The
Columbine High School Massacre occurred on April 20, 1999. I will post the
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The
Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on
April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area
of Jefferson County in the State of Colorado. In addition to shootings, the
complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters,
propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99 explosive devices,
and bombs rigged in cars. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold,
murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher. They injured 24 additional
students, with three other people being injured while attempting to escape the
school. The pair then committed suicide.
Although
their motives remain unclear, the personal journals of the perpetrators
document that they wished their actions to rival the Oklahoma City bombing. The
attack has been referred to by USA Today as a "suicidal attack
[which was] planned as a grand – if badly implemented – terrorist bombing."
The Columbine High School massacre is the deadliest mass murder committed on an
American high school campus. Highly influential, it is noted as one of the
first and most serious of a series of high profile spree shootings which have
since occurred.
The
massacre sparked debate over gun control laws, the availability of firearms
within the United States and gun violence involving youths. Much discussion
also centered on the nature of high school cliques, subcultures and bullying,
in addition to the influence of violent movies and video games in American
society. The shooting resulted in an increased emphasis on school security, and
a moral panic aimed at goth culture, social outcasts, gun culture, the use of
pharmaceutical anti-depressants by teenagers, teenage Internet use and violent
video games.
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