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The Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) was created with the passing of the National Defense Act of 1916. Since then, more than 1,700 units have been created in the Army branch alone. I will be focusing on Blackman High School’s JROTC which was founded in 2000.

Imagine a world where school shootings did not exist. Parents could send their children to school without having to worry about them being shot. In 2013, thirty school shootings took place in the United States. The most devastating school shooting in U.S. history was the Bath School shooting. On May 18, 1927, Andrew Kehoe entered the Bath Elementary School killing thirty-eight people and injuring fifty-eight. Kehoe then returned to his truck, and committed suicide by using explosives. School teachers would have a better chance, in high risk situations if they carried guns.

On April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech University, a student shot 32 people and committed suicide after the massacre. Seung-Hui Cho was mentally ill and was suffering from depressed. Even though his mental health was an issue he bought two guns at an unlicensed gun show that did not administered a background check on him (Gun Control Reform 1).

During the 1980 's and 1990 's, there were numerous mass shootings that involved automatic weapons. An example of one of the first mass shootings in the U.S. occurred in 1989. Patrick Purdy returned to his elementary school in Stockton, California armed with an AKS rifle, which is similar to the AK-47, and opened fire. He killed 5 children and wounded 30 others, and then turned the gun on himself. One of the most horrific mass

The shootings that occurred at Kent State University, Ohio, on May 4, 1970 have been a dark spot in American history for almost 36 years. It is a day remembered by many names, THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS, MAY 4 or the KENT STATE MASSACRE. Four students were killed and nine were wounded, all of America suffered.

Recently, there have been two major incidents of gun violence that took place in the United States. The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport shooting happened on January 6, 2017, where Esteban Santiago, United States veteran, bought a one-way ticket from Alaska to Florida, with a firearm and two magazines, as reported by CNBC. According to USA Today, he retrieved his luggage, loaded the weapon in a bathroom, and opened fire. Five individuals lost their lives and six were wounded in the process. Bryan Santiago, the shooter’s brother, claimed that Esteban “was behaving differently when he returned from Iraq” and “sometimes couldn't control his anger.” Esteban Santiago was previously admitted to a psychiatric institute after claiming he heard voices

On April 16, 2007 a student, Seung Hui Cho, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, went on a shooting rampage and opened fire on his fellow students and Virginia Tech community members. The shooting took place in the early hours of the morning when many students were preparing for classes. The first two shootings occurred at 7:15 am at West Ambler Johnston Hall. 21/2 hours later after Cho had changed his blood stained clothes, deleted his e-mails, removed the hard drive, mailed videos to NBC television; he again went on another shooting spree which killed 30 people. In total Cho killed 32 people and wounded 25 others before killing himself.

Isla Vista, CA- When the news came on of a shooting rampage near the campus of UC Santa Barbara, Elliot Rodger's parents actually suspected it would be him. That day he had emailed out a 107,000 word document called “My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger” to his family and therapists, laying out the his life story of romantic failures. He uploaded a video to YouTube titled "Elliot Rodger's VidRetribution" which outlined the murders to come and the causes.

On November 4, 2015 at approximately 0800 PST a UC Merced California college student wielding a knife caused harm and fear during morning classes. Ultimately the attacker wounded four people before police arrived and were forced to use deadly force to stop the attacker. The attacker later died from the wounds sustained. The quick police response was a result of the college having its own police officers on campus.

The Associated Press (2012) covered an article wherein Margaret Anderson was gunned down on New Year’s Day while conducting a traffic stop on Mount Rainier. The shooter was Benjamin Barnes, a 24-year-old who wanted a challenge of evading a manhunt in the wild. The shooting forced 125 people to stay at a lodge on the mountain while guarded by police officers. The FBI, Washington State Police and US Forest Service conducted the manhunt. Benjamin Barnes evaded SWAT teams on the mountain for one day, but was discovered by a police helicopter facedown, dead in the snow.

The daily paper started to distribute six days a week in 1948 and had their first Sunday release on September 8, 1991. Their dissemination to date is 50,000 and their circulation reach is in territorial groups from Beaumont to Twentynine Palms to the Salton

In University of Texas Charles Whitman was studying on architectural engineering. Fun fact when he was 6 he had an IQ of 139. At 3am he killed his mother and his wife. Then later morning he rented a truck for about 250$. Then he bought himself the guns he need to carry out the attack. He also carried a few things that he need as essential when he’s hungry or thirsty or needs to go he grabbed some food,drinks,toilet paper,and other things. But however he was surrounded by cops but before he would be arrested he killed himself and fell off of the

Almost two days later another shooting took place killing a total of four people in a Maryland food store. The Police Force refused to release the killer’s name only said “The Mad Gun”. A older gun left his home with the intent to kill hundreds as was written in his journal, along with other acts of terror. “I laugh at myself at the thought that this new control law could ever make a difference, I will show them. Hundreds will fall to me” - The journal of The Mad Gun. The gun entered the store and demanded the doors be locked and everyone get to the floor. With the chance of death on them, ten people fell to the floor, while a cashier locked the doors. The gun proceeded to fire at the Cashier shooting him dead. The shot was heard by nearby bystanders, and the police were quickly alerted. In either panic or anger the gun loaded himself and proceeded to kill four people around him before taking his own life. No one will ever forget these two most heartbreaking days. Though one elderly man escaped certain death. Alex Glue was alone in his New York home on a late friday

1. TSAE mission is to identify, acquire, manage and provide state-of-the-art home station, rotational and expeditionary training support and visual information capability as directed by USAREUR, to prepare full spectrum capable forces for global employment, and serves as the 7 ATC point of contact for training support at installations outside of the Bavarian Military Community. TSC Ansbach mission is to provide state of the art Visual Information (VI), Ranges, Training Area, and Training Aids, Devices and Simulator (TADS) to support Home Station and Rotational units conducting training at the TSC Ansbach Training enablers and the Local Training Area Oberdachstetten (LTA).

At Arkansas Tech he was no longer the standout player on the football field, started getting mediocre grades, and in his free time he would be at parties or the club. One night after a party with his old friends Jeff, Heath, and Richard they were almost driven off the road and met four guys and got in a fight. One of the guys had a blade in his hand and hit jeff right in the side, filled with anger Jeff quickly got back at him and started pounding his head in but was soon pulled off by Adam. The guys then hopped back into the truck until a one of them came back out with a shotgun and shot Jeff. Adam immediately ripped his shirt off and walked to the guy with the gun and told him “If you’re going to shoot me, f---ing shoot me!”(page 40-41) He then walked to the guy with the gun and said a few words, then took his friend to the hospital where Jeff was barely breathing but was still alive thanks to Adam, he