Shootings have become very common in America as every year we hear about so many incidents involving shootings. However, bombing threats are still not that commons. What a person would do when they have to come across with both of these situations at a same time. Last year, in my high school I found myself going through this situation when a bombing and a shooting threat was made to the principle of my school over the social media. Our schools and police need to take better steps to insure the safety…
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On last Friday, April 20th, America had its twentieth school shooting of this year. Nineteen-year-old Sky Bouche, a former student at Forest High School, shot a seventeen-year-old male student in the ankle. The injured student is expected to be okay and his injury was not considered serious. The high school in Ocala, Marion County, Florida, was set to have a walkout against school violence later that day. Bouche was put under arrest by the high school’s resource officer, Deputy Jimmy Long. Deputy…
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to the Madness A severe outbreak of public civilian shootings have been wide spread across our country over the past several decades. As murders of all kind have been present throughout the history of man's existence, it is troubling that innocent bystanders are being murdered for no reasonable explanation in today's society through what we classify as public shootings. Unfortunately these disasters are found any and everywhere from schools and movie theatres, from parks to public events such as…
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The start of high school was an absolute mess, even with someone as organized as myself. New topics, ideas, and friends entering and leaving my life quicker than they ever had before. I had classes with seemingly random people who I would have previously never talked to, who would very quickly turn into close friends. This change was only accelerated by the addition of my fall season as a rower. To add some context, I am a 6’ 2” guy who is utterly useless at any sport that requires a drop in hand-eye…
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that caused the shooting at Columbine High School should go to jail? In April 20, 1999 a very special girl named Rachel Scott who believed that she can change the world has died because in the shooting. She want everyone to be forgiving and kind. She created the 30 Days of Kindness, and the Chain Reaction. She wants to convince everyone to help each other. The shooting was called by two boys named Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. Dylan and Eric was students at Columbine High School. They have bombs…
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about going through bad and good moment. The Columbine High school shooting is the most tragic event in American history that no one could ever forget. the shooting brought a big trauma for students and teachers.Michael Moore's " Bowling for Columbine," a documentary which alternately humorous and horrifying about the united states. Through this movie Moore attempt to show how the availble of guns leads to many civilians dead whether in school or other places. Moore a member of the National Rifle…
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I always dreaded waking up everyday at 6 a.m. to get ready for school. On February 29th, I woke up and felt terrible and I almost asked my father if I could stay home. Before I asked him, I remembered we were going to have a party in the kindergarten class I tutored for; I could not miss that. When I got to school, I was waiting until lunch to go to the party in my kindergarten room. I was working on my math when our school secretary came on the speaker and yelled “Lockdown, the building is on lockdown…
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Michael Carneal was sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 school shooting at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky after pleading guilty. Three people were killed and seven wounded at the time of the shooting. For the past couple of years Carneal has been trying to get his guilty plea withdrawn by claiming he was mentally ill. This past week Carneal’s second attempt to get his plea withdrawn has been denied. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that Carneal was mentally competent at least beginning…
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The Columbine High School Massacre was one of the most deadly U.S. school shootings to date. On April 20th, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Colorado. According to History.com Staff, the shooting started at about 11:19 a.m., and lasted until a little after 12 p.m.; when Eric and Dylan took their own lives. Many people were shocked to learn about the shooting, and the community was devastated. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold…
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Columbine Gun violence was a prevalent problem in America long before the late 1990s, but the Columbine High School Massacre was the first time so many lives were taken in a school setting on national television. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s attack on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, saw more deaths than any prior school shooting. The devastation of the Columbine shooting served as a warning to some and a blueprint for others. Unfortunately, the attempt at new safety measures put…
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