Fifteen dead, twenty-four injured at a high school in Columbine, Colorado. These were the headlines that shocked our nation on April twentieth nineteen ninety nine. Two Columbine High School students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, carried out this deadly shooting and left a community in turmoil with more questions than answers. What would cause two teenagers to go into a school and commit
mass murder? Was it bullying? Was it madness? Was it the fact that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold just could not get along with mass society? How were teenagers able to get their hands on weapons to commit these unspeakable acts of violence against innocent people? Many people choose to believe that one of the main reasons for the shooting was bullying. …show more content…
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were classified as gifted children,and had been accused of being bullied by so called jocks. Reports suggested that school administrators and teachers had condoned bullying by so called jocks or athletes,and it had also been reported that the jocks and athletes used homophobic remarks directed toward Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. After the shooting F.B.I reports came out that “Eric Harris was mentally disturbed” (Columbine School shooting: When bullying goes too) and Dylan Klebold was depressive. Many experts believe that Eric Harris was the mastermind behind the shooting because of his massive superiority complex, and he wanted to show his superiority to the whole world. Another theory that has been explored by many people is the choice of the date of the shooting. The shooting took place on April twentieth,but certain theories suggest that the original date was planned for April nineteenth. Due to delays in making the homemade bombs and gathering ammunition the date had to be pushed back to April twentieth. April nineteenth was the four year anniversary of the Oklahoma city bombing and the date of the Waco Siege,and considering the fact that both “Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had said in their homemade videos that they hoped for their plan would take more lives than the one hundred sixty-eight lost in the Oklahoma bombing four years earlier.” (The Columbine shooting 10 years later,William Bowmer)the Whatever the reason Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold decided to commit a massacre on that day,many gun control laws and school policies have been put in action in the wake of this
mass murder? Was it bullying? Was it madness? Was it the fact that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold just could not get along with mass society? How were teenagers able to get their hands on weapons to commit these unspeakable acts of violence against innocent people? Many people choose to believe that one of the main reasons for the shooting was bullying. …show more content…
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were classified as gifted children,and had been accused of being bullied by so called jocks. Reports suggested that school administrators and teachers had condoned bullying by so called jocks or athletes,and it had also been reported that the jocks and athletes used homophobic remarks directed toward Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. After the shooting F.B.I reports came out that “Eric Harris was mentally disturbed” (Columbine School shooting: When bullying goes too) and Dylan Klebold was depressive. Many experts believe that Eric Harris was the mastermind behind the shooting because of his massive superiority complex, and he wanted to show his superiority to the whole world. Another theory that has been explored by many people is the choice of the date of the shooting. The shooting took place on April twentieth,but certain theories suggest that the original date was planned for April nineteenth. Due to delays in making the homemade bombs and gathering ammunition the date had to be pushed back to April twentieth. April nineteenth was the four year anniversary of the Oklahoma city bombing and the date of the Waco Siege,and considering the fact that both “Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had said in their homemade videos that they hoped for their plan would take more lives than the one hundred sixty-eight lost in the Oklahoma bombing four years earlier.” (The Columbine shooting 10 years later,William Bowmer)the Whatever the reason Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold decided to commit a massacre on that day,many gun control laws and school policies have been put in action in the wake of this