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    Many school shootings have roots in interpersonal communication. For example, the Umpqua Community College shooting involved an encounter between a teacher and a student (who ended up being the gunman). The shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre had issues communicating with other people, and his teachers were not aware of this, causing the problem to develop further. The way that the teachers and students communicated with each other played a large role in both shootings, so it is important to…

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    Synthesis: Concealed Carry on College Campuses Eliot Spitzer once said, “Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror” (Brainyquotes.com). In the United States, the Second Amendment is a largely debated issue affecting everyone. One of the areas where education and the Second Amendment meet is on college campuses. Should concealed carry be allowed on college grounds? Kevin McCarthy, author of “ Guns Will…

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    Gun Control Plan Essay

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    As most people have seen President Obama has released a series of rules for individuals wanting to purchase a gun to ensure safety for American citizens. Which will be referred to as the President’s gun control plan. Gun control plans in America have seen an increase in gun safety measures over the past several years, as a result of several mass shootings across the states. Some people might believe the President’s gun control plan will keep them safe. However, the President’s supporters will…

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    My Lia Massacre In Vietnam

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    past few weeks have covered the Vietnam War through many different angles, all of which were attempted to be covered up by the American government. These topics were meant to remain a secret. With events like the attempted cover up of the My Lia massacre in mind, the question that is to be debated is the morality of secret actions in the terms of protecting the American public. The American policy towards secrecy should be to declassify any document that is not relevant in any ongoing act, in…

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    The atrocities that took place at Wounded Knee was mainly of assassination of Natives. The soldiers had used wagon guns which destroyed some bodies to pieces. Then, the soldiers typically shot at the unarmed Natives while they attempted to escape. They believed the killing of the natives was necessary to defend and save the life of the settlers. President Harrison indicated that the victims deserved the atrocities handed out at them. President Harrison agreed that the Natives were certainly…

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    Against Gun Control

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    for the students and want to keep school shootings from happening in the future. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre President Barack Obama said “We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years,” and I could not agree more with this statement. These terrible massacres happen to often in this country and something needs to happen to prevent massacres like these. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings the National Rifle Association said “The only thing that…

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    Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20th, 1999. Both were seniors at the school, both kept journals largely concerned with planning the massacre, and both killed themselves at the conclusion of the shooting. Both had been bullied severely, but had friends other than each other. Harris had a history of depression and suicidal thoughts, and was prescribed medication for this. Klebold had more severe depression,…

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    David Kamien (2012) describes natural disasters as events that are a direct result from the Earth; to include floods, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, viruses, and volcanoes. The example of a natural disaster chosen to be reviewed for this essay is earthquakes. The United States Geological Survey (2016), describes earthquakes as a direct result of stress associated with friction which then releases energy causing an earthquake. there have been two major earthquakes in the United States, the…

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    On April 16, 2007, college students on the Virginia Tech University campus witnessed the most deadly mass killing by a single student shooter in the United States history. A senior student killed a whopping thirty-two students, along with wounding seventeen others on the university’s campus. Meanwhile, in 2008, five people were killed and twenty-one were injured on Northern Illinois University campus by a former graduate student. These horrific events brought a nationwide debate and controversy…

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    Columbine & Criminal Justice Criminal justice researchers studied the bills projected after key school shootings such as Columbine and Virginia Tech. Truth be told, school shootings happen quite regularly. The public generally does not hear about them unless they are on a significant level of death with at least 10 people having been murdered. It has become quite the norm for the media outlets to report what they would like for citizens to hear. There have been public school and university…

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