School Shooting History

Several events have occurred throughout history that have changed the way humans look at things and act. Every war, natural disaster, personal conflict, or any other major event causes a new way of thinking that an individual or population has not experienced before. Unfortunately, many times disastrous events cause the new and improved thoughts that have shaped the world we live in. One of the more recent, but certainly key, events that have shaped our world are school shootings. While there have been many different school shootings across America, each one had a different effect. The school shootings that occurred in Littleton, Colorado and Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania were both very different, but had similar devastating effects.

Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado The school shooting that occurred in Columbine High School is one of the most famous school shootings in American History. On April 20, 1999, two high school students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, left two duffel bags with bombs inside in the school cafeteria set to go off at 11:17. They left the bags at 11:00. They did not start shooting until the bombs failed to go off. They killed 13 people and wounded over 20 before committing suicide. Several different theories have come out since the shooting. At first, it was suspected that the teens had targeted certain groups of people. It was

For one of their small schools to have a shooting like this was not only unheard of, but unthought of. The Amish culture is so separate from the “English,” as the Amish community calls those who are non-amish, that it was surprising to everyone that someone would attack such peaceful people, who mostly keep to themselves (lancaster). This school shooting showed how nobody, no matter how hard they try to separate themselves from modern culture, is safe from man’s ability to destroy and cause