Stephen Paddock Motive There is little information right now, even still, after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. An older man named Stephen Paddock fired into a large crowd of people attending a country music concert on October 1, 2017. 58 people enjoying a concert on a Sunday evening lost their lives and hundreds more were injured. Nearly a month later and authorities are still at a loss when it comes to finding Stephen Paddock’s motive for this mass shooting. However, there are many theories circulating. I personally feel Stephen Paddock was an isolated man who had a warped view on the community, and one day decided something needed to change and he was going to plan a way to do it. In many articles it is said that Paddock was an isolated …show more content…
With no known political or religious affiliation one can rule out any political or religious motives. With the meticulous planning and months of thought, weapon buying, and scouting one can rule out a spontaneous gambling loss. With a loving girlfriend one can rule out the “cheating spouse” motive. The only thing that makes sense to me personally is that Stephen Paddock was an isolated man who saw the world changing around him and did not like those changes. With the President of the United States changing health care policies, changing taxation laws, with the up rise of blatant racism, protests in the streets, maybe Paddock saw a large shooting as a way to gain attention on problems in society at hand. Maybe Stephen Paddock took to shooting into a large crowd of people because he could not see an out to the problems at hand and he was frustrated and took advantage of a large venue with thousands of people to take his stand. He sent his girlfriend away so she would not interfere or be injured in any possible way. He kept his plan quiet and under wraps so no one in his immediate circle of friends and family would be threatened by his plan. After spending his whole life isolated from others, and living in his father’s shadow, maybe this was the only out he saw to change the world, even if it only changed
Between 10:05 and 10:15 p.m. PDT (pacific daylight time) 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, fired hundreds of rifle rounds from his suite on the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay
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He also theorized that Adam shot his mother four times for each of them; himself, his mother, his father, and his brother. After the tragedy, the school was torn down and many gun-control debates heated up and schools greatly improved their security to prevent any more potential attacks. To this day, the motive of Adam Lanza, is still unknown, but the effects are still felt in the world today. When looking into the reasons that would cause a twenty year old young man to commit such a horrific act, the mental health of the shooter is nearly always the first thing to look at. Adam Lanza was indeed found to have suffered from multiple mental disorders, however there is no direct connection between Lanza's mental health and his decision to commit mass murder.
Imagine yourself going out to a neighborhood party trying to relax after a stressful week. You might want to socialize, drink, or watch television. Now try to think about the penalties that can occur when the party gets out of control such as loud outbursts, fighting, and physical behavior. Depending on the setting of the party, there could be a possible chance of violence happening. In this case, the violent actions can result to homicides, shootings, and suicides. Homicides can vary based on age, gender, race, and methods of killing the victim. Shootings are quick reactions to dealing with victim. Suicides result to choosing to kill one’s life. Overall, there are different reasons to why individuals feel the need to kill someone else. It
Anthony Padilla had no idea that when he woke up this morning his life was going to change forever. He thought it was going to be ordinary, just like any other, simple day in high school. Though when he walked in his first period, a normal, regular day was the furthest thing from his mind.
Summary: Adam Goldman’s NY Times Article, “Texas Church Shooting…”, published in Nov. 8 2017, describes what allowed the gunmen to cause so much damage. One of the main reasons described is “ the Air Force admitted on Monday that it had failed to forward information about him to the national database” which is why he was able to purchase weapons even though he had been convicted of domestic abuse. The shooter also spent time in a psychiatric hospital when he was serving in the air force. He was a “high risk patient” with “girlfriend issues” who was flaunting his purchase of multiple weapons. In 2015, the shooter tried to get a license to carry a handgun but was unsuccessful because of previous animal cruelty charges.
The United States will not soon forget the rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut that came just two weeks before Christmas last year. This tragic event resulted in the death of twenty students and eight adults. Although the event shocked the nation, rampage shootings are nothing new. Over the years, many families have lost loved ones to these horrific events. As a result, these mass shootings such as the one that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary caught public attention leading to a push to find the cause of these events. Out of this research a variety of possible causes came to light consisting of arguments stating that high school bullying, availability of guns, mental illness, violent movies and video games are the cause of mass shootings. However, these researchers and debaters tend to ignore the role of massive media coverage in the increase of copycat shootings in the United States.
A gunman fired into a crowd of people at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Sunday, October 1st, 2017 on the Las Vegas strip, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500 people. The Las Vegas shooting, one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history could possibly be an act of terrorism.
As the world recovers from recent school shootings, people wondered why these events have occurred. They are focused on drug use, violent society, video games, bullying, and mental issues to try and explain an unexplainable event. The idea that a person would shoot others for little or no reason gave little relief to the survivors.
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Although no one can be entirely sure what motivates teens to commit mass shootings, there are theories that must be examined to develop solutions. One theory states that there are ten factors that contribute to the likelihood of a teen committing murder. These factors include an unstable home life, being bullied at school, obsession with violent entertainment, being suicidal, involvement with drugs or alcohol, involvement with gangs or cults, and mental illness. Usually at least four of these qualities are present in homicidal teens (Khadaroo). While many of these causes stem from home lif...
They suggested that not only mental illness but other factors such as social relationships, firearm access during emotional moments etc also lead to gun violence. However, they failed to cite this with strong facts, numbers etc. Reports suggest that up to 60% of executioners of mass shootings in the United States since 1970 displayed symptoms including acute paranoia, delusions, and depression before committing their crimes[4,5]. In another article “Rates of Household Firearm Ownership and Homicide Across US Regions and States, 1988–1997”[6], the authors emphasized on the “association between rates of household firearm ownership and homicide across the United States, by age group”. In this analysis, they failed to take gender, mental health and other factors into consideration which helps more to analyze that which type of people (mentally ill) and/ or which gender are doing these cruel
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on 28th of May 1908 in Mayfair, London. He was the son of Valentine Fleming and Evelyn St Croix Rose. Valentine was a barrister and Member of Parliament and the son of Robert Fleming who was an extremely wealthy Scottish merchant banker. Evelyn was the daughter of a wealthy London solicitor. At the start of the First World War, Valentine joined the army and quickly rose to the rank of Major. He was killed by German shelling in France on the Western Front on 20th May 1917. Evelyn inherited her husband's estate on his death but in his will, Valentine set a clause that if Evelyn should re-marry, she would lose the estate. She was effectively forever marred to Valentine.
October 2002 was the beginning of what seemed like the longest three weeks in the Washington Metropolitan Area. No one wanted to believe that what was happening would change the lives of thousands. What appeared to be a random killing spree by an enraged lunatic, turned out to be part of a massive plan that claimed the lives of ten innocent people in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. When these shootings first began, they were believed to be linked to a white van or truck. It was later discovered that these shootings were being carried out by a man named John Allen Muhammad, and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, in a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice sedan.
October 1, 2017 is now a memberable date of the deadliest mass shooting in US history. The horrific event began when Stephen Paddock checked in at the Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas strip days before, having in his possession 42 guns, 1600 rounds of ammunition, and 90 pounds of chemical explosives. His room was angled towards the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, where he fired multiple rounds towards the ground killing 59 people and injuring 527. When police arrived to Paddock’s hotel room, they found him on the floor with a bullet to the head, dead. Eric Paddock, his brother said, “He did not have any criminal record, military history, nor was he the ‘type’ of person to do such a horrific action” (BI). What was the cause of Stephen’s