Peace Character
On April 20th, 1999 Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris casually walked into their school, Columbine High school in Columbine, Colorado with a 12 gauge Savage Springfield 67H pump action shotgun, hi-point 995 carbine 9 mm carbine, 9 mm Intratec TEC-9 semi automatic handgun and a 12 gauge Stevens 311D double barreled sawed off shotgun. These two students pulled off a suicidal attack, which murdered 12 students and one teacher, while injuring 21, other students. Then continued as the two committed suicide after they have made sure that they fired off every bullet they had left. Violence is plaguing school across America more and more every year and one huge blame can be put on guns and how easily it is for children and teens to get their hands on them. “School violence is thus more properly seen as a continuation and extension of an even larger moral panic, namely the demonization and criminalization of youth in society” (Tyner 70).
After the massacre in Columbine, Colorado there was a serious impact on school security and implementing new school policies. These new security methods started with see-through backpacks, enforcing dress codes, security cameras, metal detectors, and security guards. Other schools resorted to having their students wear computer-generated ID’s during the school day. Another huge change in school systems is the zero-tolerance policy. This policy punishes any student threats and bullying regardless of ignorance, accident, or other circumstances. There has also been an increased awareness are keeping an eye on students who have been showing warning signs and unusual behavior. Schools have increasingly studies the main outcasts of classrooms to look for any suspicious behavior of the troubled students. A lot of schools have also made it mandatory for students to wear uniforms every day. Uniforms help the school visually see if there is an intruder who is not wearing the uniform and also helps kids stay away from wearing gang colors and explicit
After the massacre in Columbine, Colorado there was a serious impact on school security and implementing new school policies. These new security methods started with see-through backpacks, enforcing dress codes, security cameras, metal detectors, and security guards. Other schools resorted to having their students wear computer-generated ID’s during the school day. Another huge change in school systems is the zero-tolerance policy. This policy punishes any student threats and bullying regardless of ignorance, accident, or other circumstances. There has also been an increased awareness are keeping an eye on students who have been showing warning signs and unusual behavior. Schools have increasingly studies the main outcasts of classrooms to look for any suspicious behavior of the troubled students. A lot of schools have also made it mandatory for students to wear uniforms every day. Uniforms help the school visually see if there is an intruder who is not wearing the uniform and also helps kids stay away from wearing gang colors and explicit
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