result of the Columbine school shooting, people rushed to the conclusion that gun legislation was the answer to end mass shootings. People proposed many restrictions on guns that most likely would not have been enough and effective. Gun legislation would not entirely prevent a mass shooting occurring let alone prevent someone from obtaining a weapon. School shootings are more frequent because there are too many guns and not enough gun control (Kleck, 2009, P. 1448). The weapons the Columbine shooters…
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Columbine has revolutionized the way school shootings are looked at and handled today. Columbine has now been a reference point on what can be done to prevent shootings in schools. The tragic event, which happened over a decade ago, has made a lasting impact on the schools in America today. This lasting impact is evident by the security systems that are now in place, the intruder drill systems which have been implemented, and the statistics of declining school shooting rates. The massacre has…
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Fehr 5/15/24 US history 3rd period The Columbine Massacre The Columbine massacre was a school shooting that occurred at Columbine High school in Colorado. The thing that led to the Columbine shooting was that no schools had security, metal detectors, and open doors. After the Columbine massacre, schools began to get security, and tighten up on gun laws. Schools began to have to prepare for what would happen if there was a school shooting. The Columbine Shooting happened on April 20th, 1999 in Littleton…
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On April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School, Littleton, Jefferson County. Two teenage boys named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 15 students. The teens then went back outside to their cars to wait for the bombs to go off. When the bombs failed to detonate, Harris and Klebold began their shooting spree. Many makeshift memorials were created after the massacre, including ones employing victims Rachel Scott's car and John Tomlin's truck. 15 crosses for the victims and the shooters were erected…
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Prior to the incident, both Harris and Klebold were reportedly planning this horrible massacre for about a year. During the duration of the planning, many signs were indicated that the two were up to no good but still nothing was done to prevent the shooting from happening. For instance, about a year before the killing spree occurred, authorities were informed by concerned parents that their son was being threatened by Eric Harris through the internet. Ironically the son whom was Brooks Brown was informed…
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The Mass Casualty Response to the Columbine Shooting Christian McConnell Dallas Brookhaven EMS College EMSP 1391 Responding to Mass Casualty David Dunafan 05/31/2024. What is a Mass Casualty Incident? A Mass Casualty Incident is any event that creates a surge of more patients than an EMS system can handle at one time. Mass Casualty Incidents can happen because of natural disasters or the actions of a person or group of people, so long as it creates a sudden need for EMS that overwhelms the EMS…
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Columbine is an event that everyone, especially in my home state of Colorado, will never forget. For many people, the event was supposed to be the end of mass murders in the United States. However, the Columbine shooting appears to have led to many copy-cat attacks. My first document comes from the Douglas County Sheriff in Colorado, but more importantly, my high school. I was able to find a copy of the arrest affidavit for Brooke Higgins, a junior at Mountain Vista High School who with her and her…
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decided to shoot up their school of Columbines. Some people say bullying, psychopathy, violent video games, drugs, music, and the list goes on and on since people were looking for something to blame. Dylan was the more depressed and socially awkward of the two. He was depressed over having no girlfriend, and not fitting in(“...either ill commit suicide, or ill get w Harriet & it will be NBK for us.” Page 215) He also didn’t financially contribute much to the shooting plan. Eric was less shy and more…
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Means suffering in silence. Many people suffer because they have lost something or someone. Life is about going through bad and good moment. The Columbine High school shooting is the most tragic event in American history that no one could ever forget. the shooting brought a big trauma for students and teachers.Michael Moore's " Bowling for Columbine," a documentary which alternately humorous and horrifying about the united states. Through this movie Moore attempt to show how the availble of…
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students and a teacher lay dead in their school twenty-five years ago, nobody could predict that years later, the epidemic of mass shootings would infest the United States. The Columbine school shooting was a day when halls of learning were turned into halls of horror, shattering the illusion of safety within sanctuaries. In the years leading up to the tragic event, shootings, particularly in schools, were almost unheard of. However, on April 20, 1999, two young men shattered the innocence of an entire…
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