On April 20th, 1999 two teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into their school in Columbine Colorado and began a one-hour long killing spree, which ended in the death of 12 of their fellow classmates and one teacher and left another 28 wounded. The shooters then took their own lives. The two teenage gunmen did not have a previous history of violence but were both enthusiasts of killing-oriented video games. The violence in video games was a major factor in teaching these kids how to shoot other people in real life. Violent video games can and have led children to committing acts of violence against other children and adults. .
Growing children are easily influenced by the examples laid out before them. A young boy who plays hockey and follows the sport closely is probably more likely to resort to violence to solve a conflict than a boy whose role model is a pacifist folk-singer simply because violence and fighting is a prominent overtone of the sport. The same goes for a child who is very interested in one or more of the numerous video games available that focus on killing as their main theme. A child who plays violent video games will resort to violence more easily when faced with a problem than a child who has never been exposed to such interactive killing. Violent video games do not teach any other way to deal with a conflict. So a young, impressionable youth will be susceptible to resorting to violence if that child has been exposed to violent video games. .
Violence in video games can also act as a gateway to more serious forms of violence. If a child who has no interest or knowledge in guns and weaponry begins to play a "shoot-em-up" video game where the sole purpose is to kill other people that child could become interested in guns and move on to something more realistic such as pellet and paint ball weaponry. From there the child could move into actual guns when he/she is able to acquire such weapons and this could lead to an act of violence against another human being.
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Bowling for columbine is a narrated documentary directed by Michael Moore. ... When interviewing an official from the Lockheed Martin weapons factory (also situated in columbine) the official attempts to explain that the weapons they make are to be used against an aggressor so they could not be linked to the cause of the columbine shooting at all, "We don't get irritated at someone and just because were mad at them go and drop a bomb on them". ... This shows that there is no difference between the columbine shooters and the Lockheed Martin bombs because in both cases innocent children wer...
Columbine High School appeared to be an exceptional public school on the surface. ... In his book Comprehending Columbine, author Ralph Larkin conducted scores of interviews with Columbine graduates in an attempt to understand the school's unique culture. His writing on page 73 indicates that social structure played a vital role in Columbine life. ... Columbine's social hierarchy played a pivotal role in Harris and Klebolds' development into gun-toting murderers. ... School shootings were nothing new in 1999, but Columbine thrust the probability of more of these attacks in the ...
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Social isolation was under-researched in a number of ways prior to the occurrence of the Columbine massacre on April 20, 1999. ... " Social isolation appears to have contributed to that watershed event in Columbine, and therefore needs to be addressed. ... This paper examines how social isolation may have been a contributing factor to the shooting massacre at Columbine High School. ... Sadly, in the case of the Columbine Massacre, it resulted in all three. ... (Freedman) Since the Columbine attacks, funding has even been increased for these kinds of programs to around $52 million per year...
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 and proceeded to massacre their fellow students. ... The Columbine High School tragedy increased people's interest about the lack of religion in school. ... As a devout Christian, I believe that Columbine High School tragedy was due to the lack of religion in school. ...
At 11:19 a.m. in Columbine, Colorado teenagers, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris packed their backpacks with guns and ammunition and headed to their school, Columbine High School. ... The aftermath of the Columbine Shooting was felt nationwide, if not worldwide. The entire community of Columbine, CO was astonished, terrified and angry. ... The Columbine massacre also had an impact on community nationwide. ... According Larkin (2007), Columbine High School had over 2,000 students registered for school. ...
On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, in Littleton, Colorado Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris shot and killed students at Columbine High school. ... ("Columbine" 2) Inside the school, there were 52 students, two teachers and two librarians hiding in the library. ... Then the two went back to the library, and shot themselves in the head ending the columbine massacre. ... "After the Columbine massacre, schools have truly put their foot down on student threats and bullying by enforcing zero-tolerance policies that punish any violation of a rule, regardless of ignorance, accidents or other circumstances"("9 ...
So what causes anger to manifest into something like the incident that happened at Columbine High School? ... The police reports on the incident read that Harris and Klebold ,the shooters at the Columbine massacre, had been planning the attack since as early as April 1998 -- a full year earlier then the actual shootings. ... I do agree that the violence in media did help grease the way for the Columbine High killings but in no way is really responsible for its launch. ...
