Entry #4

The impacts of the historical event of the Columbine shooting is a bit difficult to decide if it had a positive or negative impact. The Columbine High School shooting happened on April 20, 1999 around 11:19am and carried out by Eric Harris 18, and Dylan Klebold 17. The aftermath of the shooting was different for some people, the families of those injured and those killed were in grief on the political field was thrown into a debate about gun laws and school safety. Schools did not tolerate any violent actives/out bursts from students and, any that were made were meant with swift action. The schools became obsessed with safety to almost a paranoia level. In that way there seems to be a good impact of the shooting, schools wanted to make sure that they had a safe environment for the students. That is a good impact because most people want the schools to be a safe place to send their kids. With the debate on gun laws that’s a little harder to decide in the end it comes down to a person’s opinion on the matter. As it can be seen today there has not been much change in the gun control laws. Schools now have a stricter gun policy but, that’s obviously not enough as seen in the recent schools shooting like Sandy hook shooting. Some people want to band guns all together but, in the Bill of Rights amendment number 2 is says we have the ‘right to bare arms’ that make this matter a bit more complicated. The fact that it’s in the Bill of Rights make the ability to ban guns impossible. We also need to face the fact that if someone really wanted to they would find a way to get in a gun into a school and start shooting students, teachers and other officials. This event has limited our freedoms to carry guns into schools or other public places, which is a good thing but, it also asks us to make the right choice if we own a gun or sell guns. In the end what happens in the future of this debate depends on how responsible we can be with the freedom to carry guns and sell guns to people. This event made us want to make schools safer and sparked a debate that questioned gun rights.