The Differences Of The Las Vegas Shootings

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There are many differences and similarities between the Boston Massacre and the Kent State shooting.

On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old college student, shocked the nation when he perpetrated the deadliest shooting massacre in U.S. history. The violent rampage took place on the Virginia Tech University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, where Cho was a senior majoring in English. Before turning the gun on himself and delivering a fatal gunshot to the head, Cho murdered more than 30 of his classmates and University faculty; numerous others were injured. In a strange twist, several days after the tragedy, a package determined to have been mailed by Cho during the shooting spree was received at NBC News in New York. The package contained photos of Cho posing with guns, as well as video clips and various pages of Cho’s writing.

Since people are mostly only able to participate in catastrophes such as this mass shooting at a distance, news media is the primary source of information, which therefore creates the audiences’ reality of the events that occur.(Wheeler 80) With this, the mass media has the control of what people are exposed to, and the choice to amplify awareness to what they choose as important. In an interview conducted with Sarah, an undergraduate student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she recalled her exposure to the news of the shooting: “The only reports I had access to, was what I saw in the news”. When asked how she thinks the media had an effect on her perception of the shooting, she stated: ”Well I believe that since the only information I was able to get was from news sources, what I saw in the news is what I believed. So I really do think the media had a strong effect since I was exposed to mainly what they chose to present to me.” With this, media messages, such as the reporting on the Las Vegas shooting, exert a strong influence on audiences and the cultivation of people’s perception. The frequent exposure to these stories of mass shootings and the use of descriptors based on race are fed to the audience and become a common knowledge. Ultimately, the promotion of racial stereotypes through the disproportionate representation of perpetrators of mass shootings influences public opinion and perception.(Lankford) With the strong effect that media has on the people, it is

Dylann Roof, killer of nine innocent people, was taken into custody two weeks ago Thursday morning. Some would say God forgives him, and some would like to strike back. Dylann walked into a bible study and shot three men and six women, in order to start a ‘race war’. It was his belief that white people should stand with their own, and war against other colors.

Bang! A bullet left the chamber of a handgun, disrupting San-Francisco’s touristy promenade into chaos. Only one person was killed, an innocent woman named Kate Steinle. Kate was just walking with her father until Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez pulled the trigger which ended her nice pleasant stroll with her father and her life on that beautiful evening. The killer, Juan Francisco Lopez- Sanchez is an illegal immigrant that was never legally permitted to carry a firearm in the State of California in the first place, but somehow he got a hold of one and shot Kate Steinle in the back. He was deported to Mexico five times, and has a criminal record of committing several crimes, and recently murdering Kate Steinle(Sakuma). This event sparked national

On the morning of December 14, 2012, America experienced its deadliest mass shooting at a grade school and the fourth-deadliest mass shooting by a single person. All of America was left reeling as the details of what transpired were shared through every media outlet. Media reporters and American citizens were left wondering about how could this have happened and how could we have prevented this heinous crime. In looking for an explanation the Media emphasized various topics such as mental health, violent video games, and gun control as possible catalysts. This essay will provide a critical analysis of what happened in the Sandy Hook Shooting, the media’s role in public opinion, and the arguments laid forth by claims-makers as associated

The Columbine shooting is known as the bloodiest, also the deadliest school shooting in U.S history. On April 20, 1999 twelve teenagers, also one adult were killed in a massive school shooting. Dylan Klebold a seventeen year old and Eric Harris a eighteen year old were students at Columbine High School in Colorado. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were arrested in January 1998 for stealing items in a van. In March 1998 Harris threatened Brooks Brown to kill him and would love to kill people. Columbine shooting greatly impacted America due to the price of firearms and movement to firearms school safety was an issue and made schools safer with more enforced rules and safety hazards, people culturally started to become more feared.

April 20th, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went to their school in Littleton, CO. They preceded to kill 12 and injure 21 students and faculty before killing themselves. Columbine shooting is infamous as one of the worst school shootings in US history. Harris and Klebold were known as outcasts and were ridiculed regularly. It has been said that they were out for revenge on the school for being mistreated (New York Daily). This extreme case is the cause of a broken psyche due to repeated blows from peers. “Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting incidents” (Statistics). Not every case will lead to a mass shooting, but is more plausible to lead to suicide. Teenagers are taking their own lives, because they can

For years there has been an ongoing battle with gun safety laws throughout America. When Sandy Hook occurred, and the Las Vegas massacre, what about the two hundred and twelve school shootings that happened in America this year; we’re only in February (Cook). You would think after Virginia Tech they would have solved the problem then and none of this would have happened. Recently there was a mass shooting in a high school in Florida, this has caused an uproar leading student victims to protest and fight for gun laws. We are tired of not being able to feel safe at school or a concert. Our government is not doing enough for our safety, that is why we should come together as one force and fight for gun control.

For my curent events collage I created a collage about the recent tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. I chose this event because over the summer, I went on a road trip and we started in Vegas, and it was hard to believe that such a terrible massacre occurred in a place where I was on vacation at only a month before. On October 1st, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Harvest music festival from his room at the Mandalay Bay, killing 59 people and injuring more than 450. The mass shooting is the biggest shooting in modern US history. The event has brought question to the gun policy, or lack thereof, that America regulates.

The Virginia Tech shooting was also one of the worst historical events in history that made me see things differently. On April 16, 2007, a shooting was occurred that not only changed the lives of the students, but also changed the way I see life. The reason was because one student had a mental problem which lead him to killing and hurting a lot of students. Mourning the losses of teachers, friends, and students, Virginia Tech is now forever changed, says one veterinary school spokesperson (Schultz, par. 2). It saddens me that a person would do this just to be famous or to cause physical and mental pain on innocent people.

There have been many horrific shootings in the history of the United States. Despite that, the shooting in Las Vegas was the worst shooting in modern US history. It affected a lot of people throughout the country.

The article “He Was Shot Vegas Shooting” a man (hero) saved people during the shooting at the festival. The hero saved his family before anyone else. Later, he saved two little girl that were hiding and where not completely hidden. During him saving the girls he was shot in the neck and he began to feel nauseous. He was then helped by a police officer the told him “everything was going to be ok” which he had also been telling the other people. He was later rushed to the hospital and was told throughout America that he was a hero. He said “i'm likely to spend the rest of my life with this bullet in my neck.” He said he would want people to do the same for him in that situation or any situation for that matter.

Taking a look at the Columbine high school shooting and the Virginia Tech University shooting, they followed different and similar situations. When these events occurred they both reached the record of worst mass shootings in U.S. history. On April 20, 1999, the Columbine shooting occurred early morning in which most of the students had already filled the school. The columbine shooters intentions to murder the students at the school were pre-meditated and were determined to destroy as much lives as possible. As for the Virginia tech shooting, it occurred 4 days before the 8th anniversary of the columbine shooting in which the shooter also referenced the two columbine shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. As the events developed throughout the morning, they both conquered one goal, fear amongst all students and faculty.