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On April 20, 1999 two young men from the city of Littleton, Colorado went on rampage causing a massacre. In total there were thirteen casualties; twelve students and one lone teacher. Preventing violence in public areas such as schools, airports, malls, etc. security must be increased. Violence can happen anywhere therefore security in schools and public places should be increased. In our society we always wait until things happen to act upon them. In many instances not just the Columbine High School Shooting: most recent the Northern Illinois University, and Virginia tech shootings. Most of the time these acts are committed by students who are so called “not cool”, in other words students who don’t fit in with the overall population of the high school or college/university. The two kids involved with the columbine shootings, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were regular high school students who worked at a pizza parlor together and were involved with sports. Although they seemed like your regular teenage kids, they weren’t. The Columbine scandal was being planned out almost a year before it actually happen. If the parents would have just checked out their kids rooms they would have found that something was wrong because they had guns and bombs put away. Security in all has to be increased everywhere and it starts in the household (Rosenberg). If the parents would have simply done a room check they could have

saved the lives of all the High School students who went through this horrible massacre. The two boys were able to deceive a very large group of people into thinking everything was alright when everything wasn’t. As referred to earlier these violent acts were committed mainly by students who felt as they weren’t part of the overall population of the class. “Like Columbine and, indeed, most high schools, Somers High has its contingents of



Cited: University Press. 27:2 (2002). 245-256. Dirk Johnson. "As They Mourn, They Are Left to Wonder :THE TEACHER The victim 's family questions some rescue policies.. " New York Times (1857-Current file)  [New York, N.Y.] 28  Apr. 1999,A24. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004). ProQuest.  Middlesex County College Library, Edison, NJ.  5 Jun. Missy James, Alan P. Merickel. Upper Saddle, New Jersey: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008. another.. " New York Times (1857-Current file)  [New York, N.Y.] 23  Apr. 1999,A20. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 – 2004). ProQuest Middlesex County College Library, Edison, NJ.  5 Jun. 2008  Lama 8 Missy James, Alan P. Merickel. Upper Saddle, New Jersey: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008.

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