The Columbine Tragedy

Columbine High School, 1999, shocked the United States and forever changed law enforcement traditional approach to mass shooting. The old tactical approach by law officers to “contain and negotiate” with the perpetrator proved to be outdated with the Columbine active shooter incident. As a result, police departments across the country were prompt to rethink and reevaluate how they should respond to active shooter incidents. This particular incident, 1. Changed the way police officers are trained. 2, how to respond to an active shooter incident. 3, reeducated the community on how to react and respond to an active shoot. 4, how the community can help prevent an active shooter incident from happening. 6, it redefined what it meant to be an active shooter.

For this assignment, I read the non-fiction account of Columbine by David Cullen. The novel consisted of two separate, yet parallel, storylines; Eric and Dylan’s preparation for the massacre, and the recollections of the survivors as they struggled to deal with the aftermath. The literary piece is filled with details, sub-plots, and other information which could take an essay in of itself to fully discuss and flesh-out. However, in this essay I shall be focusing on the finer points of the book, such as the subject, the speaker, and the purpose of Columbine

Columbine and Sandy Hook, and the tragedy associated to them, shared a common denominator often targeted by the media, violent video games. However, the bias of the media failed to bring attention to other more prominent factors. These video games do not spur aggression as media turns a blind eye to more telling elements such as mental health issues and bullying.

Columbine by Dave Cullen tells the events that unfolded on April 20th, 1999. That day, two boys, self-proclaimed rebels, armed themselves and proceeded to murder the same students they had walked the halls with for four years. As the stories of Dylan, Eric, and the victims of this tragic day came to light, many falsehoods also arose. Unfortunately, the myths and truths about Columbine still linger with us today. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold left a lasting impression on the world; but left behind the truth as to why they really did it. This leaves us to wonder what really happened on that fateful day.

After the tragic events that took place at the elementary school, the entire nation amped up on security for all schools. There also became gun laws and different restrictions to buy certain weapons. Also, many families switched schools and families throughout the nation looked into the location of their school and the safety that if brought to their children. There was a yearlong investigation on the shooter and this case really paralleled to the cases of Columbine and Virginia Tech. All of the shooters were violent and quiet kids who suffered from a mental disorder. Columbine was a really big event that got the ball rolling for the other two for it was found that Columbine was the inspiration for other

On April 20, 1999 Columbine school would face a devastating attack. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold commit a school shooting that changes the lives of Columbine students and staff. Two best friends that make a deadly combination. They show up to the school with a plan to kill as many people as possible.

April 20th, 1999 is a day that will never be forgotten, on that day the first school shooting massacre accord. At around eleven fifteen a.m. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris opened fire on students at Columbine High School in a suburb of Denver, Colorado. What drives two teenagers to the point of mass murder? These kids had come to a dark road in their lives and they succumbed to it completely and that is when they began to plan for the biggest school shooting. What drove these two teens to their breaking point and what was the result of their choices?

On Tuesday, April 20 1999, Columbine High School located in Columbine Colorado an unfortunate massacre happened and many teens lost their lives. The two students responsible for this incident were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. These two senior students were responsible for killing twelve students and one teacher; they were also responsible for injuring an additional twenty one students on their rampage. A few other students were injured while trying to escape the school. Columbine is considered the fourth deadliest school massacre in history. It was said to be that there was not one target but everyone was a target on Eric and Dylan’s rampage through the high school

Bang! Bang! Bang! Thirteen students, one teacher ,and twenty-one other injured. Due to the tragic event that took place at the Columbine High School many states in the U.S have proceeded to enforce laws that will further ensure the safety of students, administration and the community nation wide. As for school districts new regulations have been put in to ensure the safety of their students and faculty attending their facility. The Columbine High School Massacre has let people know nationwide that school shootings can happen anywhere and they can have very tragic effects.

America’s star detective Michael Moore has done it again! In this edition, he uncovers the truth behind the Columbine shooting, and exposes the “real” menaces of America’s society. Or this is what we are led to believe…

Between the comings and goings of an average day in America there are momentous events that fall across the globe and stain history for better or for worse. These world-changing occurrences are often wrought with tragedy, and cling to the mind with the sharp talons of loss. More often than not, unfortunate events have a way of establishing a camaraderie among humanity, setting in motion a gentle shift in people 's disdain for others- if only for a moment- and allowing them to move together and reinvent the rules and techniques; readjusting and shifting until something that works is sealed into standard procedure. From turmoil and hurt, humanity corrects itself and grows. Of these events, the Columbine High School shooting comes to many as one that completely morphed America 's culture and sense of security. The assault was carried out by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, students of the school and close friends. They had nourished the idea, feeding it hours of attention and deep consideration. Then, they went forward with it on April 20, 1999. The boys took the event seriously, setting up decoy bombs and then positioning their vehicles in the school parking lot with an arsenal and military methods of execution prepared to put in motion. They ending thirteen lives, including their own. The ruin caused by the shooting would have been greater, had the plan prevailed. Their actions had a severe impact on the way many people live and think. When one sifts through the information

Do you think prohibiting weapons would lessen crime? In this essay, there are lots of proofs supporting this side of the controversy. Some evidence would be the Columbine School Shootings and the University of Virginia incident. Also, public opinion would be a key factor, considering the percentage of Americans supporting this ban. The statistics to show why weapon ban would help reduce the number of crimes incorporating weapons into them.

During the past decade, America has witnessed a rise in mass murders carried out by youth leaving parents, teachers and school officials scrambling to figure out the motive behind such attacks. The 1999 massacre at Columbine High School was a watershed moment in American history that offered, besides grief and sorrow for lost loved ones, clues as to how to prevent copycat massacres at school campuses in the future. Theories abound in the hopes of explaining why Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 and injured 21 others, yet very few hold true as time progresses and other massacres unfold. Modern-day schools have atmospheres that foster bullying and a divided social class system. The attacks perpetrated by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

     The 20th of April was the anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The shooting deaths of 12 students and 1 teacher—and the two suicides of the teenage executioners and left many others psychologically and physically damaged. Who’s to blame? , On the issue of blame, of this massacre it is not music, or video games, and not even movies, it’s the shooters because everybody is responsible own actions. However, the parents could have been more involved in their lives. What parent wouldn’t notice their child listening to groups like Marilyn Manson, or I.C.P. (or known as Insane Clown Possie)(both band lyrics are filled with violence). Although, they were not totally accepted by

The perpetrators who gave insight to many psychological fields and named as inspiration for unfortunately similar occasions, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’s legacy will forever remain as homegrown terrorists. On April 20, 1999, Klebold and Harris opened fire at Columbine High School, consequently ending the lives of fifteen—including themselves—and injuring numerous others. In the nearly two decades following the Columbine High School massacre, the United States has seen an uptick in school shootings and an increased awareness of mental health; too often an individual’s “brain health” status goes unnoticed until they put themselves or others in immediate danger—such was the case of Klebold and Harris.