I was really surprised to read how many deaths from
guns were more than twenty-eight thousand. I never really thought how the
Columbine shooting had a big effect on our country. When I was in elementary school
there was this program called “Rachel’s Challenge” they got us familiar with the
shooting, as a younger kid I saw scenes and heard voice recording that probably
was not good for a little kid. But a big lesson arose from the shooting. A girl
name Rachel was very kind and open hearted to everyone, she would go out of her
way to say hi or help anyone in need. She was the first one killed in the
shooting, and no one understood why because she was always nice to the two shooters
and she was their friend. After the whole shooting incident they found a
message from her that she want to spread kindness, when kindness is spread it
would be like a chain reaction. As I got older I joined this program, in this
program we had to spread kindness, end bullying, and help new students or
students in trouble be more comfortable with the school environment. I truly enjoyed
the program and found it very inspiring. Although the Columbine shooting was a
horrible moment in America, goodness came out of it that will impact the world,
students, and people. I believe the Columbine was the start of a ripple effect
that would lead to other shooting. I read somewhere a student tried to recreate
the Columbine shooting. It was a ripple that would encourage or give people in
an a bad mindset that if they feel hurt to it was okay to express it through
doing harm at schools, such as the shooting of Sandy Hook school and the Texas A&M
shooting, just recently the Santa Barbara and Settle Pacific shooting. After
all these incidents I was glad to read that Bill Clinton tried to prevent this
by putting in a law for stricter gun control.
The website
for Rachel’s Challenge http://www.rachelschallenge.org/big-picture/about-rachels-challenge/
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