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Do you really believe that by passing a few more laws, the government could have prevented the school shootings in Colorado....or anywhere else?
The following is a list of the *CURRENT* federal, state and local laws violated at Columbine High School:
| Premeditated murder (multiple counts) | Murder (13 counts) |
| Attempted murder (multiple counts) | Aggravated assault (multiple counts) |
| Assault with a deadly weapon (multiple counts) | Assault & battery multiple counts) |
| Assault (multiple counts) | Threatening and intimidating (multiple counts) |
| Conspiracy to commit a felony (multiple counts) | Conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor (multiple counts) |
| Aiding and abetting | Providing a firearm to a minor |
| Providing a handgun to a minor | Possession of firearm by a minor |
| Possession of handgun by a minor | Possession of firearm by minor without federally required permission slip from parent or guardian |
| Use of firearm or bomb to commmit murder that is federally prosecutable | Possession of NFA weapon (sawed off shotgun) |
| Manufacture of an NFA weapon | Brandishing a gun |
| Brandishing a bomb | Possession of bomb-making materials |
| Possession of explosives | Possession of explosives by a minor |
| Possession of explosives with malicious intent | Making of explosives |
| Placing of explosives | Use of explosives |
| Concealed carry of a firearm without a permit (multiple counts) | Gun on school grounds (multiple counts) |
| Possession of ammunition on grounds | Obtaining guns and ammo through bogus means |
| Discharge of firearm in city limits | Discharge of firearm on school grounds with reckless disregard for another person's safety |
| Disturbing the peace | Committing a hate crime |
| Multiple torts (harm suffered that is subject to civil lawsuits) | Conspiracy to hijack a commercial airliner and crash it into New York City |
| The foregoing list of the types of crimes committed during the high school attack in Colorado was prepared by Alan Korwin, author of Gun Laws of America and state gun law guides for AZ, CA, FL, TX, and VA. |
Most recent revision: February 25, 2001
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