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Oprah Winfrey pulled her scheduled show on the 10-year anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre because "it focused too much on the killers," according to her Facebook page [2]. But the media kept up its coverage of events commemorating the tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of 12 students and a teacher. Roughly 1,000 people gathered for a memorial at Clement Park by the school, including survivors, relatives, and current students, according to The Associated Press [3]. Colorado legislators honored the victims by passing a resolution entitled "Columbine High School Triumph over Tragedy" to highlight the school's inspiring response to the tragedy, writes The Denver Post [4]. Meanwhile, gun-control advocates rallied outside the Capitol, while inside state Senator Evie Hudak, a Westminster Democrat, asked gun owners to sacrifice their weapons for the protection of society, reports the Gazette [5], angering Republicans like Senator Keith King of Colorado Springs. As for the Columbine killers, a New York Times [6] blog asks, again, "Where were their parents?"
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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/michael-de-yoanna
[2] http://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfreyshow
[3] http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jDN-kS-8DsrFsuwaj9JYLJmrHungD97MICPO0
[4] http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12183773
[5] http://www.gazette.com/articles/columbine_52127___article.html/monday_planned.html
[6] http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/do-we-blame-the-columbine-parents/