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[...] The room was filled with smoke, Evan remembers seeing pools of blood everywhere, motionless bodies.
Evan escaped with his life, but he still doesn't know why
Thirteen people didn't make it out of Columbine High School alive that day, and after years of deliberating, he's come to the conclusion that teachers should be allowed to carry guns in school as a preventive measure.
"I did have a period after Columbine where I greatly questioned whether guns were the problem. I really truly wanted to find some kind of answer to what happened, some kind of way to help prevent it," he said.
"I looked at all the angles and I guess I don't think guns are the issue. I look at my upbringing, all my friends, we had more access to guns than Eric and Dylan and we didn't murder any body. They didn't have any guns in their homes whereas I was raised with guns.
"I could have gotten a gun from my household or a friend's household that was hanging on the wall, but we never did. It never even crossed my mind."
Evan doesn't believe teachers should be forced to carry a gun, but if they already carry a concealed-weapons permit, why not use the opportunity to use it in a school shooting scenario?
"There are many organisations and law enforcement agencies who have offered free tactical training to these teachers free of charge and people are willing to do it.
"That's the part that boggles my mind, that people are stopping people from protecting themselves, it boggles my mind."
Evan says he isn't alone in his views, either.
"There's a good group of people from Columbine and other shootings who agree with me, but I think a lot of times people were silenced just out of shame from the media in America because it wasn't acceptable to say."
Evan escaped with his life, but he still doesn't know why
Thirteen people didn't make it out of Columbine High School alive that day, and after years of deliberating, he's come to the conclusion that teachers should be allowed to carry guns in school as a preventive measure.
"I did have a period after Columbine where I greatly questioned whether guns were the problem. I really truly wanted to find some kind of answer to what happened, some kind of way to help prevent it," he said.
"I looked at all the angles and I guess I don't think guns are the issue. I look at my upbringing, all my friends, we had more access to guns than Eric and Dylan and we didn't murder any body. They didn't have any guns in their homes whereas I was raised with guns.
"I could have gotten a gun from my household or a friend's household that was hanging on the wall, but we never did. It never even crossed my mind."
Evan doesn't believe teachers should be forced to carry a gun, but if they already carry a concealed-weapons permit, why not use the opportunity to use it in a school shooting scenario?
"There are many organisations and law enforcement agencies who have offered free tactical training to these teachers free of charge and people are willing to do it.
"That's the part that boggles my mind, that people are stopping people from protecting themselves, it boggles my mind."
Evan says he isn't alone in his views, either.
"There's a good group of people from Columbine and other shootings who agree with me, but I think a lot of times people were silenced just out of shame from the media in America because it wasn't acceptable to say."
'Why shouldn't I kill you?': Words that saved Columbine shooting survivor's life
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