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Gun control is a vital necessity that will produce a safe college community, a secure country and most of all a peaceful world. Unfortunately, some individuals do not see it as a vital necessity that it is. They believe that it has no impact on the learning environment and that it is a right based on the second amendment. The statistics and data show otherwise, stricter gun controls are crucial. No individual wants to feel in harm's way in their home or in society. Without laws that apply to gun

Nineteen minutes is a captivating novel that follows the story of a school shooting while thought-provoking the readers to ponder: Do we ever really know someone? This novel follows the relationship among peers, and the nervousness and distance between a teenager and a single mother. Author Jodi Picoult, discusses an important and increasingly common issue of school shootings. In this paper, I am going to discuss the reasonings why I believe Peter Houghton decided to commit such an atrocity at Sterling

is sad to say. No one really has any respect when they do things such like these things. They mainly have mental problems and no attention. As of everything there has been more shootings such as the one in Blacksburg, Virginia. A shooting broke out at the event of Virginia

Another important aspect to look into is the different reasons why men and women commit suicide. For women, it is often thought that the main reason for female suicide is from depression over relational failure or problems with relationships (Kalish et al 2010). For men, suicidal behaviors are believed to be stemmed from achievement failure or identity threats that can come from a failure of living up to the hegemonic masculine identity (Kalish et al 2010). When looking at the idea that the main

On November 4, 2015 at approximately 0800 PST a UC Merced California college student wielding a knife caused harm and fear during morning classes. Ultimately the attacker wounded four people before police arrived and were forced to use deadly force to stop the attacker. The attacker later died from the wounds sustained. The quick police response was a result of the college having its own police officers on campus. As a result of the incident UC Merced will have counselors available to help

the spike in crimes recently committed containing guns. Recently in the media, there have been many cases highlighted that illuminate just how dangerous these weapons are. These cases include, but are not limited to, the Orlando Massacre and the Virginia Tech shooting. Each of these mass shootings provides examples of how easily assault rifles can be placed in the hands of the wrong people and how detrimental it is that these laws are changed. On the contrary to changing the current gun laws, many

Giovanni’s “We are Virginia Tech” Overcoming a tragedy: throughout the known history of the United States of America there have been one hundred and thirty seven school shootings. The Virginia Tech massacre is one of the most known school shootings, killing thirty two and injuring another seventeen. This massacre occurred on April 16, 2007 and is recorded as one of the deadliest school shooting incidents by a lone gunman in U.S. history. Giovanni’s speech aims to persuade that the Virginia Tech family will

16, 2007 a mass murder read. April 16, 2007 was a very terrifying day for all staff and students of Virginia Tech University, on this particular day a 23 year old student commits a serious crime that led to a large amount of deaths. This student identity was not revealed until further notifications were taken on regards of this issue. The incident is described as a student who enters Virginia Tech campus and is known to own two semi-automatic pistols which are a glock 9 and a walther P22 killing

Glenn Cunningham was only eight years old when the accident had happened. Before school every morning, he always arrived early to heat up the room by putting a light fuel oil called kerosene in the coal stove. One morning when he had arrived to school, he went to put the kerosene in the stove and there was an accident. Someone had wrongly added gasoline to the kerosene and when the gasoline was added to the stove, the whole school had caught on fire. Nobody else had been at the school until the teacher

On February 7th, 2007 the most tragic United States mass shooting happened in history. 23 year old student, Cho picked up a Walther P-22 pistol and killed 32 people at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia. This left the whole nation in shock leaving innocent students fearful , higher education administration astonished and families mourning the loss of their children. Cho was found guilty after submitting his own confession video to NBS news along with 28 gruesome photos and profane