With the recent mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, that left 12 people dead and 38 others injured, authorities can now add another horrible incident to the long list of random massacres that have plagued the United States.
While officials claim to be working around the clock in an effort to raise awareness and protect innocent civilians from happenings like this most recent one, it seems as if these random shootings are taking place more often than not.
In cases like the infamous Columbine shooting of 1999, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore even made a film that explored the possible causes for the specific shooting and other random acts of gun violence
In one memorable scene from the movie, Moore discovers how a bank in Michigan would give customers a free hunting rifle when they made a deposit of a certain size into a time deposit account. During the scene a camera follows Moore as he goes to the bank, makes his deposit, fills out the forms, and awaits the result of a background check before walking out of the bank carrying a brand new Weatherby hunting rifle.
Just before leaving the bank, Moore asks the teller, Do you think it's a little dangerous to be handing out guns at a bank?
To this day, people still argue about whether this kind of massacre, or ones like it, can be prevented in the future.
As precautions in high schools and universities have been taken since the columbine school shootings and others like it, it was not the first massacre to happen and it most likely will not be the last.
Here are Five of America's most deadly shootings
Jimmer Fredette will be interviewed by Jim Rome on Friday afternoon.ReutersOn May 18, 1927, three bombs went off at the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, MI, Killing a total of 58 people, including 38 elementary school children, two teachers, four other adults and the bomber himself. The bomber was school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe, 55, who was ostensibly enraged about a property tax levied to fund the construction of the school building.WikipediaOn April 17, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others at Virginia Polytechnic institute amd State University in Blacksburg, VA. In two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, the Virginia Tech killer unleashed fury on his peers before turning the gun on himself. The massacre is the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman in U.S. history.TwitterOn on August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman killed 16 people and wounded 32 during a shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin. Whitman, a former marine, killed three of his victims inside the university's tower, and 10 others from the 28th floor observation deck of the University's 307-foot administrative building – one, Karen Griffith, died a week after the shooting from her wounds. Whitman was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy. WikipediaHarris and Klebold at Columbine High School after killing 13 people, and injuring several more. Both students concluded the massacre by committing suicide. Dylan Klebold (shooter to the right) is seen holding the Tec-9, while Eric Harris (shooter to the left) is seen holding the 995 carbine and his sawn off shotgun.WikipediaThe Kent State Shootings, also known as the Kent State Massacre, occurred at Kent State University in Kent, OH, on May 4, 1970. On that day, the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. The shooting was in response to a protest that had been taking place against the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30. Other students who were shot had been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.Wikipedia
