Columbine High School massacre

Did you know 60% of middle school boys and 40% of middle school girls who played at least one Mature-rated game hit or beat up someone, compared to the 39% of boys and 14% of girls who did not play M-rated games? Or that 90% of pediatricians and 67% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior among children. Even 28% of boys and 5% of girls agreed that liking guns and weapons motivated their gameplay. On Debate.Org, 49% people agreed that…

The article talks about past events such as Columbine High School and University of Austin Tower shooting, where great arguments were made about campus carry. Katherine throws light upon about what could possibly happen if students are allowed to carry arms. The researcher bring up points from both sides…

wouldn’t socialize due to race and in-groups, she put effort into getting their trust on personal and academic levels. Later, Elliot Aronson wrote the book Nobody late to hate, that explores the causes and consequences of the attacks at the Columbine High school massacre. Both, Gruwell and Aronson, explored several…

Avengers tell the tale of kid-friendly superheroes that defeat the “bad guys” and save the day. Others, such as Dr. David Moore, a professional psychologist, condemn violent media, labeling it as the cause of multiple tragedies, such as the ubiquitous school shootings. Morals are an issue at the…

Intro/statement of purpose In the United States, there is one school shooting per week (“The long, shameful list of school shootings in America”,2015). Many Students lives are being jeopardized during these school shootings, and not many students are prepared for an active shooting situation. Our proposal is to make a mandatory online presentation and test on the subject of school shootings for the students and staff at DH. Our objective for our proposal is to prevent shootings, and inform…

what the best plan of action is. Merely, a solution must be found. With recent events such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Aurora Movie Theater shooting, Chardon High School shooting, it is tough to not view gun control as a very important issue that must be answered. Our safety as a nation needs to be revived, as people should not dread going to the movies, school, malls, etc. We need to view gun control, however, the way we find to be most effective, as a priority, and as…

Video games have been in the crosshairs for over 30 years now because people and scientist think that videogames are to blame for people 's rash decisions for committing violent crimes such as murders, mass shootings, bombings and or Auto theft. They even have a legal charge for stealing cars, and it 's called Grand theft auto believer it or not. That is also a name of a popular video games that is know for theft and killing. Studies have been made over the past 30 years but none of them seem to…

Acts of terrorism and widespread violence have been rampant throughout our nation and many accredit this to America’s gun control policies, or rather lack thereof. School shootings have become increasingly prevalent over the past years in the United States. With twenty mass shootings in schools in 2015 alone, gun restrictions in school zones has been a pressing issue (Strauss, Steven). Recently, in an attempt to solve these problems, a bill known as the Safe Students Act has begun to make its…

In 1999 the country was horrified by the news of the Columbine High School Massacre, an event where 13 people were killed and nearly 30 more were injured. Once again in 2012 the nation stood aghast at the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School which killed 20 students and six teachers. What do Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, and Adam Lanza, the perpetrators of these terrifying crimes, all share in common? They all loved to play violent video games. But these boys are not the only ones to play…

This means that instead of adolescents picking games like Mario, Minecraft, or Sonic they 're choosing more violent, bloody, and brutal games like Saints Row and or Red Dead Redemption. An average school day can be between 6-8 hours some kids play games like the ones previously discussed for 6-8 hours or longer virtually performing acts like killing, robbing, and theft. Does violent video games affect the brain you might ask? Yes it does, Dr. Vincent…