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    In 2004, a study was conducted to find out how many school shooters actually played violent video games. Only 5 out of 41 surveyed shooters claimed to have an interest in violent video games, that is 12%. Ever since video games have become violent, people have been falsely connecting the amount and severity of violent video games and the increase in crime rates. They are saying violent video games are what causes people to do violent things. The problem is that the majority of mass/school…

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    and directing numerous films including Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling For Columbine which were both winners of the Academy Award for Documentary Film. In the film, Moore investigates several gun-related crimes, focusing on the Columbine high school massacre where two seemingly harmless adolescents armed with deadly weapons shot and killed thirteen people as well as injuring twenty-one others. The film also attempts to discover why America’s nature of violence far exceed other countries’. With much…

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    Columbine Shooting Theory

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    Prior to the High School massacre, many believed the two teens had been bullied by numerous students that attended Columbine High School. Theories say that the two randomly chose their victims and cannot prove exactly the teens’ motives for the spree. There are a lot of different…

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    Cumulative Strain Theory

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    These three origin theories combine to create Cumulative Strain Theory. Stage 1 of Cumulative Strain Theory is “Chronic Strain.” In this stage, strain intensifies and continues across a lengthy time period, becoming chronic. Strains are various life pressures and difficulties that lead to anger, frustration, disappointment, depression, fear, and ultimately crime. At this stage, chronic strain or frustrations, and a string of failures to achieve one’s goals, increase the likelihood of anger and…

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    Columbine shooting This story is about some kids that went in to a school and killed people with machine guns. This school is currently the most popular high school in the worlds. There were 12 students and 1 teacher killed. They killed a girl named Rachel that was a senior and she was such a nice girl she started a chain reaction that is all over the world. The kids that killed Rachel killed themselves at the scene. The question is, should parents of the kids that killed the students be…

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    With all the gun related violence and school shootings that have happened lately in the United States there has been a lot of talk about whether or not there should be a gun reform. Some people argue that there should be a gun reform with stricter gun laws in order to prevent more gun related violence and crimes from happening. Some others believe that a gun reform is not necessary. They believe that stricter gun laws would cause more gun related violence. The United States should put a gun…

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    Hate List Thesis

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    Bang! The sound of gunshots being fired. Everyone is running around trying to get out. A school shooting has just begun. This is what occurred in the novel Hate List when a teenager who was bullied couldn’t take it anymore. He got revenge on everyone who ever hurt him physically or emotionally. The puritans would ban the novel Hate List due to law breaking teenagers, authority was not respected, and the characters lead sinful lives. The puritans would destroy the book Hate List because of the…

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    “When We Wake” by Karen Healey, is a science fiction book about the world in 2128 AD. The book covers many topics from cryogenics and no migrant policies to environmental destruction. The main character, Tegan Oglietti, has to face the many problems of the future, while being threatened by groups such as the Inheritors of the Earth. The book has so many cultural and social details about Australia in 2128 AD, that it was easy to make a book cover full of symbolism for the book. From the cover…

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    Jason Brannick Starsha Blankenship ENG 111-30H 11/3/2015 School Safety Not Gun Regulation As always with the unfortunate event of a school shooting people cope with the loss of loved ones and stay somber for a spell, but as the dust settles from this tragic event the usual debate of gun laws begins anew. This debate although important does not focus on what truly matters when trying to mitigate the occurrence of school shootings. The subject of discussion that will lead to progress in the…

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    There is no questioning that in today's school system, one of the major issues is, and always has been, school violence. Which can range from a brawl amongst students, to more tragic events, for example, school shootings. Many of us have witnessed a fight in middle school or high school. Which usually have no permanent effects. But school shootings usually have a different outcome, on January 4, 2012, in my hometown of Brownsville Texas, a student from Cummings middle school was shot and killed…

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