyone who they wanted, they didn’t only kill adults or old people, they also killed children and teenagers, just because of the hate between them. In this case the…

Nathan Dunlap was a 19 year old African American male from Aurora, Colorado. Dunlap grew up in a single parent home with his mother, Carol Dunlap. Ms. Dunlap suffered from a bipolar disorder, that caused her to have unpredictable mood swings and hypersexual behavior. When having a bipolar episode she would often sexually and physically abuse Nathan and his sister Adinea. On December 14, 1993, Dunlap went into the local Chuck E. Cheese Pizzeria, where he once worked. He sat around for a few…

the table and have always gotten more attention and controversy. Establishing that violent videogames increase violent behaviors on teens and adults. One of the first registered controversies between violence and videogames was in the shooting at Columbine High School, When it was discovered by the media after the events that shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were avid players of the games Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, both created by Id Software ("Video Games." Opposing Viewpoints Online…

be good to have guns on school grounds? If you answered ¨yes¨ then you should reconsider. Why would you let a teacher bring a weapon on school grounds? Knowing full well that they could possibly kill at ten or more students? It would be another Columbine Massacre! So would you have kids hurt or even murdered because you let a teacher bring a gun to your school? This is gun law to let teachers bring guns to and in school grounds is why people die on the . One of my many reasons is why you should…

Local High School Receives a Shooting Treat In an interview with Diane Sawyer, it was discussed that nearly one school shooting happens in America a week (ABC News). This is a commons issue we see today. The thought of school shooting is an issue that is frightening to any student and one that is never expected to become reality. Sylvania Southview High School experienced a shooting threat; leaving many parents worries and many students nervous. Before the start of school on Monday January 16,…

others or themselves. This plan is normally executed using a weapon in the case of mass murders. These events occur in many different places. The aggressor chooses a place that links them to the source of their problems. For example, in the case of Columbine, the aggressors shot up the school that victimized them. The people that bullied them attended this school which made it the perfect place for retaliation. In the case of the Orlando shooting, the aggressor picked a night club in which his…

active school shooter emergency response and evacuation drill. Although school shooting scenarios may be uncomfortable for some kids and maybe even some personnel, it is necessary with the number of recent school shootings in the U.S. since the Columbine Massacre for at least some students to play a part in the drill. There has been controversy by some parents…

“I’m going to stay in the car a few minutes. I have to do something before I go in.” Eric Harris said. His sister, Lena, hesitated before getting out of the car because it seemed odd. “Alright, please don’t be late again. You don’t want another detention.” said Lena. She walked into the school and into the library for study hall. The school was very quiet and it was odd, like something would happen at any given time. Usually the school is loud and sometimes obnoxious. “Hey, did you get the…

familiar sound of a gun being loaded as he walked by a bathroom, and a new “Columbine” was narrowly averted. The Prince William County Police got a search warrant and seized guns and computer equipment from the boy’s home, but they missed something. Being that Attorney Jack Thompson had represented the parents of the three girls shot and killed by 14 year old Michael Carneal in the Paducah Ky., school massacre, and predicted Columbine on the Today show eight days before it happened, called the…

Did you know that 7 out of 9 percent of victims of bullying are more likely to consider suicide. In the book “19 Minutes” Peter had thoughts of suicide. He thought of suicide because of the bullying that he was dealing with. When getting bullied it could change someone's whole life. In “Nineteen Minutes”, by Jodi Picoult, Peter is responsible for the school, however the bullies are to blame for the shooting as well. Peter had a lot of problems, but Matt was one of the reasons why Peter shoot up…