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Yarixa C. PG & Jeff College Bound 9 June 4th, 2013

// __ Sandy Hook __ // I never thought I would wake up and think about how all the mothers crying because their child passed away in a Sandy Hook murdering at school. Sandy Hook has affected the victims lives in the following ways: 1.) wanting to fight for gun control meaning no more guns, 2.) more security guards in schools and out of school, and 3.) having people show their ID before they enter the school. School shootings have affected the victims’ lives, which are shown by 3 different events: Sandy Hook, Columbine HS and Virginia Tech. School shooting is when a person goes into a school without permission with a gun/knife and shoots/stabs people within school grounds. On December 14th, 2O12 there was a murdering in a school called Sandy Hook in Newtown Connecticut. 26 people passed away (20 students and 6 teachers). The person who committed the crime was Adam Lanza, age 19; after he murdered the kids and the adult staff he then killed himself. According to Josh Lederman “White House, Newtown Mom Pleads for Gun Control” states that The Senate [was] considering a democratic bill by Obama that would expand background checks … and slightly increase school security aid. According to Peter Applebome “Parents recommends building new school at site of Sandy Hook Elementary” states that parents suggest they build a new school instead of having other kids be in a school where young kids got murdered. On April 20th, 1999 there was a school shooting in Columbine High School that happened in Colorado. Two students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher, 21 students injured and 3 injured trying to escape from school; after the murdering they killed themselves. According to the article “Columbine High School Shooting” it states that “The Columbine massacre set off a national debate on how to end gun violence in schools, and a growing number of schools throughout the country invested in private security forces and metal detectors.”

In a school called Virginia Tech located in Virginia there was a school shooting that took place in 2007 when Seung-Hui Cho a senior at Virginia Tech murdered 32 people and wounded 17 others in a separate attack. According to “Virginia Tech Speaker Discusses Tragedy Aftermath” people wanted security measure but others think it wouldn't have prevented the tragedy. Sandy Hook has affected the victims’ in the following ways: fighting for Gun Control, more security guards in schools and showing Identification. My thesis is important in the real world because this shows that anything can happen in school and by avoiding this, there needs to be security guards, cameras, etc. so schools can be much safer.

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