Sandy Hook

Should law abiding citizens have guns in America or should we trust the government officials to protect us? Can the police arrive in time to stop catastrophes like San Bernardino, the Paris attacks and Sandy Hook, or should citizens be allowed to protect themselves with firearms wherever they go? “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” is the slogan of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Some people believe it is unsafe to allow citizens the right to have guns in public but, Texas has…

gun going off in a classroom” but that is not the definition. Why people do school shooting, how much they have went up, and how can prevent it from happening/ the sign of someone think about doing it. Some of the worst school shootings were Sandy Hook and Stoneman Douglas High School “. There have be 18 school shootings in 2018 so far. The first school shooting was in the 1700s. Although people think one should feel safe at school some people don't because…

twenty-six deaths, twenty of them were little kids ages six to seven, the rest of them were adults. The first police officer arrived in two minutes and forty-one seconds after a nine one one call was made (http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/us/sandy-hook-timeline/). How scary that must have been for those people knowing that it takes so long for the cops to respond, while there is a killer in the school. Over the past few years more and more school shootings are happening. In the Wellington…

video “Crossfire : The politics of gun rights and gun control - the fifth estate” by Cbs News, it was 9:41 am on December 14, 2012 when Newton, Connecticut police received the 911 call from Sandy Hook Elementary School. However, by this time it was already too late for the children and staff inside Sandy Hook Elementary School. For a shooter armed with a Military style assault weapon, Adam Lanza a 20 year old with a disturbed mind had enter the school. This assault weapon he carried was a…

Violent video games are merely a type of entertainment, same as social networking or movies. Hence, there are other causes such as mental illness or the child’s surroundings, like their friends or family. As mentioned in the case of Adam Lanza of the Sandy Hooks Elementary school shooting, violent video games only took a small part in contributing to his decision to behave so,. People failed to consider his unstable mental state or possible his childhood which drove him into madness. Besides…

In America, we seem to be facing too many shootings. Too many tragedies, one after another: the Chardon High School Shooting, the Oikos University Shooting, the Aurora Shooting, and now the Sandy Hooks Elementary Shooting. Although the President’s memorial speeches have seemed to become somewhat of a routine, his speech following the tragedy in Newtown has proven itself as a great speech of our time: and I’m examining why. Despite these atrocious acts in which innocent lives were abruptly taken…

features of prophecy.” (Sandy, p.31) Prophecy is not the easiest genre of Scripture to read or understand. Much of what is at stake in studying the prophetic passages of Scripture is history, and without a strong understanding of biblical history, these passages tend to blend and meld together, making the books of prophecy, sadly, some of the most avoidable in Scripture. D. Brent Sandy has provided a fantastic and even amusing read, however, in his book, Plowshares & Pruning Hooks, one that not…

The way the United States does it’s mental health screening is a joke and needs to be re-evaluated. (Josh Horwitz;2017) “The specific disqualifications related to mental health are quite narrow. Under federal law, an individual is prohibited from buying or possessing firearms if they have been “adjudicated as a mental defective” or “committed to a mental institution.”. Being “adjudicated as a mental defective” means that you are a harm to yourself or others or that person lacks the mental…

On December 14, 2012, a gunman entered an elementary school in Sandy Hook, Connecticut and killed 20 innocent children between ages six and seven, and six adults. The day started like any other day. Teachers were attending a morning meeting. The halls were decked with the artwork of students and clay self-portraits. Nearly a year later, a novelist, children’s book writer, and an award-winning author named Brian Doyle wrote an article titled Dawn and Mary, a tribute to the two women. His article…

I listened while the radio broke the news stating that there was a shooting at Sandy Hook. The classroom was silent because we didn’t know what was happening. I whispered to Nicole and said, ‘Sandy Hook? That sounds familiar.’ She replied with, ‘Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s in Connecticut.’ Little did I know that Sandy Hook was an elementary school and that it was in Newtown, Connecticut about 20 minutes away from where I lived. The next twenty minutes…