Article: http://www.crf-usa.org/network/network13_1/talking_points.htm Columbine high school massacre was a shock for Americans. This tragedy unprecedented in the history of the USA has made 15 deads. Shootings have been produced in different high schools, for example in Virginia Tech, the deadliest (35 deads). These massacres, very violent and blo

Active shooters : personne armée prête à faire feu To adapt : adapter (en film) Appalling : effroyable Assault : Assaut Director : réalisateur (d'un film) Free circulation of firearms : libre circulation des armes à feu Gun registration : enregistrement des armes Massacre : massacre Murderer : meurtrier Owner : possesseur Patrol : patrouille P

Since the 1960’s, crimes are perpetrated in american schools. The tragedy of the Columbin e high school in 1999, which inspired two movies, Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore and Elephant by Gus Van Sant had alerted public opinion about these murders and people started to react. The shootings in universities are murderous phenomenon which hit

Wikipedia article According to the Wikipedia article, there has been 46 notable shootings in schools for a total of 170 victims since 1966. Two attacks in the 1960's (17 victims), 4 in the 1970's (15 victims), 3 in the 1980's (8 victims), 14 in the 1990's (including Colyumbine, 48 victims) and the huge amount of 23 shootings since 2000 and 82 victi

After the Columbine incident and after Michael Moore and Gus Van Sant's films, people were aware of the danger of these attacks. The solution proposed by Michael Moore, solid gun registration, hasn't been accepted, because of all the american people who are gun owners : there is 270 million of weapons for a population of 260 million inhabitants. Th

During the process of creating this blog, we’ve been trying to figure out the impact of these school shootings which ask many questions about youth and American society. The number of massacres in American schools and universities don’t stop to grow, and this phenomenon goes over the world like in India or in Finland. These tragedies are violen

One year after the success of Bowling for Columbine, Gus Van Sant adapts the massacre at Columbine University (USA) in his film Elephant. Contrary to Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine is a documentary), Gus Van Sant immerses us in the heart of this tragedy. Indeed, this film presents the shooting from the perspective of different actors. Spectat