The tragedy among youth, April 20, 1999; two troubled young men lash out their rage and depression on the high school they were cast out from; Columbine High, Littleton, Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were the two adolescents that committed this heinous crime. Over all, these murders had caused thirteen deaths and twenty one, brutal injuries. Although, most of the deaths and injuries were by gunshot, many explosives were also used. The explosive were manufactured by Klebold and there were roughly ninety nine of these devices planted throughout the campus. Since Klebold was the brains of the operation, Harris played the part of the brawns. Eric Harris was born on April 9, 1983 on a military base in Wichita, Kansas and was …show more content…
Most of the munitions were of course, illegally acquired; they were bought through unlicensed vendors and paid for with cash, there was no receipt and nothing was written down. For example Robyn Anderson bought both of the pistols through an unlicensed vendor at a gun show. However; the shotguns came from an unknown source. The two pistols included one TEC-DC9 and one 9mm carbine. As for the shotguns there was one 67H pump and one 12 gauge. Makes and were not released to the public. With this being one of the most horrendous killing sprees of this nation’s youth and it affected many people. The mothers, the fathers, the siblings and even the distant family members of the victims will forever remember the loved ones they had lost. Unjustly, the two murderers deserved a far worse punishment than the one they had inflicted upon themselves. However Robyn Anderson was tried and the court soon found that she had bought the guns for them. However she did so without knowing what the two were going to do with them. The tragedy among youth, April 20, 1999; two troubled young men lash out their rage and depression on the high school they were cast out from, Columbine High, Littleton,