How Did Gill Prepare For The Columbine Attack?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) classifies an active shooter event as “one in which one or more persons actively engages in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area” (FBI, 2017). All active shooter events in the United States during

day two seniors Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris carried out a full blown assault on the school during school hours with hundreds of kids and teachers present” (Levy, 1999). These two had a plan to kill as many people as they possibly could. They had multiple guns and explosives as they patrolled the halls looking for their victims. By the time the situation was resolved they had murdered 12 students and 1 teacher before they killed themselves.

The firearms that were used in the attacks were two nine millimeter hand guns and two twelve gauge shotguns. They had sawed off the barrels and the butts of the guns to make them easier to carry and conceal while walking into the school. Eric and Dylan used the internet to make ninety nine improvised devices that were all different in size and design. With all of these things that they had done they had already committed many felonies prior to the massacre. Eric and Dylan obtained these firearms from a local gun show. They had gone to the show the day before and were turned away because of their age. Determined to buy the weapons they Eric and Dylan found an older boy to buy the shot guns for them his boy worked at the pizza shop with them. Also they had purchased the hand guns through a person that they had met at work also. Later this person was prosecuted for selling a firearm to an underage person. The semi automatic hand gun was bought for five hundred dollars.

An initial requirement is to define the phenomenon of school shootings and the subcategories of incidents, the varying motives and identities of the perpetrators of school shootings. While rampage attacks are a difference in school shooting incidents that have captured the sculpted eye of mass media's attention in the last decade, a broader historical perspective reveals a wide range of school-related shooting incidents. the school-related mass murder incident, typically carried out by an individual who targets categories of individuals or the school institution in general. School-related mass murders are a branch of mass murder incidents, where an adult perpetrator, who is not a current or former student or employee, targets a school institution or group of students, selected for their importance. As in rampage cases, such incidents are sometimes labeled "postal-type shootings", and are typically people who desire power.

The media constantly covers school shootings and in return, school shootings gain followers who become admirers of the offenders. A network of school shootings do in fact exist and a majority of these followers are dedicated to the Columbine shooters. The Columbine shooters were the first of school shooters to distribute and broadcast information online. Since then, many school shooters have used social media sites, including YouTube, to upload images and/or videos prior to going out and shooting individuals in schools. School shooting fans on YouTube have created a small-world network in which they use the Columbine shootings as a uniting factor of their network, write short positive statements on school shootings, and partake in long discussions about school shootings. These small-world networks for school shooting fans are easy to find but hard to control or eliminate. Due to this, the existence of these networks increases a possibility of support and justification for potential offenders and provides potential offenders with ideas and plans for future

This source is found in a lengthy book relating to threat assessment. It features research about the term “leakage” which was explored in my investigation. Value from this source can be found in its origin. The source features research from two highly knowledgeable forensic psychologists, Meloy & O’Toole, and from the FBI itself. This is valuable because the research is proven to be accurate through its writers and editors. Also, the book Behavioral Sciences and the Law is specifically reliable due to the highly knowledgeable researchers and focuses on how behavior can be a red flag in threat assessment.

I will be comparing the video verion of The Most Dangerous Game to the story.

With the large number of shootings that have occurred in United States’ history one expected a pattern to exist for the shooters yet it seemed nonexistent. Many variables existed, almost 40 (Mongan,2007), making predicting when a school shooting would occur impossible. Even threats stating a shooting would occur were not valid signs of an upcoming shooting. Many threats originated from students “blowing off steam” and no intention existed to carry out the threat. The FBI created a list of possible ways to evaluate a threat but they caution the reader that not every threat resulted in violence(FBI).

During the month of January 2013, Carlton Berry was accused of opening fire at Lone Star College. He was accused of shooting two people before wounding himself in the leg. Even though it came to be known in the course of the investigation that it was really not Carlton Berry who was involved, but Trey Foster, the question arises as to whether guns should be allowed in colleges. This lone incidence that happened at Lone Star Community College reflects the April 16th, the year 2007 where there was a shooting on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute along with State University. In this incidence, a student by the name Seung-hui opened fire on unsuspecting scholars killing approximately 32 people and wounding many others before he

Over the years there have been different attacks in the United States that have caused innocent people to be injured or killed. The Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in 2012 are two examples that have involved an attack on a school, but the Ohio State University attack just happened recently. The Ohio State stabbing is one of the many attacks that have caused innocent people to be injured.

Cullen, Dave. “The Depressive and the Psychopath: The FBI’s Analysis of the Killers Motives” The Columbine Alamac (20 April 2004)

The crime of assault is when a subject threatens to inflict bodily harm with the ability to carry out this threat. In criminal law a threat does not constitute an assault, however during a fight if one party threatens to hit you and raises his fist, then this is considered an assault, because the subject is intending to carry out the threat to hit you. The second type of assault is Aggravated assault. This assault is punishable in all states and is when a victim is in fear that the subject is going to do more than merely frighten them. Most aggravated assaults are classified with robbery, rape or intent to kill. While reading through the legal dictionary I noticed that it gave an example that if someone points an unloaded gun at you this

Attacks receive more coverage when they harm or kill victims, involve hijackings or aircraft, have known perpetrators, and select targets associated with Western countries. A study of transnational terrorism shows that attacks that inflict injuries are twice as likely to attract media attention as those that do not. The attacks in which the perpetrator can be identified are four times as likely to be reported in a newspaper and ten times as likely to be reported on television (The Media’s Role in International Terrorsim). Attacks in the Middle East or Europe are twice as likely to receive media attention as attacks perpetrated in Latin America (The Media’s Role in International Terrorism). There are very similar factors that influence media coverage of attacks that take place within the United States.

I believe the theme for Columbine is just to inform the reader of the event that took place. The author was basically just trying to show all the research that he had done to better explain what happened. Dave Cullen wasn’t being bias and trying to convince the reading to feel the same way he felt about it. He was simply giving information and allowing the reader the perceive it in their own way. Columbine was written primarily for an informative purpose.

Image 1 and 2 are examples of an update that DPS posted about on the LiveSafe App. Updates on this application are instant, they notify me as soon as DPS posts them, therefore it is more convenient. Every update begins with the following lines; “For the protection and safety of SU students, faculty, staff and neighbors, the Department of Public Safety releases the following alert.” These lines indicate a pathos approach. The rhetor (DPS) is emitting slight emotions of fear and security to the audience (students). DPS is persuading students by spreading awareness and releasing an alert. In this case, DPS compiled information of three similar incidents and sent out one general update. It is important for them to accurately describe the situation and provide as many details as they can in order to notify students and spread awareness about potentially dangerous scenarios. The update begins with listings of the date, approximate time and location of the incidents. Following this, a simple, yet detailed description of the incidents are given. It is important for them to mention the tiniest things, such as the number of people involved, the color of the vehicle, the use of weapons as well as descriptions about the suspects. Looking at this example and all the factors tied together, a logos approach is also used here. It is necessary for DPS to use its authority and provide safety to students in any way that it