Columbine High School

“I look forward to a great future for America. A future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraints, it’s wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose,” said John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America. This great president was shot and killed by a gun, and to be more specific, a 6.5mm Carcano rifle that was easily obtained and that changed the course of history in America forever. The U.S. needs more gun regulations. If only year…

A casual player of Grand Theft Auto might find humor out in killing strippers on the streets because it is “just a game”. Over the past 30 years, there has been major research on the relationship between televised violence and violent behavior among younger children. Cross- sectional, longitudinal, and experimental studies have all confirmed this connection. Today, many youths have television in their rooms which could give children a greater opportunity to view programs without parental…

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…

Juvenile Offenders I believe juvenile offenders should be subjected to the same sentencing guidelines as adults who commit the same crime. My reason being is, pertaining to the proper age of knowing right from wrong. A teenager should have fully grasped the concept of what to do and what not to do through discipline or self experience socially. Although we do mature as we get older, doesn 't that doesn 't mean we should have to take the risk of bad deeds done by a minor, to repeat the same…

This event ruined families and many innocent children. Many children struggled to go back to school and many families struggled with sending their kids back to school. History.com published an article stating, “ …..but the massacre left a scar on the Littleton community.”, this shows how everyone was left after this tragic incident. It ruined an innocent community with innocent people. It turned a happy school day into a sad and scary experience. Similarly, Cyberbullying ruins the lives of…

In 2007, America’s worth campus shooting occurred at Virginia Tech. At least 33 people were killed and many people were wounded. After such a deadly school shooting, the government of the United States did not take any steps to improving the gun policy. In 1989, such mass shooting occurred in Canada’s Polytechnique Montreal. Tenth of people being killed and numerous people were injured. The government…

2008, Landon Wynar, a sophomore at Douglas High School in Minden, Nevada exchanged several instant messages using MySpace social media with his classmates from his home computer. Wynar bragged about having an arsenal of weapons and threatened to shoot and kill several classmates on the anniversary of the Columbine School Massacre. Wynar also bragged he would kill more students than those who died at Virginia Tech, which at the time was the deadliest school shooting on record. Several students…

and violence. Although it has been prove that videogames can be use for learning in schools, the topic of videogames and violence have always been over 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…

Umpqua Community College, a horrific shooting unfolded that resulted in ten people getting killed. Including the recent gun shooting, there were more several massive casualties by school 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. The matter of the gun control draws public attention. The President Obama is currently trying to make some changes for gun regulation, but was unsuccessful…

owning a gun. Deeper and more thorough background checks. Don’t just check criminal background because not everyone that wants to buy a gun is a criminal. Begin checking background of all aspects, employee records and how they acted in the workplace, school disciplinary records, and a social medias. After passing the background screening a person applying for a gun should go through a proper mental check and have no abnormalities in either.With new technological advances improving guns in order…