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    turned out to be a massive plan that claimed the lives of ten innocent people in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. When the shooting first began, people were believed it was carried out by a man in a van or truck. But later we found out that the shootings were by a man named John Allen Muhammad, and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, in a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice sedan. The first shooting happened on the day of October 2 2002 at 6:30 p.m., James Martin, a 55-year-old NOAA analyst, was shot and killed

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    Chief Photographer / Reporter: Michael Slyman, Stinger News Vegas Northwest Las Vegas (NV) A veteran Metropolitan Police officer was shot shortly after 3:30 a.m., Friday morning. The shooting occurred in the 6700 block of Oveja Circle, near, Alta Drive and S. Rainbow Boulevard. Metro Police Deputy Director of Public Information Sergeant John Sheehan said and a early morning briefing but the officer was shot in a backyard, after responding to a suspected burglary

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    Columbine shooting was a tragic event that brought high school safety into a new light. Both of the seniors committing the crime killed themselves before they could be questioned, causing the terrified public to blame the incident on the media, specifically Marilyn Manson. While The Crucible and the Columbine shootings are similar in people standing up for incoherent children and deaths for selfish reasons, they are also very different. Children in high school were killed in the Columbine shooting while

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    The prevailing theme in The Guest and Shooting an Elephant is the effect of respect on morality. In the former, the main character Daru exhibits a great deal of respect and hospitality to the Arab, especially considering the circumstances. In the latter, the Burmans exhibit no respect to the police officer in the event of the elephant display, or in his day to day life. These opposite scenarios have a distinct effect on the morality of the main characters. Respect has a distinct effect on morality

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    win a majority government. Lastly, if people feel unsafe with firearms they possess they can simply rid of them, when the right time comes, through a “Gun Amnesty Drive”. This is where people can drop off a firearm that you possess that is inherited or simply, no longer in usage. That means that people can use a gun amnesty drive to drive away the worry of that weapon crashing into the wrong hands (Verbal Irony). Toronto Police Inspector Chris Boddy feels that “any time the Toronto police removes one

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    gunshot wounds. The vehicle had multiple bullet holes in the passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the Fayetteville Police Department to be processed. 4. It was learned through several interview the shooting incident had originally occurred at 925 Kennesaw Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28314. Homicide Detectives went to the residence and noticed multiple bullet holes in the residence and multiple spent rifle and pistol shell casings in the road in-front of the residence.

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    also known to retaliate against rival gangs by committing “drive-bye” shootings at rival gang members. At times the end result of drive-byes also involve innocent people who have been killed during these reckless acts. It is unknown if these ruthless violent acts are a prerequisite to becoming a member or a hit ordered from the upper rank members. As a police officer, I've been on numerous scenes of robberies, shootings and drive-byes shootings. During these investigations, I have in countered numerous

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    scholarly evidence, Newman argues that a majority of school shootings are caused due to the surroundings of the shooter. Therefore, she examines the connections of the individual shooters and takes a deeper look at their culture and communities. She finds that overall, “fifty-three percent were called names, fourteen percent were threatened and five percent were physically hurt”, and gained the knowledge that out of many incidents of school shootings, sixty-three percent of the cases were triggered by bullying

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    getting killed. For example, in the documentary Moore shows that the media promotes fear in the American news program as they only focus on negative news such as violence and death such as in the news they state, “Tonight in South Central, a drive-by shooting”. It makes people fear certain places such as going to South Central as they portray it to be a dangerous place to go to as the news shows all the negative things that happen there such as crimes which make people fear to go there. Where in Canada

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    cause them to take place in the real world? For years many have felt video games has had an effect on shootings and other criminal activities. Such as “The Sandy Hook” shooting. Twenty-year-old, Adam Lanza played a lot of video games in his daily life following the events of the school shooting. Did the video games really link with his actions? Some believe video games had a role in the shooting. Some believed maybe the games trained him and acted as a simulator for when the real thing

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