Columbine Shooting Research Paper

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At about 11:19 a.m. April 20 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold dressed in trench coats started shooting students at columbine high school, the weapons used by Eric were: Hi-Point model 995 carbine rifle, and Sawed-off pump-action Savage-Springfield 67H shotgun, now Dylan Klebold used: TEC-DC9 9-mm semi-automatic handgun, and Double-barrel Savage 311-D sawed-off shotgun, both carried various knifes and used bombs but most didn't go off. This was a huge Historical Turning Point in history, this changed how safety works, how people think about places, people not feeling safe, and how people will be checked before going into big places with lots of people, it changed everything with safety.

How did people think about safety after columbine?To

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