Essays on Columbine High School

Mass Shootings: How we can deter potential mass shooters in the US? List some major mass shootings in the US and identify some major similarities and major differences among them. Mass shootings have become an issue in the United States. There are ways mass shootings can be deterred. One way is strict gun regulations. By making it hard for people to possess firearms, it makes mass shootings less likely. Also strict screenings and regulations can be put in place so people with mental health issues are not able to purchase a firearm. Also another more extreme example of a ...

Abstract

The Columbine High School Massacre was the bloodiest school killing spree in the United States of America ever committed. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 12 of other students, one professor and injured 24, before committing a suicide (Aronson, 2000). The perpetrators had versatile arsenal of weapons and pipe bombs, which, according to the US Security Service estimates was sufficient to kill 200 people (Kass, 2009). Theorists extensively debated about the motives of their attack. Some argued that the reasons were psychological (Atheide, 2009), while others actively advocated the notion that their attack was a retaliation for bullying and ...

The deliberate hostile activity to cause physical harm or mass killing of a targeted population in places like schools, workplaces, places of worship, public gathering is a Hybrid Targeted Violence (HTV). The places of gathering where people have least option to shield themselves are the preferred locations for an HTV action. The weapons used in this kind of violence may be the conventional firearms or other explosive devices. These incidents of atrocity have multi-threat, and often go against the conventional procedural strategies of the relevant agencies of public safety to initiate a rescue or counter the violence. The initial moments are very ...

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Introduction Public Administrators do not give communication in an organization or in a society the importance it demands. Whether it is a governmental organization or non-governmental organization, data flows through different channels of communication to enhance the productivity of the employers and benefits of the stakeholders. In public organizations, communication is more complex because it occurs vertically, horizontally, internally and externally between the employees, subordinates, other department heads, interests groups and public masses. If public administrators are not prudent about this type of communication then a lot of serious problems might occur which can make the whole society suffer to a ...

Flawed Decisions on Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was, without a doubt, one of the most destructive natural disasters that the United States has felt in the past few decades. The hurricane hit the Louisiana coast with some warning, but no one foresaw the incredible amounts of long-term damage the storm would do to the state and to the reputation of the federal government. Many people agree that much of the death and destruction that took place during the storm could have been avoided, but how is that so? The storm was a natural disaster, and was by definition unavoidable for humanity. However, there were a number of ...

Bowling for Columbine is a classic Michael Moore film which demonstrates the power of the game of bowling as an alternative for target practise. The Columbine High School massacre is the basis behind the film and Moore shows that the culture of guns in the US has ruined the fabric of this society.

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Gun control is an important and very sensitive issue in the United States. Michael Moore’s film parodies the American fixation with guns and cites several cases where the usage of guns has gone out of hand in parallel with a perceived bowling incident before the Columbine School ...

US Gun Control Policies Must Be Strengthened

- The Issue Many would not easily forget the Aurora shooting incident in July, which happened upon the premier night of one of the highly anticipated movies of 2012, the Dark Knight Rises. The movie is noted as the final installment to Christopher Nolan’s interpretation of the iconic superhero that fights in the midst of shadows against criminals such as the Joker, Catwoman and Bane. The suspect, James Holmes, had been noted to have dressed himself as the infamous “Joker” considered as Batman’s arch-nemesis. The suspect had been reported to have used several high caliber pistols ...

Introduction

A critical incident is an event, that ruin the normal activity in a school environment, the public, and which causes damage to property, loss of life to faculty, the students, or staff. There are a few cases of critical incidents, ranging from fires to tornadoes. A good example of a critical incident is the well known the shooting event at Columbine high school. The outcome of such an event has an enduring impact on the victims, and the entire surrounding community at large. The school faculty should prepare for such events by establishing critical incident management plan, in real time. For ...

As of 2010, the current U.S. population is around 310 million people. According to Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau, approximately 45 % of American households, which are represented by over 65 million people, who own a total of more than 200 million firearms. Every year the amount of arms in private hands continuously increases by 4.5 million unit (Kleck, 1997, p. 45). The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution of 1791guarantees Americans the right to keep and bear firearms. There are a number of federal laws, regulating ownership and use of firearms, however, every American state establishes the majority of gun ...

The Columbine High School experienced a horrific turn of events on the 20th of April 1999. Two of its students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were on a mission that led to the death of 12 students and one teacher. The two teenagers had been planning for this massacre for quite some time. They been collecting guns, ammunitions as well as bomb components that they would use on the day of 20th April. It is said that they had even created a website which they posted blogs with statements that pinpointed several individual likely to be ...