Columbine High School massacre

instance. Bowling for Columbine draws your eye to one specific topic throughout the 2 hour documentary which is the gun control in America, how easy it is to get your hands on a gun and the Columbine High school massacre in 1999. Documentaries allow you to reflect on an issue within your society and engage with the world. Documentaries help you to see the bigger picture on an issue. Documentaries allow you to develop an opinion on an issue. Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine uses…

being thrust into their faces, people crying and calling out for answers to why this would ever happen: Columbine. This infamous school shooting was not only life threatening for those who were there inside, but also for those caught in the horrible crossfire of media coverage that followed. From the plethora of myths to the shameless actions of the law enforcement involved, the issues of Columbine just seemed to multiply with no one single answer as to why all of this madness was happening. The…

At Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999, seniors Dylan Klebold (age 17) and his best friend Eric Harris (age 18) carried different types of guns and homemade bombs into their high school. After passing the school threshold, they decided to begin firing targeting their peers, teachers, and other faculty members at that time, causing one of the most tragic high school massacres of all times. When all damage was done, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris committed suicide,…

On April 20th, 1999, two high school students committed a crime that forever altered the mindset of the nation. In a malicious attack, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 15 people, including themselves, and injured 28 others. Both boys were troubled, suffering from both bullying and mental illness. Harris was prescribed Luvox, “an antidepressant medication commonly used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.” While their mental health and social relations should be taken…

approximately 11,127 Americans are killed each year by gun violence. With that being said, that places America at the very top of the list, with Japan only having an estimated 39 citizens. It is also revealed in the video documentary, Bowling for Columbine, that Canada is notorious for hunting. However, the deaths that occur through gun violence is not as near or equivalent to that of America. This leads one to question, what makes America the perfect place for a shooting range? It is quite the…

their bullies to get revenge. Anyone who feels this way should be considered a danger to society, and that is something that the school or their parents should have caught, and it would probably be the thing that would have prevented the massacre, rather than video…

THE COLUMBINE MASSACRE: A DAY TO REMEMBER In the earlier days, schools were the safest places for students. Students were safer than they were at their homes because they were constantly being monitored by the school staffs and other fellow students. Today, school shootings are becoming a huge problem in America. It has become more common for students to express their anger with the intention of hurting or killing innocent classmates. On April 20, 1999 one of the most horrific school shooting…

Often regarded as one of the worst school shootings in American history, the Columbine Massacre influenced not only the lives of the students and families personally affected, but had a significant impact on numerous issues throughout the rest of the country. Though this was not the first instance of school related violence, the careful planning, explanations given, and ultimate brutality of the event provoked many individuals to question whether or not it could have been prevented, and what…

ruthlessly fired a semi-automatic rifle on a café in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 innocent people and injuring 23, the Australian prime minister of the time, John Howard, introduced the National Firearms Agreement in the aftermath of the 1996 massacre (Grimson, 2016). Ever since the introduction of this powerful legislation, Australian citizens have not witnessed mass shootings as the occurrence of gun related violence has been dropping since the Port Arthur incident (ABC News, 2016).…

COLUMBINE; AMERICA 'S AWAKENING “In a matter of minutes, two youths shot and killed 12 fellow students and a teacher, and wounded 20 others, before turning their guns on themselves,” says the article “The Columbine Tragedy, April 20 1999” from Historic U.S. Events. Overcome with hatred, two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, conducted a mass murder shooting at Columbine High School. This provoked fear and inspired a wave of other school shootings across the country. At 11:15 am, a mass…