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On October 1, 2017 America was, yet again, devastated when Las Vegas suffered the United States worst mass shooting. One man killed over 50 people and injured 527. After he was finished firing from the 39th floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort, he committed suicide. His name was Stephan Paddock (Yan and Park). When most people think of a mass shooting, they think of a terroristic act or someone shooting at a large group of innocent citizens, like Columbine High School or Sandy Hook Elementary School

them. The U.S has a total of 273 total mass shootings since January 1st. In 2015 there was a total of 372 shootings in the U.S. Since 2010 there has been 142 school shootings. The five deadliest mass shooting were at Las vegas, Pulse nightclub, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hooks Elementary school and Luby Cafeteria. Out of those five, four of them happened in the U.S. Las Vegas shooting was by far the deadliest shootings in Modern History. It happened on October 1st 2017. The Las Vegas shooting was during

Morris, 2014). The author states in regards to relationships and school shootings “The lack of attachment with their parents or caregivers at the beginning of their life to some of the school shooters. Sueng-Hui Cho, who was the shooter of the Virginia Tech Massacre on April 16, 2007 suffered from this kind of risk factor. Cho did not communicate with his parents or those around him” (Ibid,

The Life Course of a Mass Murderer Cornelius Davis DeVry University The Life Course of a Mass Murderer On April 16, 2007 one of the most devastating mass murders in U.S history occurred at a Virginia college. Seung-Hui Cho a 23 year old South Korean alone executed the killing of 33 people by securing colleges doors to prevent escape of any students. Events such as these are truly tragic and devastating to all involved. By gathering background information about Seung-Hui Cho, we can effectively

16, 2007, in the town of Blacksburg Virginia, a college student who attended Virginia Tech, opened gunfire to his fellow classmates. This shooting has been considered to be the biggest massacre in all of American history. There are many things to be discussed in this major tragedy. Some of them include the events leading up to the shooting, the timeline that the shootings occurred, the causes, and the significance in this particular shooting. The Virginia Tech is only

a random collection of isolated incidents?” said Jackson Katz, activist against violent acts.This quote perfectly shows that school security needs to be improved and taken more seriously.There have been 275 school shootings since Columbine.The virginia tech massacre is the largest modern shooting in U.S history with 32 killed and 17 wounded.If precautions were taken this could have been prevented.25% of teenagers are exposed to hate related graffiti within school grounds.Schools now are filled with

Ashok Kadariya James Jaap English 15: 04 29th October 2017 Gun Violence On the night of October 1, 2017, a 64-year-old gunman fired hundreds of rifle rounds from his suite on the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel on the crowded concert. According to the Washington post, he killed at least 59 people and injured more than 500 others. He later killed himself. Gun violence is one of the major problems in the United States and the number of people dying from gun violence is increasing every

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a mass shooting is when four or more people are shot and killed, not including the suspect. The United States of America has one of the highest proportion rates where mass shootings occur. And, to take into consideration, more than fifty percent of these incidents are family related; 98% of the time it is men who carry out these mass shootings. On December 14, 2012, a twenty-year-old man named Adam Lanza had opened fire at the “Sandy Hook Elementary

There has been an average of one school shooting every week in America since the Sandy Hook shooting. On the fourteenth of December, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, 20-year-old Adam Lanza not only killed his mother in her home, but also twenty children and six members of staff at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. This was to be the third deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The Huffington Post reports that as of 2014, there have been over 200 school shootings. These have resulted in at least 94

Mass school shootings have become a disturbing trend in this country in the last two decades. According to the FBI, mass shootings (defined as shooting events that kill at least four people) occur approximately every two weeks in the United States (Manson). This baffling trend has left families and communities devastated with some having no concrete answers as to why exactly they lost their loved ones to these tragedies. Why have there been so many school shootings recently? Questions such as this