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    Columbine School Massacre

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    boys Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did what they did. Going into their very own school and killing friends and teachers like its nothing, almost treating them like slaughter animals or killing like it 's a sport, that is something many cannot wrap their brains around. But recognizing the fact that these boys were suffering from a mental illness helps to bring closure, showing that the boys if had been in there right mind wouldn 't have ever killed anyone. Blaming the parents of Eric and Dylan,…

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    to be about as far from the truth as it could possibly be. That is because two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, arrived at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and made that small town a talking point for years to come when they began shooting at both their classmates and the staff members of their school, before fatally shooting themselves in the library. The original plan Harris and Klebold came up with was even more destructive than the events that took place that day; they…

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    Columbine Shooting Theory

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    It was the morning of April 20, 1999, in a small town called Littleton, Colorado, two shooters who were later identified as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold who attended Columbine High School. Eric at the time was 18 years of age and Dylan at the time was 17. Facts concluded that the two had killed and wounded approximately 20 people, students and teachers included, before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide on school campus. It started inside the school by the library then…

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    Charleston Church Shooting. Although, violence rates in America are steadily decreasing violence is still a major problem in America. First of all, American gun crimes have continued to claim innocent lives. For example, on April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed fifteen students at Columbine High School in Columbine Colorado. The duo placed several makeshift bombs around the school then attempted to detonate them. When the bombs failed to explode they entered the school and…

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    Another mass shooting that occurred long before this one was also just as devastating. On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys one Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18, woke up that day knowing that they were about to commit a mass murder at their Columbine High School and that it was going to be their last day. Before the shooting the pair’s original plan was to blow up the school with their homemade explosives but when that didn’t work out, that’s when they started to go on a shooting rampage.…

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    unknown to him, nothing that day was going to be the usual routine. He went to work, and that was where he would learn the horror of what had happened earlier that day. What Holmes did not know yet was that at 11:19 am earlier that day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold began “shooting fellow students outside Columbine High School, located in a suburb south of Denver” (History.com Staff). According to ABC news reporter Susan Donaldson James, by 11:19 am, they had killed twelve students and one…

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    On the day of April 20th, 1999 Littleton, Colorado the whole country was shaken to its roots because of the tragedy which had taken place at Columbine High School. Two armed and highly dangerous students named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had launched a full on premeditated assault on the school and its occupants. They reason for their attack was the hatred that grew within them for the school and its occupants due to its social cruelty, injustice and unfairness. They had premeditated this…

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    killing thirteen individuals were Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. This brutal attack was a shock to America, and the lessons learned need to be known to prevent such a devastating attack from happening again on U.S. soil. The day of April 20, 1999 is one that no one will forget. It was just a normal day for the students and teachers at Columbine High School that morning, but little did they know that around 11:19 a.m. all their lives would be changed forever. Eric Harris, 18…

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    Eric Harris Narrative

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    “I’m going to stay in the car a few minutes. I have to do something before I go in.” Eric Harris said. His sister, Lena, hesitated before getting out of the car because it seemed odd. “Alright, please don’t be late again. You don’t want another detention.” said Lena. She walked into the school and into the library for study hall. The school was very quiet and it was odd, like something would happen at any given time. Usually the school is loud and sometimes obnoxious. “Hey, did you get the…

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    rushing Captain Stephens with questions of how Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold got their firearms. NBC News Reporter, to the captain: Captain Stephens! Captain! Can you tell us how these two young boys got ahold of the firearms used in the shooting? Captain, speaking to the crowd of reporters: We are still investigating close friends and family, so far we have no leads. CNN News Reporter: Do you think you will find out why Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold decided to bring weapons to Columbine High…

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