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    Arming School Shootings

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    the cause of school shootings, and arming a non-sound mind could put people in danger. According to “61% of Teachers Stressed Out, 58% Say Mental Health Is Not Good in New National Survey” say over the years the amount of teachers that say they are stressed, has risen at an overwhelming pace. Giving teachers guns would only add to the stress. Over half of teachers nationally are suffering from stress provoking situations, like sleep deprivation and bullying from colleagues and school goers. People

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    Massacre at Columbine (140 points) 1. Where did the Massacre occur? (1 point) The Columbine High School massacre was at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. 2. By Who? (5 points) The perpetrators, senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. 3. Give me a biography of the individuals that committed the massacre? (20 points) • Eric Harris was born April 9, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas. His family relocated often, because his father

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    Colorado. His father Thomas Klebold and mother Susan Yassenoff were pacifists and would make Dylan and his older brother attend the Lutheran church. At home they would obey some rituals keeping with Klebold's maternal grandfather's Jewish heritage. In school Eric and Dylan were not very popular and were mostly bullied. In one of Dylan’s journal’s entries he wrote “ I hate you people for leaving me out of so many fun things. And no don't … say, 'Well that's your fault,' because it isn't, you people

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         The 20th of April was the anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The shooting deaths of 12 students and 1 teacher—and the two suicides of the teenage executioners and left many others psychologically and physically damaged. Who’s to blame? , On the issue of blame, of this massacre it is not music, or video games, and not even movies, it’s the shooters because everybody is responsible own actions. However, the parents could have been

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    High school is where we create our most memorable moments. Memories that will sync into our minds and will remember for a lifetime. Some wish they could press rewind and hit play to relive it again. However the students in Littleton, Colorado, experienced a life changing event they wish to never remember. On April 20th 1999, two teens killed 13 people and wounded more than 20 at Columbine High School (History.com). According to History.com,“the Columbine shooting was, at the time, the worst high

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    Weapons have evolved in significant ways since the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791. The ratification of the Bill of Rights included the Second Amendment that claims, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (Spalding 33). Lawyer Les Adams speaks to these changes in The Second Amendment Primer. The Second Amendment Primer is a print source that has information before the Second Amendment

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    career. After university, she worked for non-profit organizations in Baltimore that fought against inner city crime, specifically gun violence. During her senior year in high school, she was greatly impacted when her city became the location for one of the deadliest school shootings in history. Her work focused on securing schools not with arms, but with the tools necessary to ensure every student had accessibility to social resources; such as, guidance counselors, therapists, and academic tutoring

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    number one reason why that number is so high? Gun control in America does not need to increase in order to make gun related violence decrease, make it easier to carry concealed weapons, and to enable individuals to be better equipped to protect themselves and their families. Gun control laws should not increase because as of right now it is already hard enough for people to be able to own a gun even if they aren't convicted felons. All of the mass shootings, the home invasions that end in broken

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    There are many symbols from the Civil War that embrace and celebrate the ideals of the Confederate States of America (CSA): the “stars and bars” of the CSA flag, high schools who are nicknamed “Rebels”, and just a few miles from Lake Braddock is a major highway, the Jefferson Davis Highway, named after the President of CSA. Today, over 150 years after the creation of the CSA, these symbols need to be abolished as they are offensive to a significant number of Americans. Though there might be many

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    will be your last. In this instance, 13 people were murdered. They went to school and treated it as a typical day; however, they were oblivious to the fact that it was quite the contrary. We aren’t guaranteed a tomorrow. b.) Dylan Klebold (VoDKa) was a tall young man. He had shoulder-length hair and dark dreary eyes. He was very self-conscious of his usually shaped nose (most likely from his Jewish heritage). He often entertained thoughts of suicide which branched from his underlying

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