Columbine effect

Part of a series of articles on the
Columbine High School massacre
Location: Columbine High School (Columbine, Colorado) Perpetrators: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Victims Cassie Bernall Austin Eubanks Rachel Scott
Weaponry Intratec TEC-9 Mini Hi-Point 995 carbine Savage 67H pump-action shotgun Stevens 311D double barreled sawed-off shotgun
Related persons Dave Cullen Sue Klebold Danny Ledonne Sol Pais Bill White
Media A Mother's Reckoning (2016) April Showers (2009) Bowling for Columbine (2002) Columbine (2009) No Easy Answers (2002) columbinus (2005) Dawn Anna (2005) Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999) Elephant (2003) Home Room (2002) I'm Not Ashamed (2016) "Lullaby for Columbine" Nobody Left to Hate (2001) Pico's School (1999) Playing Columbine (2008) Rachel's Tears (2000) She Said Yes (1999) Super Columbine Massacre RPG! (2005) The Library (2014) "The Nobodies" The Only Way (2004) "The Way I Am" "Youth of the Nation" Zero Day (2003) Zero Hour (2004)
Cultural impact and aftermath Columbine copycats Columbine effect Columbine Memorial Immediate action rapid deployment Mass shooting contagion Rachel's Challenge
Entertainment affected Diablo II (2000) "Earshot" "Graduation Day" Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Controversies Doom Marilyn Manson Natural Born Killers copycat crimes
Related topics Adios (1999) Blackjack Pizza KMFDM Natural Born Killers (1994)
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The Columbine effect is the legacy and impact of the Columbine High School massacre, which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. The shooting has had an effect on school safety, policing tactics, prevention methods (including gun control and metal detectors), and inspired numerous copycat crimes, with many killers taking their inspiration from Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold by describing the two perpetrators as being martyrs or heroes.

The shooting has also had a significant impact on popular culture, with Harris and Klebold often seen and mentioned in several forms of media. Media stories often reference Harris, Klebold and the massacre whenever another school shooting occurs.

The impact of the Columbine High School shooting is felt not only in terms of school safety and popular culture, but it also raises worries about student rights violations and excessive use of force in law enforcement methods. The event demands a reevaluation of mental health advocacy and intervention tactics to avoid situations where a person becomes dangerous to themselves or others. All these different results show how the Columbine effect greatly influences society.^{[citation needed]}