School shooting is a term used to refer to gun violence primarily in educational institutions, especially the mass murder or spree killing of people connected with an institution. Gun violence is the broadly defined category of Violence and Crime committed with the use of a Firearm; it does not include the safe lawful use of firearms This article deals with mass killings that are not considered Genocide. A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a Murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations A school shooting can be perpetrated by people who have a mental disorder, expelled students, alumni, faculty members, outsiders, or even regular students who still attend the school. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as Unlike acts of revenge against specific people, school shootings usually involve multiple intended or actual victims, often randomly targeted. Most of the school shootings that have occurred have ended up with the perpetrators killing themselves and others.
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Definition
School shootings are typically differentiated from other kinds of school violence. School violence refers to Violence and Crime taking place within educational institutions. Mass killings at schools like the Beslan school hostage crisis are usually described as acts of terrorism. The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan massacre) A series of explosions shook the school followed by a fire Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion The term "school shootings" most commonly describes acts committed by either a student or intruders from off campus. They are to be distinguished from crowd-containment shootings by law-enforcement personnel, such as the student protests and unrest of 1970 at two U. S. universities, Kent State and Jackson State, that led to fatal shootings by National Guardsmen and police. IMPORTANT After careful consideration the title "Kent State Shootings" has been applied in this article rather than "Kent State Massacre The Jackson State killings occurred on Thursday/Friday May 14-15 1970 at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University) in Jackson Mississippi. For the National Guard of a State and other countries' National Guard see National Guard. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force
In the United States, one-on-one public-school violence, such as beatings and stabbings or violence related to gang activity, is more common in some densely populated areas (which tend to be impoverished sections of cities). Gangsters redirects here For the computer game see Gangsters (video game. Inner-city or urban schools were much more likely than other schools to report serious violent crimes, with 17 percent of city principals reporting at least one serious crime compared to 11 percent of urban schools, 10 percent of rural schools, and five percent of suburban town schools in the 1997 school year. [1] Student-perpetrated school shootings in North America have mostly been in overwhelmingly white, middle-class, non-urban areas. In some cases, the victims of the shootings were involved in bullying or other acts of violence and intimidation against the perpetrators. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion However, school shootings in other countries may take on more national or religious overtones, such as the Merkaz HaRav shooting. The Mercaz HaRav massacre, also called the Mercaz HaRav shooting, was a shooting attack that occurred on 6 March 2008, in which
Profiling
School shooting is a topic of intense interest in the United States. [2] Though companies like MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems sell products and services designed to identify potential threats, a thorough study of all U. MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems is an American company that devises and administers methods for assessing and screening Threats to Public figures It was S. school shootings by the U. S. Secret Service[3] warned against the belief that a certain "type" of student would be a perpetrator. Any "profile" would fit too many students to be useful and may not fit the potential perpetrators. Some lived with both parents in "an ideal, All-American family. " Some were children of divorce, or lived in foster homes. A few were loners, but most had close friends.
While it may be simplistic to assume a straightforward "profile", the study did find certain similarities among the perpetrators. "The researchers found that killers do not 'snap'. They plan. They acquire weapons. These children take a long, considered, public path toward violence. "[4] Princeton's Katherine Newman points out that, far from being "loners", the perpetrators are "joiners" whose attempts at social integration fail, that they let their thinking and even their plans be known, sometimes frequently over long periods of times. The shootings seem as though an attempt to adjust their social standing and image, from "loser" to "master of violence. "
Many of the shooters told Secret Service investigators that alienation or persecution drove them to violence. According to the United States Secret Service, instead of looking for traits, the Secret Service urges adults to ask about behavior:
| “ | 1. What has this child said? 2. Do they have grievances? 3. A grievance is a wrong or hardship suffered which is the grounds of a Complaint. What do their friends know? 4. Do they have access to weapons? 5. Are they depressed or despondent?[5] |
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One "trait" that has not yet attracted as much attention is the gender difference: nearly all school shootings are perpetrated by young males, and in some instances the violence has clearly been gender-specific. In the fields of Psychology and Psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to both expected and pathologically chronic or severe Bob Herbert addressed this in an October 2006 New York Times editorial. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [6] One female carried out a school shooting in an exceptionally rare incident. [7]
Other killers such as Thomas Hamilton, a fully grown adult male, in Scotland attacked school children in his killing spree which lead to much debate about the safety of school children in Scotland. The Dunblane massacre was a multiple Murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996 Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Hamilton was not a student but rather killed school children at a primary school. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory This came as shock to Scotland, as a school shooting to this extent had not happened there before, especially in a primary school.
An analysis of 15 school shootings between 1995 and 2001 found that peer rejection was present in all but two of the cases (87%). The documented rejection experiences included both acute and chronic rejection and frequently took the form of ostracism, bullying, and romantic rejection. The authors stated that although it is likely that the rejection experiences contributed to the school shootings, other factors were also present, such as depression, poor impulse control, and other psychopathology. [8]
Discussion
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold gained infamy for killing 13 people at Columbine High School including themselves. Eric David Harris (April 9 1981 – April 20 1999 and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11 1981 – April 20 1999 were the High school seniors who committed The shooting led to widespread panic across America; schools were fitted with metal detectors, guards were allowed to search students and their belongings and those deemed a threat were sent to psychologists, psychiatrists and counselors. Mental health professional A psychologist is a practitioner of Psychology, the systematic investigation of the mind including Behavior, Cognition, A psychiatrist (also archaically called an alienist) is a Physician who specializes in Psychiatry and is certified in treating Mental disorders This has led to controversy and anger from both students and parents.
School shootings receive extensive media coverage and are infrequent. [9] They often result in nationwide changes of schools' policies concerning discipline and security. Some experts have described fears about school shootings as a type of moral panic. A moral panic can be defined as "the intensity of feeling expressed by a large number of people about a specific group of people who appear to threaten the social order at a given [10]
Notable shootings
- Further information: List of school related attacks
North America
USA
Canada
The Rest of the World
| Name | Location | Date/Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raumanmeri school shooting | Rauma, Finland | January 24, 1989 | [18] |
| Aarhus University Shooting | Aarhus, Denmark | April 4, 1994 | [19] |
| Dunblane massacre | Dunblane, Scotland, United Kingdom | March 13, 1996 | [20] |
| Sanaa massacre | Sanaa, Yemen | March 30, 1997 | [21] |
| University of the Philippines shooting | Quezon City, Philippines | February 19, 1999 | [22] |
| Erfurt massacre | Erfurt, Germany | April 26, 2002 | [23] |
| Monash University shooting | Melbourne, Australia | October 21, 2002 | [24] |
| Coburg Shooting | Coburg, Germany | July 3, 2003 | [25] |
| Islas Malvinas School | Carmen de Patagones, Argentina | September 28, 2004 | [26] |
| Geschwister Scholl School attack | Emsdetten, Germany | November 20, 2006 | [27] |
| Beirut Arab University shooting | Beirut, Lebanon | January 25, 2007 | [28] |
| Jokela school shooting | Tuusula, Finland | November 7, 2007 | [29] |
| Euro International school shooting | Gurgaon, India | December 12, 2007 | [30] |
| Mercaz HaRav shooting | Jerusalem, Israel | March 6, 2008 | [31] |
Media-famous cases
| Name | Location | No of Victims |
|---|---|---|
| Pekka-Eric Auvinen | Jokelan koulukeskus, Finland | 8 |
| Michael Carneal | Heath High School Shooting | 3 |
| Seung-Hui Cho | Virginia Tech massacre | 32 |
| Laurie Dann | Hubbard Woods Elementary School shooting | 1 |
| Valery Fabrikant | Concordia University massacre | 4 |
| Kimveer Gill | Dawson shooting | 1 |
| Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson | Jonesboro massacre | 5 |
| Thomas Hamilton | Dunblane massacre | 17 |
| Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold | Columbine massacre | 15 |
| Steven Kazmierczak | Northern Illinois University shooting | 5 |
| Kip Kinkel | Thurston High School shooting | 4 |
| Marc Lépine (Gamil Rodrigue Gharbi) | Ecole Polytechnique massacre | 14 |
| Barry Loukaitis | Frontier Junior High shooting | 3 |
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Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006 at Dawson College, a CEGEP in Westmount near downtown Montreal Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. CW Jefferys Collegiate Institute is a public Secondary school in the Keele-Finch area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Rauma ('rɑumɑ or Raumo in Swedish) is a town of ca 36500 inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, 92 kilometres north of Turku, and 50 Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) On Tuesday 5 April 1994 a 35-year old gunman shot four people killing two female students at Aarhus University in Denmark. Geography The city lies roughly at the geographical centre of Denmark on the peninsula of The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Dunblane massacre was a multiple Murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996 Dunblane ( Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bhlàthain) is a small cathedral town and former Burgh north of Stirling in the Stirling council Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Sanaa school shooting was a School shooting that occurred in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 30, 1997. Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Sigma Rho Fraternity is a University of the Philippines College of Law -based Fraternity Quezon City ( Filipino: Lungsod Quezon) is the former capital ( 1948 - 1976) and the most populous The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Erfurt school shooting was a school shooting that occurred on April 26, 2002 at the Johann Gutenberg Gymnasium in Erfurt Erfurt (ˈɛɐ̯fʊɐ̯t is a City in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202619 (2006 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Monash University shooting refers to a shooting in which a student shot his classmates and teacher killing two and injuring five Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Carmen de Patagones is the southernmost city in the. Geography It is located 937 km from the city of Buenos Aires, on the north bank of the Negro For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Emsdetten is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Emsdetten is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Beirut Arab University shooting happened on January 25, 2007 in the Beirut Arab University in the Lebanese capital Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Jokela school shooting occurred on 7 November, 2007, at Jokela High School (Jokelan koulukeskus a public Secondary school in the town Tuusula (tuːsulɑ in Swedish Tusby ( is a municipality of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Euro International school shooting occurred on December 12, 2007 at Euro International a private Secondary school in Gurgaon, Haryana Gurgaon (गुड़गांव is the sixth largest City in the Indian state of Haryana. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Mercaz HaRav massacre, also called the Mercaz HaRav shooting, was a shooting attack that occurred on 6 March 2008, in which Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Jokela school shooting occurred on 7 November, 2007, at Jokela High School (Jokelan koulukeskus a public Secondary school in the town The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah Kentucky, United States, on Monday December 1, 1997 Seung-Hui Cho (January 18 1984 &ndash April 16 2007 was a South Korean student at Virginia Tech who committed Mass murder of 32 people and wounded 25 Laurie Dann (née Wasserman) ( October 18, 1957 - May 20, 1988) was an American Murderer who shot and killed a boy and wounded Valery Fabrikant (born 28 January 1940 in Minsk, USSR) is a former Associate professor of Mechanical Kimveer Gill (July 9 1981 &ndash September 13 2006 was the Canadian shooter involved in a school shooting referred to as the Dawson College shooting at Andrew Golden (born May 25, 1986) is an American Murderer who was one of two shooters in the Jonesboro Arkansas school shooting Mitchell Johnson (born August 11, 1984) is an American Murderer Johnson along with middle school classmate Andrew Golden, Ambushed The Dunblane massacre was a multiple Murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996 Eric David Harris (April 9 1981 – April 20 1999 and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11 1981 – April 20 1999 were the High school seniors who committed The Northern Illinois University shooting was an incident that took place on February 14 2008 during which a gunman shot multiple people on the campus of Northern Illinois University Kipland Philip Kinkel (born August 30, 1982) is an American convicted Murderer who perpetrated the killings of his parents on May 20 Marc Lépine (October 26 1964 &ndash December 6 1989 born Gamil Gharbi, was a 25-year-old man from Montreal, Quebec, Canada who murdered fourteen women Marc Lépine (October 26 1964 &ndash December 6 1989 born Gamil Gharbi, was a 25-year-old man from Montreal, Quebec, Canada who murdered fourteen women Barry Loukaitis (born February 26, 1981) is a convicted American Murderer. Robert Poulin was a Canadian high school student who on October 27 1975, at age 18 committed the second recorded high School shooting in Pius X High School shooting | 2 |
| Evan Ramsey | Bethel High School shooting | 2 |
| Charles Carl Roberts IV | Amish school shooting | 5 |
| Jamie Rouse | Richland High School shooting | 2 |
| Michael Slobodian | Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting | 2 |
| Todd Cameron Smith | W. Evan Ramsey (born February 1981 is a convicted American Murderer who committed a School shooting at Bethel Regional High Charles Carl Roberts IV ( December 7, 1973 – October 2, 2006) was an American Milk Truck driver who Killed The Richland High School shooting occurred on Wednesday November 15, 1995, in Lynnville, Tennessee, a small town located in Giles County The Brampton Centennial Secondary School massacre was a School shooting, which occurred at Brampton Centennial Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario The WR Myers High School shooting occurred on April 28, 1999, at W R. Myers High School shooting | 1 |
| Brenda Ann Spencer | Cleveland Elementary School shooting | 2 |
| Robert Steinhäuser | Erfurt massacre | 15 |
| Jeff Weise | Red Lake massacre | 9 |
| Charles Whitman | University of Texas at Austin Tower Massacre | 15 |
| Charles Andrew Williams | Shooting at Santana High School | 2 |
| Luke Woodham | Shooting at Pearl High School | 3 |
| Andrew Wurst | Shooting at Parker Middle School | 1 |
Impact
School shootings in the USA have to a larger extent influenced American society and culture, for instance the following lists numerous television, film and documentary, TV series that have featured at one time or another an incidence of school shootings or person(s) involved. Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3 1962 is a convicted American Murderer who carried out a Shooting spree at Cleveland Elementary School in San Jeffrey James Weise ( August 8, 1988 &ndash March 21, 2005) was a High school student of Red Lake, Minnesota Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24 1941 – August 1 1966 was a student at the University of Texas at Austin who killed 14 people and wounded 31 others as part of a Charles Andrew "Andy" Williams (born February 8, 1986 in Frederick Maryland) is a convicted American Murderer Luke Woodham (born February 5, 1981) is a convicted American Murderer, and a former resident of Pearl, Mississippi, Andrew Jerome Wurst (born 1983 is a convicted American Murderer responsible for a shooting at Parker Middle School in Edinboro, Pennsylvania The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The society or culture of the United States is a Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Since so many of the shootings have occurred in the USA, it has impacted the USA more so than any other country. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Industries such as music, film, literature and theatrics have been actively involved in portraying a killers behaviour, adding also to how victim's respond afterwards. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Some critics however cite that this has led to stereotypical attitudes being attributed to killers. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold however changed many people's view on such stereotypes when they killed together, but nonetheless the stereotypes are very much in society in general. Eric David Harris (April 9 1981 – April 20 1999 and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11 1981 – April 20 1999 were the High school seniors who committed Eric David Harris (April 9 1981 – April 20 1999 and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11 1981 – April 20 1999 were the High school seniors who committed Many thought the killers who attributed to school massacres were loners but usually had a close group of friends to associate with. Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more beings School shootings have also had a political impact, spurring some to press for more stringent gun control laws. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Gun politics is a set of legal issues surrounding the ownership use and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through However, the National Rifle Association and many Americans are opposed to such laws. The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the Some have called for fewer gun control laws in light of the fact that most of these mass shootings occur in areas where it is illegal for private citizens to be armed, thus making it harder to defend themselves. Such individuals and groups have also called for legislation to allow students the right to carry a concealed firearm, citing some empirical evidence that armed students can stop or at least limit the loss of life during a school shooting, and that the prohibitions against carrying a gun in schools does not deter the gunmen[32]. One such example is the Mercaz HaRav Massacre, where the attacker was not stopped not by police but rather a student, Yitzhak Dadon, who stopped the attacker by shooting the attacker with his personal firearm which he lawfully carried concealed on his person. The Mercaz HaRav massacre, also called the Mercaz HaRav shooting, was a shooting attack that occurred on 6 March 2008, in which
References
- ^ National Center for Education Statistics' Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools, 1996-97.
- ^ "'Profiling' School Shooters", Frontline, 2007-03-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Retrieved on 2007-03-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger
- ^ The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative (2002-05-01). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
- ^ PBS article on murder profiles
- ^ Bill Dedman, Deadly Lessons: School Shooters Tell Why, description of Secret Service study. Bill Dedman, an American Journalist, is an investigative reporter for Msnbc (October 15, 2000) Chicago Sun-Times. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Accessed April 8, 2006
- ^ http://select.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/opinion/16herbert.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fBob%20Herbert&oref=slogin
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- ^ Leary, M. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. R. , Kowalski, R. M. , & Smith, L. (2003). Teasing, rejection, and violence: Case studies of the school shootings. Aggressive Behavior, 29, 202-214.
- ^ CNN (March 25, 1998). Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner School shootings have high profile but occur infrequently.
- ^ Killingbeck, Donna. The Role of Television News in the Construction of School Violence as a 'Moral Panic." Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 8(3) (2001) 186-202
- ^ The Brampton Centennial Secondary School massacre was a school shooting, which occurred at Brampton Centennial Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Brampton Centennial Secondary School is a Public High school located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 16-year old gunman Michael Slobodian shot and killed a fellow student, a teacher and injured 13 other students before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide in a school hallway. It was the first school shooting in Canada. Slobodian is the first recorded high-school killer in the country
- ^ The St. Pius X High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred on October 27, 1975, at St. Pius X High School in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Robert Poulin, an 18-year-old St. Pius student, opened fire on his classmates with a shotgun killing one and wounding five before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide. Poulin had raped and stabbed his 17-year-old friend Kim Rabot to death prior to the incident. A book entitled Rape of a Normal Mind was written about the incident.
- ^ The École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, occurred on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school in Montreal, Quebec. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Twenty-five year-old Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife, shot twenty-eight people, killing fourteen (all of them women) and injuring the other fourteen before killing himself. Marc Lépine (October 26 1964 &ndash December 6 1989 born Gamil Gharbi, was a 25-year-old man from Montreal, Quebec, Canada who murdered fourteen women A semi-automatic rifle is a type of Rifle that fires a single Bullet each time the trigger is pulled without the need manually to operate a A hunting knife is a Knife used during Hunting. Description Hunters do not use hunting knives to kill game.
- ^ The Concordia University massacre was a school shooting on August 24, 1992 that resulted in the deaths of four people at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The shooter was Dr. Valery Fabrikant, a former Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Concordia and a colleague of the slain men.
- ^ The W. R. Myers High School shooting occurred on April 28, 1999, at W. R. Myers High School in Taber, Alberta, Canada when a 14-year-old walked into his school and randomly shot at three students, killing Jason Lang and injuring another. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) W R Myers High School is located in Taber, Alberta, Canada Founded in 1950, it is the town's only public high school. Taber is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada in Municipal District of Taber. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page One dead, one wounded in Alberta school shooting, cbc. ca, November 10, 1999 This shooting took place only eight days after the Columbine High School Massacre, and is widely believed to have been a copycat crime. The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday April 20 1999 at Columbine High School in Columbine in unincorporated Jefferson County, Copycat crimes are criminal acts that are modeled on previous crimes that have been reported in the media
- ^ The Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006 at Dawson College, a CEGEP in Westmount near downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Dawson College (Collège Dawson was the first English CEGEP and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec A CEGEP (ˈseɪʒɛp or /ˈsiːʤɛp/ French: Cégep) is a post-secondary education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, began shooting outside the de Maisonneuve Boulevard entrance to the school, and moved towards the atrium by the cafeteria on the main floor. Kimveer Gill (July 9 1981 &ndash September 13 2006 was the Canadian shooter involved in a school shooting referred to as the Dawson College shooting at "The Montreal Killer Was a Death-Obsessed Goth", Toronto Daily News, 2006-09-14. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Retrieved on 2006-09-15. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. "Two gunmen open fire at Dawson College", The Gazette, 2006-09-13. The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity is now the only English-language daily Newspaper published in Montreal, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Retrieved on 2006-09-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September One victim died at the scene, while another 19 were injured, eight of whom were listed in critical condition with six requiring surgery. "Press Release", Service de police de la ville de Montréal, Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:21pm EDT. "UPDATE 7-Gunman kills one, wounds 19 at Montreal college", Reuters, Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:23pm EDT. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson Retrieved on 2006-09-14. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. "Woman, gunman dead in Montreal school rampage", CBC News, 2006-09-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Retrieved on 2006-09-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September The shooter later committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, after being shot in the arm by police. ""Montreal gunman killed himself: autopsy"", CBC. Retrieved on 2006-09-15. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy.
- ^ Two 17-year-old Canadian citizens, whom the media can not identify under the provisions of Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act, were arrested on May 27, 2007 and charged with the first-degree murder of a 15-year old student at the C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute. Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA is a Canadian statute which came into effect on April 1 2003 Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. CW Jefferys Collegiate Institute is a public Secondary school in the Keele-Finch area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Prior to one of the arrests, police had taken the unusual step of obtaining a judicial order to publish one suspect's name and photograph as he was considered armed and dangerous. Media reported his identity and photo, then had to take the stories off their websites after he was arrested hours later.
- ^ Two students were fatally shot by a 14-year old student at the Raumanmeri secondary school. The shooter had claimed to be a victim of bullying. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion
- ^ University student shoots and kills three and wounds two others before taking his own life.
- ^ The Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996. A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before or at the same time as killing him or herself Sixteen children and one adult were killed, in addition to the attacker, who committed suicide. It remains the deadliest attack on children in United Kingdom history.
- ^ The Sanaa massacre was a school massacre that occurred in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 30, 1997. Mohammad Ahman al-Naziri, 48, attacked hundreds of pupils at two schools, killing six children and two adults with an assault rifle. Naziri, whose five children attended the Tala'i school, alleged that one of his daughters had been raped by the school administrator. No evidence was found of this. Naziri was sentenced to death the next day and executed on April 5, 1997. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
- ^ A student was shot dead by a fraternity member after being mistaken for a member of the rival fraternity. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal
- ^ The Erfurt massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 26, 2002 at the Johann Gutenberg Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany. The Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt is a gymnasium (secondary school located in Erfurt, Germany. Sixteen people were killed before the perpetrator committed suicide. The victims comprised 13 school staff (12 teachers and one administrator), two students and one police officer. In addition, seven people were injured.
- ^ The Monash University shooting refers to a shooting in which a student shot his classmates and teacher, killing two and injuring five. It took place at Monash University in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on October 21, 2002.
- ^ 16 year-old student shoots two of his teachers before taking his own life.
- ^ Three students killed and six wounded by a 15-year-old student in a town 620 miles south of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
- ^ Sebastian Bosse, an 18-year old male, and former student, had fired shots with sawen off shotguns on campus, wounding three students and two faculty members. A sawed-off shotgun ( US) also known as a sawn-off shotgun ( UK, AU, NZ; also used in US) or a short-barreled shotgun Pipe bombs that were set off had injured sixteen police officers and sixteen other people inside the school. A pipe bomb is an Improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an Explosive material. The shooter then took his own life.
- ^ Four people were shot dead in clashes between pro- and anti-government activists on Thursday and about 200 were hurt in the violence that flared after a scuffle between students at a Beirut university. The opposition accused the government camp of starting the riots and the four dead included two Hezbollah students, who were fired at from rooftops.
- ^ The incident resulted in the deaths of nine people: five male students (ages 16-18) and one female adult student (age 25) the school principal, Helena Kalmi (age 61); the school nurse (age 43); and the gunman, Auvinen, himself, who was also one of the school's students. One other person suffered gunshot wounds, and eleven people were injured by shattering glass while escaping from the school building. The day before the incident, Auvinen posted a video on YouTube predicting the massacre at the school.
- ^ The Euro International school shooting occurred on December 12, 2007 at Euro International, a private secondary school in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The gunmen were 14-year old Akash Yadav and 13-year old Vikas Yadav, who were both students at the school, shot and killed a 14-year old student.
- ^ Alaa Abu Dhein, an Israeli Arabic yeshiva bus driver, entered the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva with guns blazing, killing eight and wounding seven, before being shot dead himself by a part-time student. Arab citizens of Israel refers to Arabs or Arabic -speaking people who are Citizens of Israel who are not Jewish. This incident, as do many massacres in the Levant, soon took on racial and religious overtones, pitting Palestinians and Israeli Arabs against Jews. See also Names of the Levant The Levant (lə'vænt is a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia, roughly bounded on the north by the
- ^ A discussion of the reasoning behind gun free zone, 2007-2008.
See also
External links
- The Depressive and the Psychopath: The FBI's analysis of the Columbine killers' motives
- Schoolboy killing stuns Canada (The Guardian)
- Crime Library article about school shootings
- BBC timeline of US school shootings
- Indianapolis Star: School violence around the world (November 2004)
- The Scene of the Crime Was the Cause of the Crime - Excerpt from Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion -- From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond by Mark Ames. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion School violence refers to Violence and Crime taking place within educational institutions. A youth subculture is a Youth -based Subculture with distinct styles behaviours and interests The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Mark Ames (1965- is a Panama, previously Moscow -based Expatriate American Journalist and editor
- Dreading Columbine - Sociological exploration of suburban school shootings.
- Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence
- Teaching Kids to Kill
- Chronology of School Shootings
- Held Hostage at Case Western
Reports
- Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Report of the Review Panel
- U. S. study of school shootings, "The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative"
- Advice for safe schools, Threat assessment in schools: A Guide to managing threatening situations and to creating safe school climates
- School Violence
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