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All across the United States we hear and read about senseless and random acts of violence. They are occurring with much more frequency than they ever did before. They are becoming more violent and taking more lives. Why are these senseless acts being committed and why are they becoming so frequent? What causes people to act in such a manner? Who is to blame and what can be do to help control this growing every day problem? It seems that the people committing these violent acts have many problems surrounding them and apparently weren’t able to deal with them. They had tension and frustrations in their life and instead of talking about it or getting help they just bottled up their problems and let them compound inside of them. They did this until they couldn’t hold it anymore and they snapped sending them on a rampage. Some of the people who have these kind of problems might see through the media that committing violence would be a good way to receive attention because it would make the cover of the USA today and the LA Times. This problem of people rampaging against society and its innocent victims is occurring frequently and, sadly to say, but becoming an every day thing. This has part to do with the media. The me