The Effects Of Columbine

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The 20th of April was the anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The shooting deaths of 12 students and 1 teacher—and the two suicides of the teenage executioners and left many others psychologically and physically damaged. Who’s to blame? , On the issue of blame, of this massacre it is not music, or video games, and not even movies, it’s the shooters because everybody is responsible own actions. However, the parents could have been more involved in their lives. What parent wouldn’t notice their child listening to groups like Marilyn Manson, or I.C.P. (or known as Insane Clown Possie)(both band lyrics are filled with violence). Although, they were not totally accepted by the group they considered themselves members of the “Trenchcoat Mafia”. The Mafioso were large family gangs that did the events like the St. Valentines Massacre and they also made movies about them like the Godfather series, Scar face and many others. They also controlled Las Vegas for a period of time for money laundering and other illegal activities. These activities lead up to April 20 ’99. These incidences all commenced the shooting. In early ’98, when Harris and Klebold committed a petty vandalism in the neighborhood this brings police awareness about the two boys Dylan Klebold, age 16, and Eric Harris, age 17. In May ’98 the Browns, (neighbors of the Harris’s) turn in a 9-page print out of Eric’s web site over to the police. The web site was filled with violence, hatred, and aforementioned threats, in spite of all that there was no action taken. In June of ’98 Dylan and Eric began building pipe bombs, the parents fail to notice their activities. July ’98 Eric was playing “Doom”(doom is a computer game) on the Internet, one of the levels in the game was a layout of Columbine High School. August ’98 they set off the pipe bombs in “Greenbelt” section. That September Dylan and Eric become seniors. In October, Dylan and Eric’s video class project was teeming with antagonism, hostility, and retribution. November Dylan’s girlfriend turns 18 and buys three guns used in the shooting. At some point in December, Eric is taking Luvox, a psychotropic drug to treat a brain chemical imbalance. In the New Year their bomb making continues while Eric refines his murder tactics. February ’99 a man sells a TEC-DC9 assault pistol to Eric... ... middle of paper ... ...ree. Rachel’s best friend from forth grade, wiped her tears of sorrow as she kneeled and wrote ”Rachel, I’m so proud of you! I will miss you dearly. You were truly one of my true best friends and I love you from the bottom of my heart.” other messages said, “See you in heaven,” ”You are my hero,” and “You always brought a smile to my face.” Her father wrote, “I love you. Dad. Forever.” Rachel’s funeral was the first weekend services expected to draw a lot of attention from fellow students, teachers, politicians and the former Vice President Al Gore. These were The Effects of Columbine and even now, we are still effected by a event that happened two years ago. I was in junior high when it happened, and the day after it happened there was a “no trenchcoat” rule and “no Marilyn Manson shirt rule” or anything that was affiliated with being “Gothic”. Since then there has been several more acts of violence on school grounds. In ‘99, I believed there was a bomb threat at our Mission Viejo High School. Columbine will effect us for years to come... Worksited Page “Columbine” http://www.cnn.com (5/07/01) “Columbine” http://www.proquest.umi.com (5/08/01)

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