Editing Marilyn Manson (band) (section)

===School shootings===
====Columbine massacre====
{{Main|Columbine High School massacre}}
{{Further|Marilyn Manson–Columbine High School massacre controversy|Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold}}

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On April 20, 1999, [[Columbine High School]] students [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]] killed twelve students and a teacher, and wounded twenty-one others before committing suicide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/ |title=A Timeline Of Mass Shootings In The US Since Columbine |author=Aviva Shen |website=[[ThinkProgress]] |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430004241/http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/ |archive-date=April 30, 2016}}</ref> In the days following the massacre, media reports surfaced alleging that they were influenced by violence in entertainment, specifically movies, video games and music.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/25/weekinreview/the-nation-the-stresses-of-youth-the-strains-of-its-music.html |title=The Nation; The Stresses of Youth, The Strains of Its Music |author=Powers, Ann |work=[[The New York Times]]  |date=April 25, 2000 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518070833/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/25/weekinreview/the-nation-the-stresses-of-youth-the-strains-of-its-music.html |archive-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref> The pair were widely reported as being fans of German bands [[KMFDM]] and [[Rammstein]], but the majority of [[Marilyn Manson–Columbine High School massacre controversy|blame was directed at Marilyn Manson]].<ref name="Nobodies">{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture |author=France, Lisa Respers |work=[[CNN]] |publisher=[[Time Warner]] |date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415123153/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html?iref=allsearch |archive-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1160375.stm |title=Never mind the headlines ...|work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=February 9, 2001 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415123154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1160375.stm |archive-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>

Five days after the incident, longtime music industry critics Republican former Secretary of Education William Bennett and Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman cited the band as a contributing factor to the massacre during an appearance on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/513754/colorado-tragedy-continues-to-spark-manson-bashing/ |title=Colorado Tragedy Continues To Spark Manson Bashing |author=O'Connor, Christopher |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] |date=April 26, 1999 |access-date=June 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610112300/http://www.mtv.com/news/513754/colorado-tragedy-continues-to-spark-manson-bashing/ |archive-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> Soon after, [[Sensationalism|sensationalist]] headlines such as "Killers Worshipped Rock Freak Manson" and "Devil-Worshipping Maniac Told Kids To Kill" began appearing in media coverage of the tragedy (such as [[Fox News]]).<ref name="Screaming">{{cite magazine|author=Tom Bryant |date=November 10, 2010 |title=Screaming For Vengeance |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]] |pages=40–42}}</ref>{{sfn|Jones|2002|pp=126–127}} The [[List of mayors of Denver|Mayor of Denver]], [[Wellington Webb]], successfully petitioned promoters to cancel [[KBPI|KBPI-FM]]'s annual 'Birthday Bash', at which the band was scheduled to appear.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1427257/marilyn-manson-concert-other-denver-events-cancelled-in-wake-of-high-school-shooting/ |title=Marilyn Manson Concert, Other Denver Events Cancelled In Wake Of High School Shooting |author=MTV News Staff |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] |date=April 22, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425020136/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427257/marilyn-manson-concert-other-denver-events-cancelled-in-wake-of-high-school-shooting/ |archive-date=April 25, 2016}}</ref> [[Colorado]]an politicians such as [[Governor of Colorado|Governor]] [[Bill Owens (Colorado politician)|Bill Owens]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] [[Tom Tancredo]] accused Manson of promoting "hate, violence, death, suicide, drug use and the attitudes and actions of the Columbine High School killers."<ref name="ColoradoGovernor">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1443825/colorado-governor-congressman-support-anti-manson-group/ |title=Colorado Governor, Congressman Support Anti-Manson Group |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] |date=May 21, 2001 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425024741/http://www.mtv.com/news/1443825/colorado-governor-congressman-support-anti-manson-group/ |archive-date=April 25, 2016}}</ref> Later reports stated that neither Harris nor Klebold were fans of Marilyn Manson.<ref name=Salon>{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/09/23/columbine_4/ |title=Inside the Columbine High investigation |author=Cullen, Dave |work=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |publisher=Salon Media Group |date=September 23, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412230501/http://www.salon.com/1999/09/23/columbine_4/ |archive-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/04/separating_myth_from_fact_on.html |title=Columbine High School massacre on 10th anniversary: 5 myths surrounding deadliest school attack in U.S. history |author=Holland, Meegan |work=[[The Grand Rapids Press]] |publisher=[[Booth Newspapers]] |date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=April 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415123201/http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/04/separating_myth_from_fact_on.html |archive-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> The band canceled the remaining four dates of the Rock Is Dead Tour out of respect for the victims, while maintaining that music, movies, books or video games were not to blame.<ref name="NYTimesSterngold"/><ref name="Manson cancels rest of US tour"/>

Eleven days after the massacre, Manson wrote an [[op-ed]] piece for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', titled "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?", where he rebuked the ensuing hysteria and "witch hunt", and castigated [[Gun culture in the United States|US gun culture]], the political influence of the [[National Rifle Association of America]], and the media's culpability in similarly violent events in the future – through their irresponsible coverage – in facilitating the placement of blame on a scapegoat, instead of informing the populace of genuine societal issues.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Marilyn Manson|title=Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?|magazine=Rolling Stone|issue=815|date=June 24, 1999|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/columbine-whose-fault-is-it-19990624|access-date=April 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721192522/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/columbine-whose-fault-is-it-19990624|archive-date=July 21, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Write To Be Wrong |first=Adam |last=Bychawski |work=[[NME]] |publisher=[[Time Inc. UK]] |date=May 1, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119100905/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 }}</ref>

====Other shootings====
The controversy connecting the band and school shootings continued on October 10, 2007, following the [[2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting|SuccessTech Academy shooting]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boy-14-kills-himself-after-shooting-four-in-school-rampage-396578.html |title=Boy, 14, kills himself after shooting four in school rampage |author=Gumbel, Andrew |work=[[The Independent]]  |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806161116/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boy-14-kills-himself-after-shooting-four-in-school-rampage-396578.html |archive-date=August 6, 2016}}</ref> After being punched in the face by another student while exiting a bathroom, Asa Coon shot his attacker – Michael Peek – in the abdomen.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21224357 |title=Police: Suspended boy shoots 4 at Ohio school |work=[[NBCNews.com]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314061642/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21224357/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/police-suspended-boy-shoots-ohio-school/ |archive-date=March 14, 2016}}</ref> Armed with two revolvers, he then proceeded down a hallway, where he wounded another student and two teachers by firing into two occupied classrooms, before entering a nearby bathroom and committing suicide.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/cleveland.shooting/ |title=Police chief: Teen shoots four, kills self at Cleveland high school |work=[[CNN]] |publisher=[[Time Warner]] |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=June 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807065243/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/cleveland.shooting/ |archive-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> Coon was wearing a black Marilyn Manson T-shirt during the incident.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shooting-spree-at-cleveland-high-school/ |title=Shooting Spree At Cleveland High School |work=[[CBS News]] |publisher=[[CBS Corporation]] |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629180354/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shooting-spree-at-cleveland-high-school/ |archive-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1571704/cleveland-school-shooter-fit-sadly-predictable-profile-bullied-loner-from-troubled-home/ |title=Cleveland School Shooter Fit Sadly Predictable Profile: Bullied Loner From Troubled Home |author=Kaufman, Gil |work=[[MTV News]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616223547/http://www.mtv.com/news/1571704/cleveland-school-shooter-fit-sadly-predictable-profile-bullied-loner-from-troubled-home/ |archive-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref>

On May 18, 2009, 15-year-old Justin Doucet, a student at [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools|Larose Middle School]] in [[Lafourche Parish, Louisiana|Lafourche Parish]], Louisiana, entered the school armed with a [[.25 ACP|.25-caliber]] [[Automatic Colt Pistol]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-18-school-shooting-louisiana_N.htm |title=La. student shoots self, misses teacher |author=Jervis, Rick |work=[[USA Today]]  |date=May 18, 2009 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818135617/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-18-school-shooting-louisiana_N.htm |archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> When seventh-grade teacher Jessica Plaisance refused to comply with Doucet's demand to say "Hail Marilyn Manson", he fired two shots, narrowly missing her head, before turning the gun on himself.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/eighth-grader-attempts-suicide-after-marilyn-manson-related-altercation-with-teacher |title=Eighth Grader Attempts Suicide After Marilyn Manson-Related Altercation With Teacher |author=Hernandez, Jenn |work=[[The Fader]] |publisher=Andy Cohn |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815231838/http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/eighth-grader-attempts-suicide-after-marilyn-manson-related-altercation-with-teacher |archive-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2009/05/teen-classroom-shooter-hail-marilyn-manson/ |title=Teen Classroom Shooter: "Hail Marilyn Manson" |author=Fitzmaurice, Larry |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |publisher=[[SpinMedia]] |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610150257/http://www.spin.com/2009/05/teen-classroom-shooter-hail-marilyn-manson/ |archive-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> He died from his injuries a week later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-fan-who-shot-himself-after-firing-at-teacher-dies/ |title=Marilyn Manson Fan Who Shot Himself After Firing At Teacher Dies |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=May 25, 2009 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805103142/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-fan-who-shot-himself-after-firing-at-teacher-dies/ |archive-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref>