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The killers were anti-Christian and anti-sports, and sought out as victims Christians and popular athletes.  The killers planned their attack beforehand and investigators later found descriptions in their notes about their intentions to kill.  One drawing included a depiction of an attack on New York City by flying an airplane into it.
 
The killers were anti-Christian and anti-sports, and sought out as victims Christians and popular athletes.  The killers planned their attack beforehand and investigators later found descriptions in their notes about their intentions to kill.  One drawing included a depiction of an attack on New York City by flying an airplane into it.
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Politicians cited the massacre in their demands for greater gun control, and congressional Democrats held highly publicized hearings to pass gun control legislation.  But gun control became an issue that hurt Democrat Al Gore in 2000, and there have not been significant political demands for gun control ever since.
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Politicians cited the massacre in their demands for greater gun control, and congressional Democrats held highly publicized hearings to pass gun control legislation.  But gun control became an issue that hurt Democrat Al Gore in 2000, causing him to lose the traditionally Democratic state of West Virginia, where the right to bear arms is valued.  Since the 2000 election there has not been any significant political demands for gun control.
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The much-criticized official report of the massacre is available online.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/TOC.htm</ref>
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A moving photo gallery of the young students is available online.<ref>http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/memoriam.html</ref> Also online is the much-criticized official report of the massacre.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/TOC.htm</ref>
    
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