Recently the amount of mass shooting that have happened in the United State within a short period of time have scared everyone. Many people are scared to go to the malls, movies, parks, and restaurants. “The FBI defines mass murder as murdering four or more persons during an event with no "cooling-off period" between the murders. A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more people kill several others. Many acts of mass murder end with the perpetrator(s) dying by suicide or suicide by cop” (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2005). 27 killed, 1 injured: Newtown, Conn. December, 14,2012. This incident was one of the horrific mass shooting in the United State. On December 14, 2012 Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary …show more content…
The Virginia Tech shooting, also known as the Virginia Tech massacre took place in Blacksburg, VA on April 16, 2007. Seung-Hui Cho was a senior student at Virginia Tech. Previously, Cho was diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder and received therapy and special education support. Moreover, the school (Virginia Tech) wasn’t aware of Cho’s diagnosis. At one point Cho was accused of stalking female students. On April 16, 2007 Cho enter the school look into several classroom shoots and killed 32 and injured 17. “Early reports also indicated Cho was bullied for speech difficulties in middle school, but the Virginia Tech Review Panel was unable to confirm this, or other reports that he was ostracized and mercilessly bullied for class-, height-, and race-related reasons in high school, causing some anti-bullying advocates to feel that the Review Panel was engaging in an authority-absolving whitewash” (nscc1.org,2012). Law enforcement finds out that Seung-Hui Cho buy his online. “The shooting prompted the state of Virginia to close legal loopholes that had previously allowed individuals adjudicated as mentally unsound to purchase handguns without detection by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System