Three Days Before the Shooting

the media does shape our society in the way gun violence is portrayed, what stories about border control are shared, and how racism is viewed. Media shapes the way gun violence is portrayed. I remember on the 21st day of August in 2006 there was a shooting on the…

Jake Elliott woke up from his six hours sleep at five in the morning. That was his usual time to get ready for the day. He showered after his morning run, got dressed, and spent his days either inside or outside of his home. The first thing that he did was his work as a freelance journalist and edited some of the articles that he was working on. They were about the lamest things that you could imagine. He listened to the popular radio station in both Baltham and Bainbridge Island: 91.3 The Mesh.…

purpose In the United States, there is one school shooting per week (“The long, shameful list of school shootings in America”,2015). Many Students lives are being jeopardized during these school shootings, and not many students are prepared for an active shooting situation. Our proposal is to make a mandatory online presentation and test on the subject of school shootings for the students and staff at DH. Our objective for our proposal is to prevent shootings, and inform students, and Faculty of…

degree angle at the three point and attack the basket and lay the ball in the 6 different styles: normal, lead, euro step, reverse, passing, and jump stop. 4. Range is not the aspect that makes you good. Range is how far you can shoot from, usually you don’t see centers shooting threes. Your range should not change your form because you don't have enough power to get it to the basket. Depending on what position you play really does determine where you should be shooting from, if…

and do not require citizens to receive a permit before purchasing a gun. Some state laws are in between. For an example, according to the Institute for Legislative Action, New York State law does not permit rifles and shotguns to be purchased (with a permit), registered, or carried. Though, handguns could be purchased, registered, and carried. The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence…

According to BBC News, there were about 372 mass shootings in the United States in the year of 2015. There was 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting that had killed ten people and wounded 20 by the end of the day. People thought of the shooting with a collective shrug which means that they saw it as another common occurrence and ignored it. The collective shrug shows how America has been comfortable about shootings. There is one major reason why these shootings occur, faulty gun control. The…

people get shaky and unorganized while others use pressure to fuel their performance. Competitive shooting has been my passion for years and my match at the 2016 Junior Olympic Rifle Competition in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is my most memorable experience. My shooting career depended on my performance at this match, and I never expected to do as well as I did. Shooting may appear easy, but in reality shooting goes far beyond anyone’s idea of difficulty. The Olympic Training Center is a modern…

possible. “Even though crime rates have recently increased those numbers in 2011, New Orleans recorded 199 murders right before the three year decline in that brought 193 murders. New Orleans has gone without a shooting on two consecutive days, the last two days in 2015, for the first time since the 31st of…

Earlier this morning, a photojournalist captured photos of an intoxicated man shooting aimlessly at people passing by the local grocery store, killing three and injuring twelve. Around 6:30am, just before sunrise, a presumably intoxicated man was swearing and grasping a gun in his left hand. “The man was screaming and swearing but his words were slurred” said Tabitha Smith, a bystander. There were few people at the Walmart Super Center on Market Street but that only seemed to play in favor for…

Shots rang out on a cool April morning.That day fiveteen people lost their lives. No one at the school was armed leaving them helpless to protect themselves from the two gunman. This incident brought the issue of school security to the forefront of students, parents, and teachers. Since that time there have been multiple school shootings, bringing up the question, should teachers be allowed to carry guns? Teachers should be allowed to possess guns during school hours because it would help deter…