Three Days Before the Shooting

The National Guard was responsible for the Kent State shootings. On May 4, 1970, the National Guard made an enormous mistake. Every year on May 4th, some witnesses recall the horrifying events that happened at Kent State University so many years ago. They recall the tragic deaths that occurred on that day. What started out as an innocent riot turned into four cases of a bloody manslaughter. The National Guard was ordered to go to Kent State to stop the riots, but to their dismay, their…

English 132! ! 6 February 2015! ! School Shootings! ! In the 20th century, there were no chains, locks, or cameras in the schools. Back in those days, parents worried more about their children’s grades, rather than their safety. Kids never really thought about bringing guns to school or any matter of that nature. Now that it’s the 21st century, schools are required to have locks on their doors and install cameras for a student’s safety. Kids, these days, constantly worry if someone will come…

and killed 12 fellow students and a teacher, and wounded 20 others, before turning their guns on themselves,” says the article “The Columbine Tragedy, April 20 1999” from Historic U.S. Events. Overcome with hatred, two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, conducted a mass murder shooting at Columbine High School. This provoked fear and inspired a wave of other school shootings across the country. At 11:15 am, a mass school shooting occurred at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In…

In 2011, professors Theodore Day and Stan Liebowitz, both at the University of Texas at Dallas, wrote about the direct correlation between gun free zones and public shootings. on campus. In Day's article "Concealed Weapons Should Be Allowed on College Campuses" he states that "mass public shootings almost exclusively occur in public places where concealed weapons are banned" (Day n.pag). Banning weapons on campus does not stop mass shootings; henc, Georgia state legislature should give…

perform. Shortly after her performance, she stepped out to sign autographs for fans where she was approached by 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl. After opening fire, he fatally shot Grimmie. He was tackled by the singer’s brother before fatally shooting himself. This shooting brought heartbreak to fans all over the world and left people on high-alert.…

Mass Shootings In the United States of America shootings are becoming more frequent in our day-to-day life. Mass shootings are not a new thing in this country it has been going on since the early 80’s. In the last sixteen years there have been seven major shooting in the U.S. killing over 150 people and injuring 180 more. The FBI states every town for gun safety development an analysis of mass shootings that took place between January 2009 and July 2015. There have been 133 mass shootings in…

Columbine On April 20th, 1999 in the town of Littleton, Colorado the nation was horrified. Two high school seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed thirteen and injured twenty four before turning the guns and proceeding to take their own lives.1 This was the school shooting that changed everything. It opened people's eyes to possibilities of murder-suicides happening in schools. It didn’t just affect their little town or even the state of Colorado, it prompted national debate and made…

in Numbers? A Flawed Way to Look at School Shootings “I don’t like Mondays. This livens it up” The sound of gunfire sent the school children scrambling, rifle shots felling their intended marks. Children who moments before, had been eagerly awaiting the start of class, became victims of Brenda Spencer’s intention of murder. Mass chaos erupted as adults exited the school trying to usher the children to safety. Two died and nine others were wounded before authorities could put a stop to the…

On February 14, 2018 on a day that is famous for expressing love for another, Nikolas Cruz who was expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, opened fire at the school using a military-style semiautomatic rifle killing fourteen students and three staff members which has become the deadliest high school shooting in United States history (Sanchez). That day, I opened up my Facebook page preparing myself for the usual barrage of sickening relationship posts, but instead,…

died, was marked as the country's worst mass shooting until, a local gay nightclub called Pulse in Orlando, Florida had a shooting riot occur on Sunday at 2 a.m. A man named Omar Mateen is fully responsible for the shooting, he entered the nightclub and randomly open fired. He pressured people to drop to the floor and others to crawl and scramble to the back entrance of the nightclub to escape. He then held a hostage standoff, which lasted for about three hours. The standoff then ended in a…