Three Days Before the Shooting

be playing outside every day. He would be playing all the different sports like football, soccer, running, even basketball. He would be playing basketball the most also this is how my brother got me into playing the sport I love now. Around the age of six, my brother would always come up to me saying, “Arish let's go outside to play some basketball.” I would always say no because I wouldn’t like to do any outdoor activities. So I would stay inside just playing shooting games on the console that…

lives would be saved. In order to decrease potential harm, guns should be distributed only with special regulations. During the Boston Marathon of 2013, there was an unexpected explosion, followed by shootings, leaving many civilian casualties. Those guns were evidently in the wrong hands. Long before this incident, gun control advocates have tried to regulate gun use by filing…

people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (Madison). But when does self-defense cross the line to murder? "In 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans in homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings.. This is the equivalent of more than 85 deaths each day and more than three deaths each hour" (Statistics). In order to properly own and operate a gun a person needs to have common sense, be responsible, and understand the safety precautions needed. The only way to learn about…

appropriate to go against the government is because as they collect your money for things like Obama Care, using our tax money for reasonable causes, and the government taking away our second amendment. Individual have gone against the government before, such as the african americans in Montgomery, so it is possible and can be done.What would the world be like if there were no guns, would it be safer? No, it is not guns that kill people, it is people who kill people. THe United States…

run and do drills and learn plays that I did not understand; I think he was pretty surprised that I even came back the next day. For reasons unbeknownst to even myself I loved every bit of it, even though I was not strong…

Strain Theory Wilson Sele California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) May 29, 2018 General Strain Theory The school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the recent school shootings of 2018 in the United States. The shooting claimed at least 17 people, 14 were students and three members of staff. The shooting was termed as the most deadly school massacres in the last decade. The suspect was identified by the witnesses and arrested…

The shooting that happened live on the news a few days ago was very tragic. Two journalists that were on live TV, were shot and killed. The man that shot and killed them was Vester Lee Flanagan II. He is forty-one years old and lives in Roanoke. I don’t think he should’ve killed himself afterwards. He deserves to go to jail for what he did. Taking his life was not the right thing to do. The suspect, Flanagan, should’ve been sentenced to life in prison or at least should be kept in prison for…

then, the muskets had to be used short ranged otherwise there would be a decrease in accuracy. Modern day semi-automatic handguns, on the other hand, are able to fire 215 shots per minute (Palmer). The guns that people used…

call it a “shooter’s touch”, and this shot from behind the three point line felt pure. A feeling like that doesn’t come easy and for me, developing that feeling took…

because that is a big deal and something to look up to, and she told a fib which made me stop trusting in her. A second example would be Diane Downs. Diane Downs lied about shooting her own three children. This has caused me to stop believing in public figures because shooting kids is a big deal and if you were being blamed for shooting kids it would be a hard thing to deal with and just because she didn’t want to go to jail she lied and that’s not the right thing to do. A final example of why…