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Columbia Southern University

Virginia Tech Shooting of 2007

Hazard Type

The shooting in the Virginia Tech in 2007 was an unconventional hazard where the perpetrator (Seung-Hui Cho) used unconventional weapon (Glock 19 and Walther P22 Pistols) that were owned legally according to the school’s arms ownership policy, to attack the victims in their comfort, killed 32 and injured 17 many other students.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Planning and Response

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tried its best to respond to the incident and curb future incidents of that nature. The department on this incident used the medical reports and the Massengill Report in the security response documents in implementing the planning and response to the Virginia shooting in 2007.

The medical report was used to identify the condition of the shooter at the previous and during the shooting in which case it was detailed that he was diagnosed with acute anxiety disorder and Schools reports on the shooting incidence.

Effectiveness of the Response

The documents were in order. They helped identify the status of the victim and concluded that the victim was responsible for his own actions and that the school was not well prepared for the tragedy. The effort resulted in the rescuing of the rest of the students and other staff members from what the officers termed a well-armed men ready to do more harm. Cho took his own life when he realized that he had been aimed for capture by the DHS officers. The taking of his own life left a big gap of the entire cause of the incident and what the objectives were.

Relation with Domestic Terrorism

The incident denotes a domestic terrorism in that it involved an individual that had suffered several domestic violence in his childhood and had been affected mentally by the childhood incidence. The victim was kind of reacting back to the society that he thought were not offering any solution to his suffering. This is a domestic terrorist incident.

Annotated Bibliography

Timeline of a Massacre. (2007, April 27). The Chronicle of Higher Education, 53(34). Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=oran95108&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA162584705&asid=b8ebfe3d8c9a09e4bd2d53e9c34e332f . 23 Sept. 2017.

This is a report that details the chronology of the events hour by hour as the shooter executed the shooting and the undertakings of the school from the time the first shooting was noted. The article also gives the aftermath involvement of the State security and the school administration and security in offering counseling and setting up the centers for counseling of the victims. The other involvement of the administration and the government will be very appropriate in explaining the responses of the DHS on the issue in domestic terrorism.

Sidhu, S. S. (2017). Name No Names: The Role of the Media in Reporting Mass Shootings. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 56(1), 3-4.

The paper states that active shooters have tripled in the past decade. It details the over use of internet and media in promoting the incidences. The article suggests restriction of access to cable networks and mobile electronics to deal with the rise of the incidences. This article will provide useful information that will help detail the implementation and response to the shooting in Virginia.

Chandras, K. V., Chandras, S. V., & DeLambo, D. A. (2008, March). Could Virginia Tech massacres have been prevented? Strategies for prevention and counseling. Based on a program presented at the ACA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Honolulu, HI.

The paper details the chronology of the event at the Virginia Tech and highlights the other incidences in the history. It also profiles the victims involved and cites mental causatives, firearms obsession, and substance abuse among other reasons. The paper then offers various strategies that are useful in responding to the issue before, during and in the event, it happens. This information will be useful in helping with detailing the causative of shootings and the appropriateness of the response of the DHS.

Rosenberg, J. (2014). Mass shootings and mental health policy. J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare, 41, 107.

The article views the tendency of mental involvement in the shooting and the aftermath consequences. The article also focuses on the fire arms restriction legislatives which is not supported by research may have a scant effectiveness in use in such a manner. This information is important in relating the mental disabilities with the policies of fire arms possession in response to the shooting crimes.

Schildkraut, J., & Hernandez, T. C. (2014). Laws that bit the bullet: A review of legislative responses to school shootings. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(2), 358-374.

The paper review on the incidences of shootings witnessed in the schools of US with a wake shooting in the Virginia Tech. the paper also details the aftermath legislative responses on the issue with a keen view of the public responses to the enactments. The information is important in digging in the responses of the DHS of the U.S through legislative enactments.

References

Chandras, K. V., Chandras, S. V., & DeLambo, D. A. (2008, March). Could Virginia Tech massacres have been prevented? Strategies for prevention and counseling. Based on a program presented at the ACA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Honolulu, HI.

Rosenberg, J. (2014). Mass shootings and mental health policy. J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare, 41, 107.

Schildkraut, J., & Hernandez, T. C. (2014). Laws that bit the bullet: A review of legislative responses to school shootings. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(2), 358-374.

Sidhu, S. S. (2017). Name No Names: The Role of the Media in Reporting Mass Shootings. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 56(1), 3-4.

Timeline of a Massacre. (2007, April 27). The Chronicle of Higher Education, 53(34). Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=oran95108&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA162584705&asid=b8ebfe3d8c9a09e4bd2d53e9c34e332f