At around 11:00 a.m. on April 20th 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold,
both seniors at Columbine High School, entered the building armed to the
teeth with literally an arsenal of guns and pipe bombs. Many, if not all
of the guns used in the attack were purchased at various gun shows in the
metro Denver area. The ammunition was purchased at the local K-Mart
store. In the aftermath of the shootings, 13 lay dead and many more were
injured both physically and emotionally. After Columbine, some
politicians made gun control job one, while politicians whose campaigns
were financed heavily by the NRA were still fighting gun control. The
common excuse for many gun lovers is the second amendment which states,
"A well regulated milit
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