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    examined databases on past high-profile mass killings and school shootings in the U.S. and fit a contagion model to the data to determine if these tragedies inspired similar events in the near future. They determined that mass killings -- events with four or more deaths -- and school shootings create a period of contagion that lasts an average of 13 days. Roughly 20 to 30 percent of such tragedies appear to arise from contagion. Their paper, "Contagion in Mass

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    firearm owners to have licenses, register their weapons, nor restrict the amount of weapons one may own. Along with that, the state does not require sellers to do a background check before selling ammunition. This may be a contributing factor to the mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas on October 1st. According to Chris Perez from the New York Post, the gunman unloaded approximately 900 bullets into a crowd, with multiple assault rifles. Unfortunately, 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured

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    gun violence in the United States for the past few years killing several victims that gotten caught in cross fire, mass shootings, and in crime. In 2012, “there were over a dozen mass shooting incidents with two standing out as especially tragic.” One of the shootings ended with 12 people dead and 58 others harmed and only tis amount because the shooter gun was jammed. The second mass shooting involved a man not only killing his mom but also elementary school children and some of the people working

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    Suicide Attempters

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    There are three types of suicidal experience: threatening, attempting, and committing suicide. Those who threaten suicide do so explicitly, directly, or clearly, and 40 percent of such people have seriously attempted to kill themselves in the past. Suicide attempters are ambiguous in their intent and less explicit in communicating their suicidal feelings. They seem to be seeking help, but either cannot communicate their message or others do not take it seriously because of its vagueness, which leads

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    Critical Thinking Paper: Would a Gun Ban Make the Nation Safer It is important to understand why it the reasoning behind sticker gun regulations. America has had a lot of gun violence recently. Media outlets have recently been covering a fairly consistent amount of stories this. Due to the increase of violence in America, a question has been purposed, would the elimination of guns in civilian hand make civilians safe. To Ban or Not to Ban Gun violence has been a huge debate in social circles, government

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    Mass Killers

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    Yet again, a connection has been made just as with the types and traits of mass murders/murderers. Many mass killers fall into more than one category on how they establish their motives. Again, scientists, therapists, and psychologists have established that there is a psychological map in connection to a mass murderer’s motive. In Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes, at the age of twenty four, went into a movie theatre, while it was playing The Dark Knight Rises, and commenced shooting into the audience

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    violence is one of the major problems in the United States and the number of people dying from gun violence is increasing every year. The increase in drugs business, terrorist attacks, mass shootings, crimes, and robbery are the effects of guns violence. Gun related violence is violence committed with the use of a gun. Mass shooting, homicides, domestic violence, robbery, and assault are the different gun-related acts of violence in the United States. According to the UNODC, small gun surveys, America

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    your own family members or friends. According to our Founding Fathers, our second amendment should not be infringed and that people have the rights to keep and bear arms. However, because the United States is the number one country with mass shootings and suicide is the number one cause of gun deaths, it is necessary for our second amendment to be infringed and regulated in order to stop more people from losing their lives. Pro-gun

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    a fair compromise. If the United States were to adopt stricter gun control laws, there would be fewer mass shootings, a lower murder rate, and less violent crime. The United States should pursue new gun laws to create a safer environment for everyone. In the past decade alone, there have been countless mass shootings in the United States alone resulting in a large body count. Whenever a mass shooting occurs, a debate always follows about how easy it is to obtain firearms, despite background checks

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    “Perception toward commit suicide among UTAR students”. We want to understand how the UTAR students think about suicide with carry different opinion from different races and gender. We will distribute 100 sheets of the questionnaire to UTAR students based on their races and gender. In this assignment, we will distribute 50 sheets of survey question to male students and 50 sheets for female students. In this questionnaire we also ask about UTAR student’s opinion which is “does suicide makes soreness disappear”

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