“The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun” (Wayne 2012, as cited in NRA 2012). There are approximately 44 homicides per day or 16,238 per year in the United States. Of those, 11,000 included death by firearm. According to the second amendment citizens of the U.S. have the right to bear arms. Even though the majority of deaths were by guns, “any gun control law would not prevent evil people from enacting their homicidal plans” (Farago 2015). More gun control legislation…
School Shootings: Columbine High School On April 20th, 1999 the world was forever changed. This was the day of the famous school shooting at Columbine High School. On this day 13 people were killed in what is thought of as a safe place. How could two people do such an act? There was many theories about how someone could commit such a tragic crime, their parents, mental health, social cliques, and influences from music, video games and movies by examining this I will be able to analyze the root…
“I look forward to a great future for America. A future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraints, it’s wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose,” said John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America. This great president was shot and killed by a gun, and to be more specific, a 6.5mm Carcano rifle that was easily obtained and that changed the course of history in America forever. The U.S. needs more gun regulations. If only year…
he article I picked was the columbine catastrophe: it is an article that Andrew Gumbel (2009) will always remember it was the principal consistently shooting on a school grounds. On April 20, 1999, two teens went on a shooting binge at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, slaughtering 13 individuals and injuring more than 20 others before turning their firearms on themselves and committing suicide (Gumbel, 2009). The crime was the most exceedingly terrible high school shooting in U.S.…
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,…
The plague of gun violence as taken over the country. School shooting occur from all corners of America. In the Schoolyard chapter of Rick Bragg’s book, described the school shootings at Westside Middle School orchestrated by two juvenile. On March 24, 1998, two boys ambushed students and teachers outside Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Andrew Golden, 11 years old, and Mitchell Johnson, who was 13 years old, was responsible for the tragedy. The two boys, dressed head to toe in…
Introduction After reading Columbine, by Dave Cullen, I was truly shaken. Several times throughout the process of reading this book I had to take breaks. Every page had a bone chilling detail that I just could not get myself to believe. It made me see people in a different way. I could not imagine what it was like for Susan Klebold. If I was taken back by this book and story, I cannot fathom what Susan went through. I am not a mother, so I don’t know what it is like to lose a son or to know…
Presenting Situation and Offender Behaviors: Bradley (Bradley) was walking his dog in the park when he encountered another person walking their dog without a leash. Bradley verbally informed them their dog is required to be on a leash. At this point the person ignored him. There were some words were exchanged between Bradley and the other man prior to Bradley walking away, as Bradley was leaving the park he turned around asking the other person if this was their car. The other person replied…
There is a fad on the rise, and not the good kind. Although crime has been and continues to decrease, a contagion is occuring when it comes to mass murders, and specifically mass shootings in schools. Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, opened fire at his school in Roseburg, Oregon killing 10 people including himself. This paper will examine the details of this mass murder case and Harper-Mercer’s life leading up to the shooting and his death. The issues that will be discussed include Harper-Mercer’s…
Have you ever noticed a difference in America? Well there is a ton, just take a moment and look at all the different changes. In the story American History has proven my point. There is this little girl and she lives in a small town and there becomes some conflict. The girl's name is Elena she is a very kind sweet girl. Than a boy moves by her apartment in a upright house. His name is Eugene and he is a kind sweet guy but his mother is not. The sequence of there life background all leads up.…