Columbine shooting
On a normal school day at Columbine High School, students were attending lunch and doing class work in the library not expecting anything in particular to happen. Actually no one in the U.S. expected or was ready for what came to be on April 20, 1999 to the 1,945 students attending Columbine High School. On April 20,1999 at 11:19 a.m. two Columbine students wearing trench coats went on a rampage outside of the school shooting students and staff. The students were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 12 students, including a staff member, leaving more than 20 others injured. Their original plan was to bomb the school, but after they set the bombs in their places around the school, they didn’t go off as expected. As the bombs showed malfunctions they became fierce and took matters into their own hands. After they shot and killed many students they pulled the trigger on themselves ending their lives. This impacted the nation greatly it was one of the first deadly shootings ever seen at that time. The nation was devastated it wasn’t ready for an event like this one to occur. First, teachers weren’t trained and the police department was unsure on how to respond to a situation like this. It took them a few hours to control the situation. The reasons to why they did it may remain unsure, but one of the main reasons people believe was because they were bullied. This was a major reason, because in their shootings they mostly targeted jocks and popular students. The reasons to why they did it have come to theories, but no one is really sure. Although the reasons may be of great importance the thing that matters the most is how did this happen? School safety has been a huge issue that hasn’t been tackled and correctly resolved even after the Columbine shooting. This should be a topic that has to be resolved now! Students are going to school fearful for their lives in an unsafe environment. Since the great tragedy at Columbine High school in the 1990’s, school shootings have increased drastically. Let alone According to Elite daily “since the Sandy Hook Elementary violent event in 2012 there has been 87 school shootings.” This shouldn’t be an action that the government should take their time to decide on, but an issue that society should come together and take action for the safety of the students in their academic setting. To make schools safer; schools must add security measures, better active shooter training procedures, and more funds to increase security inside the school. Since, the Columbine shootings in the 1990’s school safety hasn’t really been increased or seen as a big major factor to take action on. The security at Columbine during the 1990’s was basic. They had two security guards, with few cameras around the school, and no trained staff to deal with that kind of situation. For example, According to History.com “in 2007 there was the deadliest school shooting that took place at Virginia tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.” This event taking place in a public university where 25,000 students attended consisted of a shooter that killed 32 people with the late response from the police and lack of security and communication from the University. The shooter was able to move around the university shooting a mass of students, which could have been prevented if the university had taken the right security measures. If the schools add more security measures such as metal detectors, more security, and random security checks it would help …show more content…
Since, the Columbine shooting in the 1990’s nothing has been improved to secure our students. This should be an issue that should be settled now by the people instead of waiting for congress to debate about how to solve this situation while many students are still in danger. Schools must add security measures, better active shooter training procedures, and more funds to increase security inside the school in order to secure the students. If society doesn’t do nothing now students will continue to be in danger and school crimes would still be increasing. These steps are the necessary building blocks to secure the safety of our students and ensure the improvements in school
On a normal school day at Columbine High School, students were attending lunch and doing class work in the library not expecting anything in particular to happen. Actually no one in the U.S. expected or was ready for what came to be on April 20, 1999 to the 1,945 students attending Columbine High School. On April 20,1999 at 11:19 a.m. two Columbine students wearing trench coats went on a rampage outside of the school shooting students and staff. The students were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 12 students, including a staff member, leaving more than 20 others injured. Their original plan was to bomb the school, but after they set the bombs in their places around the school, they didn’t go off as expected. As the bombs showed malfunctions they became fierce and took matters into their own hands. After they shot and killed many students they pulled the trigger on themselves ending their lives. This impacted the nation greatly it was one of the first deadly shootings ever seen at that time. The nation was devastated it wasn’t ready for an event like this one to occur. First, teachers weren’t trained and the police department was unsure on how to respond to a situation like this. It took them a few hours to control the situation. The reasons to why they did it may remain unsure, but one of the main reasons people believe was because they were bullied. This was a major reason, because in their shootings they mostly targeted jocks and popular students. The reasons to why they did it have come to theories, but no one is really sure. Although the reasons may be of great importance the thing that matters the most is how did this happen? School safety has been a huge issue that hasn’t been tackled and correctly resolved even after the Columbine shooting. This should be a topic that has to be resolved now! Students are going to school fearful for their lives in an unsafe environment. Since the great tragedy at Columbine High school in the 1990’s, school shootings have increased drastically. Let alone According to Elite daily “since the Sandy Hook Elementary violent event in 2012 there has been 87 school shootings.” This shouldn’t be an action that the government should take their time to decide on, but an issue that society should come together and take action for the safety of the students in their academic setting. To make schools safer; schools must add security measures, better active shooter training procedures, and more funds to increase security inside the school. Since, the Columbine shootings in the 1990’s school safety hasn’t really been increased or seen as a big major factor to take action on. The security at Columbine during the 1990’s was basic. They had two security guards, with few cameras around the school, and no trained staff to deal with that kind of situation. For example, According to History.com “in 2007 there was the deadliest school shooting that took place at Virginia tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.” This event taking place in a public university where 25,000 students attended consisted of a shooter that killed 32 people with the late response from the police and lack of security and communication from the University. The shooter was able to move around the university shooting a mass of students, which could have been prevented if the university had taken the right security measures. If the schools add more security measures such as metal detectors, more security, and random security checks it would help …show more content…
Since, the Columbine shooting in the 1990’s nothing has been improved to secure our students. This should be an issue that should be settled now by the people instead of waiting for congress to debate about how to solve this situation while many students are still in danger. Schools must add security measures, better active shooter training procedures, and more funds to increase security inside the school in order to secure the students. If society doesn’t do nothing now students will continue to be in danger and school crimes would still be increasing. These steps are the necessary building blocks to secure the safety of our students and ensure the improvements in school