Sandy Hook School shooting thread

[Rm105629]

Only the most cowardly scumbags go after children. Seriously.

I hope this isn't the incident that finally pushes a renewed AWB into feasibility. Reading the comments on news sites is mind numbing because most people somehow blame the NRA, gun owners, etc. Can't we just hold people personally accountable anymore? Or at least address the fact that this guy was deranged and would've probably done this by any means necessary?

I wish everyone would focus on what should be focused on. Keeping the victims and their families in their thoughts and prayers.

 

[Pas Tout La]

Today isn't about gun control, or politics.

Today is about grief of losing so many people senselessly to a depraved murderer. Today is about anger that someone took it upon themselves to bring horror into an elementary school.

My prayers, and tears go out to the famlies and first responders.

~Cat

X2.

 

[oleheat]

Some one told me they just found a female victim at his home too, now. Possibly his mom! Any confirmation of that?

I heard one report that says he killed his father in NJ, and that his mother worked at the school in CT....


So much info swirling around right now, there's no telling what's right.....

 

[aroundlsu]

I say this after every shooting, but seriously if this doesn't get a ban nothing will.

 

[Hitman]

We should say prayers also for the Emergency Services handling this situation.

I can't imagine seeing so many dead and injured children from the school to the Hospitals etc.

It's going to effect a lot of people. Not just family members.

 

[Armnhammer]

The rifle was in the car but they keep saying the AR bushmaster .223 assault weapon. One reporter said he had to use the AR and return it to his car before going back in and shooting himself.

 

[oleheat]

You know, it kind of chaps my a$$ seeing some of these reporters sticking microphones in the faces of children who witnessed this....those poor little ones are surely very confused right now...they should leave them alone.


Just my .02

 

[Neil09]

R.I.P. to all those who lost their life today...


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[Emperor]

You know, it kind of chaps my a$$ seeing some of these reporters sticking microphones in the faces of children who witnessed this....those poor little ones are surely very confused right now...they should leave them alone.


Just my .02

Sensitivity, civility, and empathy is for other folks! Parasites feed with indifference!

 

[Armnhammer]

Now they keep saying he had a Sig service revolver? How does this take a high capacity magazine?

 

[oleheat]

Sensitivity, civility, and empathy is for other folks! Parasites feed with indifference!

No doubt.

 

[Rm105629]

Now they keep saying he had a Sig service revolver? How does this take a high capacity magazine?

What in the what

 

[gotabyte]

Such a sad thing to have happen. My heart goes out to all the families of these innocent victims.

 

[Emperor]

The shooter, identified as 24-year-old Ryan Lanza, lived in Hoboken, N.J., and had ties to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. He was found dead inside the school, according to officials.

A source told Fox News that Lanza's mother and father, who were divorced, were also killed. It's not clear whether Lanza's mother, a teacher at the school, was killed there or at another location.

Police are also questioning another person in connection with the shooting. Witnesses told the Connecticut Post that a handcuffed man, dressed in camouflage, was led out of a nearby woods by officers. The individual is Lanza's younger brother, according to the Associated Press.

Damn!

 

[Braud05]

Ironic how this coincides with the UN small arms treaty. Praying hard for the victims today!! I think that CC should be allowed at all schools.

 

[cajun_64]

Today isn't about gun control, or politics.

Today is about grief of losing so many people senselessly to a depraved murderer. Today is about anger that someone took it upon themselves to bring horror into an elementary school.

My prayers, and tears go out to the famlies and first responders.

~Cat

Couldn't have said it better

 

[doc ace]

@emperor, Fox is saying that, and also that the shooter is 24 and not 20.

Shooter's name is Ryan Lanza (sp)

Just corrected it on the news - Adam Lanza, 20, Ryan Lanza's brother was the shooter.
Used a "M4 type rifle and Glock 10mm, both registered to his mother"

 

[Booseman]

He also supposedly had to be buzzed into the school.


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[Cat]

He also supposedly had to be buzzed into the school.


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That's not anything unusual. I used to visit my MIL in her school. Parents come through at my son's to drop snacks and stuff off.

Small schools, which this one was, are more open because you do tend to know coworkers family and after one or two older kids, the staff recognizes parents.

 

[CUJOHUNTER]

No doubt that anti gun talk is just around the corner if it's not already here. I don't give two shits about anti gun laws...they don't work. BUT...that's not the main issue here...at least for me. Protecting children is. My child,my sibling's children,my friends children and just children in general. Not saying that this trajedy would be lesser if no kids were killed...a killing is a killing. However,children were murdered. Some of whom are my son's age (5). I can't tell you how much I sobbed about this and couldn't wait to pick up my son from school today.

We need more security in our schools and I don't care how elaborate or inconvenient it may be...I can deal with it knowing my child will be safe. I'm actually running out of words writing this reply because I'm still so overwhelmed by all this. I think that teachers and school staff should be properly armed and trained and I think they should be able to choose if they want that option. Metal detectors,security guards,bio scans,whatever it takes. Schools are targets,just like malls,movie theaters and fast food restaurants. We live in this society now that we have to take extreme caution in going about our daily duties. Sad but true...it's time to wake up!

I still advocate condition yellow but sometimes I feel like going orange...if you know what I mean.