The term massacre is used to refer to the multiple murder of defenseless people without any kind of mercy. Massacres usually take place for different reasons: discrimination, racism, business, passion, etc. In general, this kind of murder is carried out by people who act alone or in groups, who also tend to have a strong supply of weapons that allows them to attack several people at the same time.
The massacre is characterized by the disparity of conditions present between the attacker and his victims, since in general the attack is carried out in an unforeseen way, which makes the victims defenseless at the time of the attack.
The impact that this type of event has had on society has given these episodes a historical dimension, an example of which has been the massacre of banana companies in Colombia and the Ponce massacre in Puerto Rico. In the same way there is the massacre that took place during the Second World War in which thousands of Jews were killed by the Germans.
There are also family massacres, which occur when one of the family members decides to attack the others. In this case, the motive for the murder is, generally, jealousy; although other a little more complex pathologies may appear.
In recent decades, societies have witnessed cruel massacres, especially in the school context and where the most common cause has to do with bullying.
Many of the young people who have become murderers of their classmates and teachers have done so because they have been subjected to constant abuse by their own classmates, causing a certain psychological imbalance that prompts them to commit this type of act. A very notorious case is the one that occurred in the United States at the Columbine school, in the state of Colorado, where two students, tired of so many mockery, decided to assassinate everyone who crossed their path, leaving a regrettable balance of deceased and injured.
And just like this, there have been many cases of massacre of this type, which have arisen in the American country. Following these events, the United States has carefully reviewed the legislation that is responsible for controlling the sale of arms to civilians and also have campaigned in favor of non - violence.
