Columbine Shooting

The shooting at Columbine High School happened on April 20, 1999. It was carried out by two students at the school, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. While it was definitely not the first school shooting that had happened, people were shocked because the school was located in an affluent suburb, not the inner city. Therefore, many people were left wondering why it happened. While the truth was that the boys showed psychopathic tendencies (especially Eric Harris), people wanted to blame everything else, like violent video games, goth culture, and bullies at the school. Along the lines of bullying, there were myths that the shooters targeted certain groups like jocks or Christians, but it was proved through investigation that their targets were random. 13 people were killed, and that number could have been a lot greater if the propane bombs that the killers had set actually went off. This event was devastating and shocking to many Americans, and brings into question the debate on gun control.