My Article
This article discusses another school shooting that happened on Friday December 13th. A student of Arapahoe High School in Denver, Colorado who was a member of the debate and cross country team, Karl Pierson, came to school armed with a pump action shot gun, a machete, and three Molotov cocktails. He wanted to kill the librarian, who also ran the debate team. He shot a girl, critically wounding her, before taking his own life. He wasn't able to harm anyone else before killing himself because the deputy on campus ran to stop him, prompting him to kill himself. The librarian was not injured as he had left the campus in order to try to make the shooter leave the school.
This relates to AP Gov because it deals with the increase in school shootings and our country's problem with gun control. The problem with gun control is that some killers, such as this shooter, haven't been diagnosed with a mental illness so there's really no way to prevent them from buying a gun. School shootings in particular seem to be growing more and more common in our country, which is horrifying and so sad.
I think one way to help prevent these mass shootings is by having deputies on campus to help deal with problems as soon as they arise. The deputy at this school prevented Pierson from killing other students because Pierson knew that the deputy could make him face the consequences of this shooting. I know that our deputies at New Hanover help prevent and stop fights more efficiently than an untrained teacher could. I don't really know what our country could do to help with gun control. I believe in making it more difficult for regular civilians to buy certain types of guns, but I'm not sure that would really help prevent these kinds of horrible events from happening.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
Blog #8
My Article
This article states that though our military killed Osama bin Laden and has been allowing drone strikes targeting al Qaeda leaders, terrorists have gained ground and the U.S. is no safer than it was two years ago. Unfortunately, these kinds of revelations come as no surprise considering that al Qaeda is becoming more decentralized and therefore, more dangerous. That means that al Qaeda now considers it okay to commit "smaller" acts of terror as well as larger acts such as 9/11.
This relates to AP Gov. because it discusses how our government handles foreign threats such as terrorism. It seems like those controversial drone strikes weren't worth the fight anyways, seeing as problem with terrorism has worsened. That isn't to say terrorism has worsened BECAUSE of them, but rather to say that our government shouldn't have used such a controversial measure since they didn't have much of an effect in stopping terrorism.
I think this article is pretty scary but realistic. It makes sense that al Qaeda is becoming more decentralized after bin Laden's death. However, I was a bit surprised to read that they were just as dangerous as before. It's a bit disturbing to think about the "small" acts of terrorism they could commit, because it's probably easier for al Qaeda to bomb a bunch of cars than it is for them to pull off something on the scale of 9/11.
This article states that though our military killed Osama bin Laden and has been allowing drone strikes targeting al Qaeda leaders, terrorists have gained ground and the U.S. is no safer than it was two years ago. Unfortunately, these kinds of revelations come as no surprise considering that al Qaeda is becoming more decentralized and therefore, more dangerous. That means that al Qaeda now considers it okay to commit "smaller" acts of terror as well as larger acts such as 9/11.
This relates to AP Gov. because it discusses how our government handles foreign threats such as terrorism. It seems like those controversial drone strikes weren't worth the fight anyways, seeing as problem with terrorism has worsened. That isn't to say terrorism has worsened BECAUSE of them, but rather to say that our government shouldn't have used such a controversial measure since they didn't have much of an effect in stopping terrorism.
I think this article is pretty scary but realistic. It makes sense that al Qaeda is becoming more decentralized after bin Laden's death. However, I was a bit surprised to read that they were just as dangerous as before. It's a bit disturbing to think about the "small" acts of terrorism they could commit, because it's probably easier for al Qaeda to bomb a bunch of cars than it is for them to pull off something on the scale of 9/11.
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