Question:
Which section from the text best demonstrates the change in school shooters over time?
A. "His mother was an alcoholic who lived with a series of violent men. In one two year stretch, he lived in 10 foster homes and was both sexually and physically abused." (Paragraph 21)
B. "That's what Paton and Larkin mean: the effect of Harris and Klebold's example was to make it possible for people with far higher thresholds - boys who would ordinarily never think of firing a weapon at their classmates - to join in the riot." (Paragraph 51)
C. "The prosecution saw someone who wanted to be Eric Harris and plainly assumed that meant he must be like Eric Harris, that there must be a dark heart below LaDue's benign exterior." (Paragraph 56)
D. "In the day of Eric Harris, we could try to console ourselves with the thought that there was nothing we could do, that no law or intervention or restrictions on guns could make a difference in the face of someone so evil. (Paragraph 66)
Answer:
B. "That's what Paton and Larkin mean: the effect of Harris and Klebold's example was to make it possible for people with far higher thresholds - boys who would ordinarily never think of firing a weapon at their classmates - to join in the riot." (Paragraph 51)
Step-by-step explanation:
Although you have not shown the text this question refers to, we can tell you, based on the context of your question, that you are referring to the article "Thresholds of Violence."
After reading this article, we can see that:
- The article deals with the occurrence of shootings at schools.
- In addition to showing how these shootings are very sad and negative situations, the article analyzes the shooters.
- The article shows how, in shooting cases in the past, shooters had a bad life history.
- These shooters had a sad childhood, with cases of bullying and violence that encouraged violent and murderous behavior.
- However, over time, it became more common for this profile to change in relation to shooters.
- The most recent shooters were people with good standards of living, who had no history of violence and abuse, and who had never shown themselves capable of committing such a terrible act.
This shows the reader that just as the profile of shooters changes drastically over the years, the laws, responsible for dealing with these cases, must change as well, to be increasingly efficient and promote protection in schools.