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'''Columbine massacre ''' refers to a massacre by two students who were violent [[video game]] players, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris,<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm</ref> who killed 12 students and a teacher, and wounded 23 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, a [[public school]] in Littleton, [[Colorado]], on April 20, 1999. It remains the 4th worst school shooting in US history. | '''Columbine massacre ''' refers to a massacre by two students who were violent [[video game]] players, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris,<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm</ref> who killed 12 students and a teacher, and wounded 23 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, a [[public school]] in Littleton, [[Colorado]], on April 20, 1999. It remains the 4th worst school shooting in US history. | ||
| − | The killers were anti-religion, anti-establishment, antisocial; they sought out as victims [[Christianity|Christians]] and popular athletes. The killers were [[Darwinists]]; they admired [[Charles Darwin]]'s theory of [[natural selection]]. The killers planned their attack beforehand and investigators later found descriptions in their notes about their intentions to kill. One of the murders wore a T-Shirt displaying the text "NATURAL SELECTION" on the day of the massacre. Klebold and Harris | + | The killers were anti-religion, anti-establishment, antisocial; they sought out as victims [[Christianity|Christians]] and popular athletes. The killers were [[Darwinists]]; they admired [[Charles Darwin]]'s theory of [[natural selection]]. The killers planned their attack beforehand and investigators later found descriptions in their notes about their intentions to kill. One of the murders wore a T-Shirt displaying the text "NATURAL SELECTION" on the day of the massacre. |
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| + | Klebold and Harris may also have been inspired by [[Nazi]] ideology: they intentionally performed the shooting on [[Hitler]]'s birthday. | ||
Politicians cited the massacre in their demands for greater [[gun control]], and congressional [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] held highly publicized hearings to pass gun control legislation. But gun control became an issue that hurt liberal Democratic presidential candidate [[Al Gore]] in 2000, causing him to lose the election by losing the traditionally Democratic state of West Virginia, where the right to bear arms is valued. Since the 2000 election there have not been any significant political demands for gun control. [[Liberal]] [[Socialism|socialist]] filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] used the incident as the backdrop for an anti-gun rights propaganda piece, ''Bowling For Columbine'', which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. | Politicians cited the massacre in their demands for greater [[gun control]], and congressional [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] held highly publicized hearings to pass gun control legislation. But gun control became an issue that hurt liberal Democratic presidential candidate [[Al Gore]] in 2000, causing him to lose the election by losing the traditionally Democratic state of West Virginia, where the right to bear arms is valued. Since the 2000 election there have not been any significant political demands for gun control. [[Liberal]] [[Socialism|socialist]] filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] used the incident as the backdrop for an anti-gun rights propaganda piece, ''Bowling For Columbine'', which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. | ||
Revision as of 14:29, August 27, 2012
Columbine massacre refers to a massacre by two students who were violent video game players, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris,[1] who killed 12 students and a teacher, and wounded 23 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, a public school in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. It remains the 4th worst school shooting in US history.
The killers were anti-religion, anti-establishment, antisocial; they sought out as victims Christians and popular athletes. The killers were Darwinists; they admired Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. The killers planned their attack beforehand and investigators later found descriptions in their notes about their intentions to kill. One of the murders wore a T-Shirt displaying the text "NATURAL SELECTION" on the day of the massacre.
Klebold and Harris may also have been inspired by Nazi ideology: they intentionally performed the shooting on Hitler's birthday.
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 liberal Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000, causing him to lose the election by losing the traditionally Democratic state of West Virginia, where the right to bear arms is valued. Since the 2000 election there have not been any significant political demands for gun control. Liberal socialist filmmaker Michael Moore used the incident as the backdrop for an anti-gun rights propaganda piece, Bowling For Columbine, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
A moving photo gallery of the young students is available online.[2] Also online is the much-criticized official report of the massacre.[3]