One year ago on Thursday, two armed teenagers went on a rampage through their high school in the United States. After shooting dead a teacher and 12 fellow students, the gunmen turned their weapons on themselves. Yet one year after Columbine, a gun show is being held at a gymnasium in Maryland. It contains enough firepower for a small army.
Any adults can buy a weapon here.
No licence or background check is required. Three of the weapons from Columbine came from a gun show like this. Crime that shocked When the teenage boys opened fire inside Columbine High School, it stunned America's middle-class. Heston defends laws Gun violence, people realised, was now a suburban problem. As a result of Columbine, the state of Maryland now requires all new handguns to come equipped with trigger locks.