Columbine
Publié le 26/03/2012
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3) Impacts
Following the Columbine shooting, new debates concerning the possession
of firearms have been opened in order to avoid new acts of violence.
School security
There has been an impact on school policies.
In fact, schools instituted new
security measures such as see-through backpacks, metal detectors, and security
guards.
Long-term results
There have also been long-term results such as gun control.
The massacre
aroused a lot of attention concerning the control of firearms.
In 2000, reforms
have been organized: guns have to possess safety locks, moreover, the stores of
ammunition are prohibited to import arms in high quantities.
Although laws have been adopted to prevent/forbid people and also
minors to buy guns, they always find a way to bypass the law.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the massacre caused a great stir in the United States and
created a social psychosis of terrorism, the availability of these weapons but with
laws of gun control.
It created too, the fact that the impact of some video games,
some music and some films considered as violent in the US.
Many films, books
and musics were inspired by the Columbine massacre, such as the documentary
Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore, the film Elephant by Gus Van Sant or the
song The Kinslayer of the band Nightwish..
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