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Dear Mortimer I am writing this paper to persuade you to rethink your position concerning the preemption of firearms regulation regarding college campuses. All over the world violence occurs when we least expect it. As the human race evolves, so does the technology we use. We have acquired the ability to kill a man without being in his general vicinity. With just the slight movement of my finger I can end someone’s life. One small confrontation could lead to a terrible travesty. In the United States

not the ones to worry about. Furthermore, mental illness is turning out to be a major cause of gun violence, in order to reduce gun crimes and instead of creating more laws and stipulations, steps must be taken. A professor at the University of Virginia and clinical psychologist, Dewey G. Cornell stated, ''We need to focus on prevention more broadly, before the violence, to have a real impact.'' (qtd. In Broader Approach). Some interpret that as, Americans need to stop focusing on the laws, and

In any classic story about heroes and villains, the monsters involved are often characterized as the evil ones and, consequently, receive no justice under the law. Throughout the epic story Beowulf, the hero of the story encounters three monsters that are threats to society: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon. The monsters in Beowulf are quickly targeted and destroyed because of the harm they cause to society. However, upon further examination of the monsters and the motives for their actions

my life and the lives of others on campus. I do not believe that this student is mentally sound” (Hoeft). Life is a precious thing; one may not realize how important it is until they are faced with a threat on their mortality. More than thirty of Virginia Tech’s students were faced with that mortality on April 16, 2007, when Seung-Hui Cho murdered them with two semiautomatic handguns, and then he killed himself. Many problems lead to this unfortunate event, and many people seem to blame the school

The Second Amendment gives average citizens the right to keep and bear arms. This has been an occurring issue for a while now but the recent school shooting by Adam Lanza in December of 2012, an unstable man who had access to assault weapons killed 26 people. Do you feel safe under The Second Amendment? Many people think these mass shootings could have been stopped if the government had never repealed the 1994 assault weapon ban or if we had universal background checks, keeping this ban active could

intentions will not be stopped by the law, and by removing gun-rights, the rights of people with good intentions would also be removed. There are examples of how concealed carry being allowed could’ve saved lives amid mass shootings, such as the Virginia Tech Massacre of

Phillip Scullion The Police Response to Critical Incidents In Academic institutions University of Mount Olive 09/24/2017   Abstract In recent years educational institutions have been targeted by active shooters. The threat of an assailant entering an academic environment has compelled law enforcement agencies and educational institutions to revise their tactical responses. The first paragraph consists of the Columbine school shooting. The second paragraph will cover the safety programs schools

Mental health and mass shootings seem to go hand in hand, especially when the talk of gun laws comes up.The debate about gun laws getting stricter due to the mass shootings across the country has been stewing for about 18 years now. What sparked the debate was back in 1999, Columbine High School was involved in a mass shooting killing 12. This is one of the many examples that could define the gun violence and mass shootings in our country. As there seems to be a direct correlation between gun violence

The feasibility of arming security guards is based on a group of college students’ interests, and expectations for their college facility to alter its policies to aid in safety measures for its students. The focus of this paper is research into gun violence in educational facilities, access to firearms in our state, and researched conducted in Linn Benton Community College’s policies on guns. We investigated into LBCC’s finances for the conditions and costs that altering the policy entail, as well

argument starts up again. Maybe it is time to do more. Adam Gopnik wrote about this subject in his essay “Shootings”. His view is that there needs to be better gun control laws. Gopnik started his article with ringing cell phones at the site of the Virginia Tech shooting “ To imagine the feelings of police…heartrending…the parents…unbearable” as the victims cell phones kept ringing. Parents and others were told that asking about how this tragedy happened was not for the immediate time or place. How a