If that question is asked at a table usually people would say “No”. A long time ago that answer would have no opposition, but now with the recent murders of students on school grounds that answer is not so easy to answer. In 2006 after the recent shootings in Colorado, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania a representative by the name of Frank Lease, a Green Bay legislator. Planned to introduce a legislation that would allow faculty to carry concealed weapons on school grounds as a deterrent against shootings. Allowing faculty to carry firearms can have an effect on mass shootings at schools.
Columbine Shooting On April 20, 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris attacked Columbine High school in Colorado. They arrived at school with an arsenal of knives, guns, and bombs, as well as two propane bombs that they had already placed in the cafeteria rigged with timers. According to Jennifer Rosenberg, “When the day was done, twelve students, one teacher, and the two murderers were dead; plus 21 more were injured (Columbine Massacre).” They had planned on two propane bombs going off in the cafeteria killings hundreds more students, but this was not the case. The bombs were rigged up incorrectly, and did not explode at 11:17 as planned. At 11:20 they decided something had gone wrong.
Eric Harris was eighteen at the time, while Dylan Klebold was seventeen. At the time of the event, investigations determined that they chose their victims randomly, and had intended originally on bombing their school to kill potentially hundreds of people including their friends. The journals that had been left behind by Harris and Klebold had showed they have been planning for a year on how they could bomb the school with an attack similar to the Oklahoma City bombing that occurred in 1995 by Timothy McVeigh (Columbine High School Shootings, 2013). They were armed with explosive devices and guns hidden under trench coats. They had saved money from their after-school work to assemble a small arsenal.
One of the most remembered and tragic school shootings that started this tragic trend around the country was the “Columbine School shooting” on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Columbine, located in Jefferson County in the State of Colorado. This was a highly planed and complex attack that involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks that were converted to bombs that were placed in the cafeteria, bombs rigged in cars, and 99 explosive devices. This attack was planned and carried by 2 students, Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold. Total of 12 students and 1 teacher were murdered during this attack that took place on the campus of the school. They also injured 27additional students during this attack.
The Real Victim About thirteen thousand people are killed per year in the Untied States of America. On April 20, 1999, 15 students, including the perpetrators were killed in the Columbine High School Massacre. The Columbine High School Massacre, also known as Columbine, occurred in Columbine which is an unincorporated part of Jefferson County, Colorado. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher. They also injured 21 students directly and three others were injured while attempting to escape.
Columbine Massacre Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 11:19 AM, a witness heard Eric Harris yell, “Go! Go!” (Wikipedia). Two teenage student of Columbine high, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, arrived at school with an arsenal full of weapons ready to reap revenge on all those who had done them wrong. After the hour-long rampage and the chaos was over twelve students and a teacher were dead, twenty-four others were wounded and the two shooters had committed suicide. This massacre has provoked much debate into the issues of gun control and availability of firearms in the United States, as well as high school cliques, bullying and the role of violent movies and video games in American society.
"Columbine", this one word sparks the horrific images that took place on April 20, 1999. It is considered the worst school shooting in U.S. history. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered their high school on the morning of April 20 with high-powered weapons and homemade bombs. The boys entered the school cafeteria and library with every intent to kill (Stone 1). The boys were considered outcasts and were picked on in school.
This would greatly affect the debate and outcome of the argument whether firearms should be allowed or not on campus. I believe that the people that want guns available on campus would gain the most in this argument. Even though the other parties have evidence to go against it, the pro-gun advocates can easily tie in the recent school shootings into their appeal for gun access on college campuses. Then the group that would lose the most I would say are the communities and anti-violence groups. They would still try to argue their side, but most likely not
Ten others wounded in the attack. On April 26, 2002 in Erfurt, Germany, thirteen teachers, two students, and one policeman were killed, and ten were wounded by Robert Steinhaeuser, 19, at the Johann Gutenberg secondary school. Steinhaeuser then killed himself. On November 7, 2007, an 18-year-old man, who was a former student, shot seven people and wounded eleven others before taking his own life at a high school in southern Finland; this was the first known school shooting in Finland. Gun ownership is fairly common by European standards but shootings are rare (HighBeam Research,
It’s A Done Deal Gun control has been an ongoing controversy for the past few years. Specially, after the Newton shooting. US politicians are deliberating serious gun control measures, which have enhanced debates on whether or not school safety officers should be armed. I strongly believe that this is a serious matter and actions should be taken. Safety officers should be armed in all schools in order to minimize crime.