On February 27, 2012 in Chardon, Ohio, “Thomas "T. J." Lane, 17, took a Rugger MK III .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun and a knife to Chardon High School and fired ten shots at a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table. Three students died in the attack; a 16-year-old boy died immediately, and two other male students died from their wounds the following day. Three other students were injured.
We have had a lot of recent school shootings so far this school year and the year isn’t even over yet. As a matter of fact, the semester isn’t even over yet. I don’t believe that we should let teachers carry weapons but we should have more school resources officers on hand in the school. Dr. Patrick Johnston once wrote in an October 8, 2006 article for the website, NewsWithViews.com, and he wrote, “A drifter walks off the street into a Colorado public school and kidnaps a half dozen girls before sexually molesting then shooting one of them. Three Wisconsin teenagers are taken into custody for plotting a bomb attack on their school.
Connecticut High School Mock Trial - 2003 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 vs. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW JUSTICE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA STATE OF NEW JUSTICE, Prosecution, No. CR 99-10546 TERRY C. JACKSON, Defendant. STIPULATED FACTS Three students, Terry Jackson, Shaun Anderson and Jane Anderson, leave the campus of West High School for lunch in Terry’s car. The lunch hour is only 50 minutes.
"I think the impact of this is going to be inescapable," said Kristen Rand, legislative director of the Violence Policy Center. The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is among the worst shootings in the nation's history and comes after a spate of other high-profile episodes of violence, including mass shootings this year at a Colorado
Teachers vs. Guns On December 14, 2012 something tragic happened at the Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut. The attacker killed twenty six people – twenty of which are age six to seven. If teachers had a gun or the right training and defense they might have had stopped the attacker from killing that many people. Teachers should be allowed to be armed because of the following reasons; it is quicker and more efficient then just waiting, teachers are also trying their best to keep it safe, and they have the right to carry guns.
Parents should deliver their children to the classroom via the reception class door and not be walking through the school as older children will have already begun their school day. Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils should arrive by 8:40 ready to commence lessons at 8:50am. 10:55 – 11:10 morning break 12:10 end of morning session (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) 12:20 end of morning session (Years 3 – 6) Lunchtime Children who go home to lunch should return between 1:00 and 1:10pm and enter via the school office and thence to the playground. Key Stage 2 children may walk home for lunch by themselves. If a child is walking home alone they must sign themselves out of the school in the appropriate book in the school lobby.
Anything Can Happen April 20, 1999 is a day that will forever live in infamy. Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, walked into Columbine High School after a failed bomb attempt and shot and killed thirteen people while wounding more than twenty others before turning the gun on themselves. Eight years later, Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at Virginia Tech, opened fire on campus, leaving thirty-two people dead and several others injured. The most recently known and horrifying school shooting comes from Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty year old, Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and shot twenty- six people-- 20 students and six adults.
TEEN STABBED IN LOCAL PARK/GANG WARS GET SERIOUS Tulsa, OK- A teen was found stabbed to death in Centennial Park on Friday, September 24th. Sources say it was a result of a gang fight between two rival gangs. The Tulsa Police Department took DNA found at the scene and hope to identify the murderer within a week. Neighbors nearby say they saw two young boys running away from the scene. "I saw two shadows moving quickly away from the center of the park at about 2:45AM.
A 20-year-old college student had killed a woman at his Ladera Ranch home and had set out on a killing spree that stretched through the heart of Orange County. He had killed a businessman and stole his BMW. A few minutes later, he killed a plumber and took a work truck. He shot randomly at the morning commuters on the 55 Freeway, which had hit at least three cars. The authorities were surprised at the "senseless violence," which had spanned about 25 miles.
Everyday in America, almost three women are murdered by current partners or past partners.The research raises important questions about if domestic violence will ever stopped. Turn Off The Violence may be the educational tool that we need to curb domestic violence in our country. The future starts with us, and Turn Off the Violence does that. They target college students and teach them about partner violence, and hopefully our generation will see less of domestic violence and more healthier ways to diffuse