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Subject:	Connecticut Elementary School Shooting
From:	CanaryFan98
Date:	Fri, 14-Dec-2012 10:59:46 AM PST
Where:	SoapZone Community Message Board

I figured this should be a main topic

They apparently have arrested the second shooter

565 replies, 18 views

I started a new post... EOM - Jazzy - 15-Dec-2012 8:32 AM
As someone who bought a gun last weekend in 7 minutes without - Mojo - 15-Dec-2012 7:37 AM
- I had to wait 9 months for a background check for the job I'm at now - CanaryFan98 - 15-Dec-2012 7:37 AM
  - I don't have a problem w/waiting. I have a problem with NOT waiting when guns - Mojo - 15-Dec-2012 7:57 AM
    - I know what you meant they are more careful about who they employ - CanaryFan98 - 15-Dec-2012 8:00 AM
      - AS *I* read the Constitution, it gives us to bear arms as part of... - Justathot - 15-Dec-2012 9:34 AM
      - I think one of the biggest issues in gun control is the sale of guns at - carolann - 15-Dec-2012 8:38 AM
Adam Lanza, Newtown School Shooter, Was 'Nerd,' Honors Student - Jazzy - 15-Dec-2012 7:12 AM
Dr. Gupta of CNN said there is no evidence that autsim could cause this - Jazzy - 15-Dec-2012 6:43 AM
- I love Sanjay even if he's a Michigan alum.... - CanaryFan98 - 15-Dec-2012 7:35 AM
- Also, autism is not a mental disorder. EOM - Jazzy - 15-Dec-2012 7:30 AM
  - So true. EOM - OnAnAlanisJAG - 15-Dec-2012 12:48 PM
At my son's ballgame tonight, we acknowledged all - SFF_StephenAmellSEXY - 14-Dec-2012 8:37 PM
Not sure if this was mentioned already, but why did the mother - broadwayfan - 14-Dec-2012 8:30 PM
- Why does it matter? - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 10:01 PM
  - Its natural to be curious I mean its not a judgment for her to have those guns - CanaryFan98 - 15-Dec-2012 7:37 AM
    - Ditto. EOM - Mojo - 15-Dec-2012 8:29 AM
    - I don't think they said he had a mental health issue...yet EOM - Jazzy - 15-Dec-2012 8:20 AM
  - why doesn't it matter? EOM - JulesD - 15-Dec-2012 6:25 AM
  - It's natural to want to piece together all the details - SoftSoap - 15-Dec-2012 3:15 AM
- I haven't heard. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 8:35 PM
I'm surprised there hasn't been some idiot with the stupid comment... - Justathot - 14-Dec-2012 8:22 PM
- It was on Twitter within hours. - lurknomore - 15-Dec-2012 7:48 AM
- I've seen that on Facebook. EOM - TerriL - 15-Dec-2012 6:18 AM
- As if that's even possible in a school. We would lose our jobs - Glory - 14-Dec-2012 8:30 PM
  - Even if we could-- - StarryDreamer - 15-Dec-2012 5:26 AM
  - Pfft, at this rate Rick Snyder is going to make it possible - Karikos - 14-Dec-2012 8:49 PM
  - I think that a lot of people like to feel like they have control over their - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 8:34 PM
- I don't know how the shooter got into the school. It did sound - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 8:29 PM
  - I doubt he rung a doorbell. There are reports that windows were broken - Jazzy - 15-Dec-2012 8:25 AM
  - Depends on the school, to be honest - StarryDreamer - 15-Dec-2012 8:21 AM
  - I heard reports that he shot out a window of one of the doors and that's how he - Antwon - 14-Dec-2012 9:38 PM
- I heard it on Facebook hours ago. :-/ EOM - Jaime - 14-Dec-2012 8:23 PM
- Oh, it's been said. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 8:22 PM
I was reading some tips for talking about this with children (thinking of my 5th - Glory - 14-Dec-2012 8:02 PM
- I think that's a great idea. From personal experience it helps to be able to - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 8:08 PM
Watching MSNBC at the moment and they had an FBI - Karikos - 14-Dec-2012 7:42 PM
- Makes sense :/ EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:50 PM
  - :( EOM - Karikos - 14-Dec-2012 7:53 PM
- I was telling my husband I wondered if he was jealous of - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 7:49 PM
  - That's what I thought of as soon as they said his mother was the teacher. EOM - Kris - 14-Dec-2012 8:05 PM
  - Yeah. :( EOM - Karikos - 14-Dec-2012 7:53 PM
- ABC said that the mother was unemployed, so again, no definitive info EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 7:47 PM
  - I thought it was confirmed that she was indeed a teacher there? - Karikos - 14-Dec-2012 7:52 PM
    - Said later she was a teacher's aide. EOM - LovingTheCityPC - 14-Dec-2012 11:34 PM
    - I could swear 20/20 said she was unemployed, it caught my attention EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 7:56 PM
      - Who knows? It seems they keep on reporting false info. - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:59 PM
Question...I've been gone all evening, and only watched coverage for an hour. - Glory - 14-Dec-2012 7:41 PM
- two classrooms, so far all we know is the principal, psychologist and - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 7:46 PM
  - And the Vice-Principal was shot. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 8:13 PM
- Not a lot of answers yet. - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 7:46 PM
  - Thanks for the info. I just can't stand the thought of all this. EOM - Glory - 14-Dec-2012 8:00 PM
How come most mass murder shooters are young, white and male? - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:32 PM
- And, why do they seem to all have "mental" problems? EOM - sonnyslady - 14-Dec-2012 7:45 PM
  - I can't fathom anyone sane doing this :/ EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:45 PM
    - Well, I don't think every single one of them were crazy crazy. I think they knew - sonnyslady - 14-Dec-2012 7:54 PM
      - You can be intelligent and not be in reality. Like the real life character on - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:58 PM
        
        can't believe I am agreeing with you but. Young males - babb - 14-Dec-2012 8:12 PM
        
        and to be clear I mean in general not this case. Way beyond - babb - 14-Dec-2012 8:18 PM
        
        We need to take mental disorders more seriously. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 8:23 PM
        
        Agreed. EOM - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 9:52 PM
        In many of these cases though they knew that the person had a mental illness, - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 8:31 PM
        Oh I agree I hate that and I hate "it isn't suppose to happen - babb - 14-Dec-2012 8:28 PM
        
        And you can be evil to the core when you plan and kill 26 innocent people. EOM - sonnyslady - 14-Dec-2012 8:04 PM
        Or the Unabomber :/ EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 8:03 PM
    - Perhaps but I believe some are born evil. EOM - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 7:50 PM
- Well they aren't urban poor. The mass murders all happen in - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:40 PM
  - So basically, they have the money to buy the gun and plan for it. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:44 PM
    - No. But they typically live in suburbs. There is a different type of violence - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:51 PM
- How come almost all violent criminals are men? EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:36 PM
  - Society tells women to blame themselves, it tells men to blame others. - Jenners - 14-Dec-2012 8:42 PM
    - The rates of killing themselves for young males is far higher - babb - 16-Dec-2012 3:57 PM
  - actually FBI numbers say differently and numbers - babb - 14-Dec-2012 7:56 PM
  - Testosterone EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:37 PM
- Imagine a young girl doing this? EOM - CarlyisMyGH - 14-Dec-2012 7:35 PM
  - Young girls also get options to deal with mental health - babb - 14-Dec-2012 7:52 PM
  - Nope EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:37 PM
Early 20s is the prime age for the onset of schizophrenia - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 7:08 PM
- I can attest to that. I've spoken about my 23 year old cousin who snapped - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 7:22 PM
- someone on Rachel's show was saying that we need to - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 7:09 PM
  - Schizophrenia isn't depression. They do need to address mental health - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:17 PM
I've wanted kids for as long as I can remember. That dream died today. - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 7:06 PM
- On Tuesday a man was in the park across from my daughter's school - So-say-we-all-adama - 14-Dec-2012 11:32 PM
- My husband and I had my daughter in a stroller when she was an infant - MontanaKC - 14-Dec-2012 9:14 PM
- It's never a good time to have a child. Slavery, Wars, Hunger, etc... - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 7:34 PM
- There's car accidents, cancer, or a million other things. - Jenners - 14-Dec-2012 7:30 PM
- Nothing in life is guaranteed as easy, especially - Suprano_FeelingGood - 14-Dec-2012 7:25 PM
- Oh please! I was raised under a threat of nuclear war. - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 7:19 PM
  - It will most definitely happen again. And again, and again. Until the government - Julia - 14-Dec-2012 9:05 PM
  - My grandfather had a bomb shelter in the house in the 50s, some cash, - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:22 PM
    - Did a nuclear attack ever happen? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:23 PM
      - Nope, but how many schools, malls, public places have been targeted by instable - Julia - 14-Dec-2012 9:07 PM
        
        Or the Post Office. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 10:05 PM
        Too many :/ EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 9:42 PM
      - No, but back in the 50s lots of people had bomb shelters and - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:45 PM
- This quote on motherhhood is so true - Sawyer - 14-Dec-2012 7:14 PM
- It's not easy being a parent and the worrying never ends. My - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 7:12 PM
- I don't have children (yet) and I can say that I'm very undecided. - Karikos - 14-Dec-2012 7:10 PM
  - I don't know if I'm being completely selfish and horrible, but I just can't. I - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 7:15 PM
    - You're having the same reaction many people had after 9/11. - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 7:55 PM
- I said in the PP post I'm glad I don't have kids - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 7:08 PM
  - I graduated high school in 1999 and I can't fathom some of the crap that kids... - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 7:10 PM
    - I'm a bit younger than you and I was in HS when Columbine happened. - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 7:15 PM
12 Facts about Mass Shootings - PD - 14-Dec-2012 7:02 PM
- The guns are usually obtained legally, say what? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:05 PM
  - I heard him interviewed on NPR. He said about 80% of the guns are legal. EOM - K_SingingASong - 14-Dec-2012 7:39 PM
The thought of being a parent in that firehouse - Sawyer - 14-Dec-2012 6:59 PM
- I can't even imagine. How do you ever recover from that. - JerseyGirl - 14-Dec-2012 7:04 PM
  - that is so tragic. They probably just want to hug their baby once last time - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 7:07 PM
- That must have been devastating :( EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:00 PM
Sadly, the culture of fear will win out again. EOM - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 6:54 PM
- I'd love for the gun control V NRA/gun rights debate to just STOP until we've... - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 6:57 PM
  - I don't agree..because like my post below stated - Sawyer - 14-Dec-2012 7:15 PM
  - I don't agree at all. You can do both things at the same time. - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 7:10 PM
  - Another point is that we should not try to make sense of this, it is senseless - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 6:59 PM
    - I'm sorry, I didn't mean that we should try to make sense of it. You can't make - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 7:02 PM
      - I don't think we should tear each other apart but I do believe THIS is the time - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 7:06 PM
        
        I don't believe that gun control is necessarily the only issue. A number - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:13 PM
        
        I agree. Mental health and its treatment is another huge element - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 7:17 PM
        
        Yes, but you can't talk about gun control without confronting the social issues - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 7:09 PM
        
        I completely agree. EOM - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 7:10 PM
NBC is listing all the shootings we've had this year :( EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:52 PM
Piers Morgan is a jackass. - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 6:47 PM
- Anderson has been great..hardly naming the gunman. He doesn't - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 7:01 PM
  - I completely agree. I run hot and cold on Anderson, sometimes I agree sometimes - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 7:03 PM
Why do you need an assault rifle? I don't understand. - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 6:42 PM
- Why is the U.S. so insistent on this notion of needing to protect themselves? - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 7:08 PM
  - I think it has to do with the lack of homogeny and people are taught to hate and - sonnyslady - 14-Dec-2012 7:42 PM
    - I also think that in rural areas people are pretty independent & take - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 8:23 PM
      - I understand your point, but don't think I agree 100%. There are lots of city pe - sonnyslady - 15-Dec-2012 7:54 AM
  - You obviously don't live in a rural area. In rural areas, you cannot count - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:21 PM
    - I didn't say anything about waiting for cops. - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 7:25 PM
      - But, I think to that young mother who shot that home invader - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 7:27 PM
  - This is my opinion only - Sawyer - 14-Dec-2012 7:18 PM
    - Some studies show owning a gun makes you less safe. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:24 PM
      - It depends. If you don't know how to shoot it and aren't willing to use it - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 8:25 PM
  - Honestly, we own three guns & you know what makes me feel safe? - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 7:15 PM
  - From watching too many violent TV shows? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:09 PM
    - The same violent shows the rest of the world gets to see. - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 7:11 PM
- I don't get it either. :shrugs: EOM - Sawyer - 14-Dec-2012 6:57 PM
  - Me neither. I wish bullets cost $5,000 a round as Chris Rock joked. If so, we wo - sonnyslady - 14-Dec-2012 7:04 PM
- There's a difference between high powered rifles (deer rifles) - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:53 PM
  - "Shotguns" require the shooter to be more delibrate and takes more thought EOM - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 6:59 PM
    - I aim my 12 guage down the stairs? that's all it will take to stop 1 intruder. - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 7:05 PM
      - When my sister's abusive husband threatened her (and me) I told her - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 7:17 PM
        
        That sound? Is my best defense because you can't mistake it for anything else. EOM - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 7:19 PM
    - I thought that they fire a bunch of BB like stuff and have a wider spread. I can - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:03 PM
- I agree that anything more than handguns should be banned. - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 6:50 PM
  - To be honest I don't know what is considered an assault rifle or - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:53 PM
    - I know nothing about guns myself, but I don't think an AK-47 is the same as a... - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 6:55 PM
      - I know that an AK-47 or Uzi is an assault rifle but other than that I'm - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:00 PM
        
        I think you're right. Also, hunting rifles usually are only - Wahoo - 14-Dec-2012 8:30 PM
- It's always been a huge issue for me. My husband's friend owns - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 6:50 PM
  - Yikes. Don't piss him off. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:50 PM
- Dunno, but I don't think he used the assault rifle. He used the Glock & Sig - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 6:49 PM
  - It wasn't an assault rifle. It was a deer rifle. EOM - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 7:13 PM
  - Yeah the rifle was left in the car. He shot everyone just using 2 handguns. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:50 PM
    - "just using 2 handguns" EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:51 PM
      - Well today a mentally ill man in China slashed 22 elementary kids & 1 adult with - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:58 PM
        
        Nobody died in China. Oh wait, no guns were used. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:59 PM
        
        If so they're lucky. You can easily be killed by a knife. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:04 PM
        
        Not as easy as a gun EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:06 PM
        
        Lots of people are killed by knives - just not in mass shootings. What - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:28 PM
        
        68% of homicides in the US are from firearms, 13% from knives. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 7:35 PM
        Mass killings are deliberate. Accidents, though horrific are accidents. - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 7:30 PM
        
        They aren't accidents IMO but reckless endangerment homicide. And it seems - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:34 PM
      - This is an important distinction. Those guns are 9 shooters.... - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 6:55 PM
- I don't believe that ordinary citizens need assault rifles, super large clips, - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:47 PM
- Don't look at me. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:47 PM
One commentator had a point on MSNBC today - Sawyer - 14-Dec-2012 6:36 PM
- Ban all assault rifles. Melt them down. - RiverSong - 14-Dec-2012 6:54 PM
Hey everyone. I found out about this when I left school and turned on - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 6:22 PM
- Edit. EOM - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 6:33 PM
  - No, it wasn't the school where she works. She's in W. PA. EOM - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 6:37 PM
    - Oh okay, I misread. Either way I know this is rocking teachers to their core. EOM - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 6:38 PM
      - Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean for it to sound like it happened where I work. - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 6:48 PM
        
        {{{Hugs to you}}} =-( EOM - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 7:28 PM
- (((HUGS))) EOM - Tivo_AJQuagFF - 14-Dec-2012 6:27 PM
I can't believe the press identified the wrong guy before checking. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:08 PM
- The press gets things wrong ALL the time. You would not believe how many times I - Kris - 14-Dec-2012 8:23 PM
- Law enforcement officials first identified him as his brother because of the ID - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 6:18 PM
  - Don't IDs have pictures - unless they are twins you can tell - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:23 PM
    - Not if he shot himself in the head. And there's only 4 years age difference - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:24 PM
- That reminds me of another mass shooting, where the media quoted the shooter's m - sonnyslady - 14-Dec-2012 6:14 PM
  - I think it was Aurora EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:23 PM
  - I think it came out later that they only asked the mother if she had a son named - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:23 PM
    - Yeah, some crap like that. She was justifiably upset by it. EOM - sonnyslady - 14-Dec-2012 6:28 PM
- They also said that his mother was a teacher at the school that he - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:12 PM
  - They keep doing it, apologizing, then doing it again. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:13 PM
a story from a 1st grade teacher - sad but glad the teacher kept calm - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 5:58 PM
NFL will observe a moment of silence before all Week 15 games - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 5:58 PM
When the news keeps saying "This is the last place we'd expect something like - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 5:58 PM
- I agree it was in bad taste but I think it had more to do with the fact that - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 6:01 PM
  - Even in inner city violent schools, there hasn't been many mass shootings. - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 6:05 PM
    - Because of what's not being said. It's a lily white suburb - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 6:56 PM
      - ITA. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 8:13 PM
    - Mass shootings don't occur IMO in inner city schools or schools that are violent - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:27 PM
- It's the first place to expect. We had a shooting in a movie theater in August. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:01 PM
Syfy pulls "Haven" episode in wake of Connecticut Shooting - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 5:42 PM
- Thanks for letting us know. I watch Haven & was looking forward to tonight's - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 5:45 PM
There was so much misinformation put out by the media EOM - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 3:44 PM
- They're always ready to jump on whatever is sensationlistic - Gillian - 14-Dec-2012 7:14 PM
- What else is new? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 5:32 PM
- The media's quest to be first & fastest has resulted in a head-spinning amount - Kitchop - 14-Dec-2012 4:26 PM
- I read on Huffington Post the shooter was carrying his brother's ID.. - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 3:56 PM
  - But it wasn't just that. Some were reporting he killed his dad,... - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 3:59 PM
    - I agree - until they get confirmation the news shouldn't report stuff like that EOM - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 4:01 PM
- It's disgusting. Just immagine if Kennedy were killed today - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 3:54 PM
- An incredible amount. They're all in a hurry to get the scoop, - Suprano_FeelingGood - 14-Dec-2012 3:46 PM
My mother was a kindergarten teacher for 25+ years. She won't watch. - slacker - 14-Dec-2012 3:34 PM
- My mom is a elementary principal and doesn't want to know much either - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 5:39 PM
Father of the shooter lives in Stamford CT - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 3:27 PM
- I know that street. It is just a few blocks away from my BFF EOM - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 4:29 PM
The guns that were used belonged to the mother. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:18 PM
- He was apparently dressed up in assault gear how was allowed in? - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 3:20 PM
  - Apparently, he got in before the doors were locked. EOM - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 3:50 PM
  - Maybe they knew him and he was just wearing hunting clothes? EOM - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 3:26 PM
    - I bet you that is exactly what happened. He's probably visited his - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 14-Dec-2012 6:25 PM
- What kind of guns were used? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 3:19 PM
  - A glock, a sig, both handguns, and a .237 rifle, not assault but deer rifle. EOM - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 3:21 PM
    - The rifle wasn't used & was in his car. He only used the handguns. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 5:47 PM
    - I don't know why you'd need all those guns. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 3:22 PM
      - why do people need assault weapons, machine guns, etc.. EOM - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 5:28 PM
        
        I wish I knew EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:03 PM
      - Blech. I've held a gun in my hands, once. It belonged to - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:44 PM
      - I know several people with more than 3 guns. Kept safely - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 3:27 PM
      - Don't know. But I have 14 in my gun safe. Most inherited from my dad - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 3:23 PM
        
        Don't most people who have guns, keep the bullets locked in a different place? - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 3:30 PM
        
        I don't. EOM - Jazzy - 15-Dec-2012 6:30 AM
        Honestly, and this will probably get me flamed, that's stupid. - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 3:51 PM
        
        If some nutcase is breaking into your house, isn't it faster to call the police? - LM - 14-Dec-2012 5:52 PM
        
        The safe is in my bedroom. It might be faster to call the cops - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:20 PM
        
        I've called 911. I could have shot 4 intruders (at least) before - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 6:46 PM
        
        I live in a moderately large city. It would take the cops at least 5 minutes - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:50 PM
        
        And if they don't get lost. In DC they've had a number of cases where the - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 7:30 PM
        
        Not IMO. And in rural areas it could be hours before the police show up. If you - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:02 PM
        
        Aren't intruders generally there to steal, not kill? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:05 PM
        
        Am I willing to risk my life on that assumption? No. - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:24 PM
        
        You have a better chance of dying in a car accident. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:38 PM
        
        How are those two thing related? - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:43 PM
        
        IMO they're there to rape, and if they think you're a threat to kill you even if - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:15 PM
        
        Rapes are generally committed by people you know, not strangers. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 6:22 PM
        
        And women are generally murdered by spouses and boyfriends EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:24 PM
        
        All the people I personally know who had violent crimes committed against them - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:30 PM
        
        You can look it up. Women tend to be attacked by people they know. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:32 PM
        That's logical fallacy. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 6:31 PM
        
        Umm... if some nutcase is breaking into my house? My response by loading - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 5:59 PM
        
        Amen! And racking a load into a shotgun is a sound that sends - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:22 PM
        Mine would be to lock my bedroom door, call 9/11, open my windows and scream. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 6:05 PM
        
        You really think that anyone is going to come help you? People typically - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 6:18 PM
        If they don't run hearing that 12-gauge being loaded? It's on them. - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 6:11 PM
        
        It's a very recognizable sound. And if you're in my house - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:28 PM
        
        Yep! you can't mistake it for anything else. At that point? too bad for them - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 6:39 PM
        
        Frankly, I count on that sound so I wouldn't have to shoot. - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:45 PM
        
        Same here. I hope never have to shoot someone. But if that sound doesn't - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 6:48 PM
        
        I don't think any sane person wants to shoot another human. - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 6:59 PM
        
        Yes, what happened today was a tragedy. Those poor kids and their families.... EOM - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 7:08 PM
        
        You will not get flamed from me because I agree with you. What's the point of - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 3:56 PM
        
        Thank you. The key is making sure they're locked up or at least - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 4:00 PM
        
        I think my friend does this because the guns are not something he uses - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 4:10 PM
        
        Yes, of course. Not everyone is comfortable with guns in the house - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 4:15 PM
        
        Yeah, that totally makes sense. I suspect a large percentage of gun - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 4:17 PM
        
        Anyone who owns a gun and doesn't have it secured - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 4:27 PM
        
        I don't think the issue should be gun owners in general, but laws about - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 6:52 PM
        
        A gun stored in a remote location won't help you a bit - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 7:03 PM
        The safes have to be regulated first. There are problems with them and children - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 6:53 PM
        
        My gun safe has a thumb print recognition and no one - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 7:06 PM
        
        They've broken into at least one brand of those very easily. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 7:12 PM
        
        Really? Show me the case. My son, a former Navy SEAL can't get into it. EOM - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 7:16 PM
        
        This guy looked into some - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 7:19 PM
        
        LOL! These safes cost $33! We paid over $2K for ours - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 7:26 PM
        
        The issue is a lack of regualtion and that a sheriffs department was able to buy - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 7:29 PM
        
        I agree about that. Because we have guns, we spent a lot of money - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 7:32 PM
        
        There is a start. Make a regulation approved safe, then require gun owners - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 6:56 PM
        
        The NRA has a long history of opposing many common sense regulation attempts. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 7:05 PM
  - I don't know. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:20 PM
ESPN tells staff to refrain from using the word "shooter" - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 3:13 PM
CNN now reporting shooter's mother was killed at home BEFORE - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 3:12 PM
- Just saw that. That's even more disturbing. EOM - TerriL - 14-Dec-2012 3:13 PM
  - So why go to the school and kill all those little children?? - ClaireD - 14-Dec-2012 3:16 PM
This person (shooter) was most likely borderline personality disorder - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 3:11 PM
- It's sad though because no matter his disorder it shouldn't have come to THIS. - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 9:14 PM
- They're now reporting that he was autistic. Who knows though because it seems - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 5:50 PM
- Borderline sounds a lot more accurate here than anti social - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 3:12 PM
  - There is a big difference between keeping to yourself and anti-social - Tinkerbellsf30 - 14-Dec-2012 3:24 PM
    - I know what you mean this is just a general issue I have with this - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 3:30 PM
A neighbor tweeted to ABC7 that the shooter was troubled - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 3:01 PM
Mike Huckabee is an idiot - said this happened because God was removed from - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 2:31 PM
- *******. EOM - Paj_Staying4Becky - 14-Dec-2012 3:29 PM
  - Agreed. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 3:45 PM
- Why would he worship a God who murders children because - Jenners - 14-Dec-2012 2:57 PM
  - Indeed. He gives Christians a bad name. EOM - SDL - 14-Dec-2012 4:15 PM
- I have no words. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 2:53 PM
- For crissakes. When was god in school? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 2:46 PM
  - Prior to ca. 1962, when the SC outlawed school prayer. - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:15 PM
    - 50 years later lol EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 3:21 PM
      - I wonder if there's a correlation between the crime rates in the - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:49 PM
  - Actually back in the '70s we had an invocation before graduation, and this was - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 2:57 PM
    - I don't remember if we did or didn't...but remember the crime rate in NYC - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:19 PM
    - I went to Catholic school so we had prayer all the time EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 3:13 PM
      - Yeah, and a lot of good it did you. :P EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:53 PM
    - They still have an invocation here locally. In both high school & at least some - Capricorn - 14-Dec-2012 3:07 PM
  - I'm guessing he's referring to the Pledge of Allegiance because unless - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 2:53 PM
    - when I was little the choirs sang religious/Christmas songs, we made ornaments, - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 3:02 PM
      - They did stuff like that at my son's public school. - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 3:58 PM
      - I forgot about that I grew up in a Christian town and stuff like that was - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 3:04 PM
    - Yes because the Pledge of Allegiance will not make you shoot people? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 2:57 PM
      - Um no I was offering an idea of where the God reference was coming from - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 2:58 PM
        
        Sorry my question was directed to Huckabee not you EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 3:20 PM
Even if Congress does nothing(likely), i hope Feds through ATF and individual - CarlyisMyGH - 14-Dec-2012 2:25 PM
Now I'm hearing that the shooter was on autism spectrum, had aspergers. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 2:17 PM
- And? Whatever happened to him was bigger than being on the spectrum. I'm on the - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 2:51 PM
  - I agree. Something horrendous must have caused this. Will we ever know? EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 2:54 PM
    - According to Twitter feed on ABC the brother of the shooter is saying - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 2:56 PM
      - Mental health care and making it so people don't feel it's a 'shame' to admit - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 4:29 PM
- To clarify, no one is suggesting aspergers as a reason, they're simply reporting - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 2:50 PM
- I really wish they wouldn't do this. i know it is so tempting to make this man - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 2:26 PM
- Can Aspergers really lead to something like this sounds like BS to me EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 2:22 PM
- Yeah, because autism leads to violence. Whateves! EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 2:22 PM
  - Seriously. EOM - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 2:23 PM
- Oh geez. My autistic son cannot even conceive of someone intentionally - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 2:20 PM
  - It's unfathomable. EOM - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 2:51 PM
  - I concur as well with my son EOM - Jazzy - 14-Dec-2012 2:23 PM
  - I wouldn't recommend it it would make him even more curious... EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 2:22 PM
NRA has "no comment" and their Twitter has gone silent. COWARDS. - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:52 PM
- "Out of my cold dead hands....." Chuckles Heston AFTER Columbine EOM - PNG_CygnusX1 - 14-Dec-2012 2:36 PM
Ashleigh Banfield - CNN reporter just got choked up and she said - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 1:44 PM
- Gun laws have GOT to change. My husband informed - Lei - 16-Dec-2012 3:21 PM
USA has the highest gun ownership in the world. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 1:41 PM
- But it keeps us SAFE!! EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 1:49 PM
  - My uterus has more laws on it than guns do. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 2:24 PM
    - Amen. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 2:33 PM
- I love my home country isn't on the list at all. EOM - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 1:44 PM
  - Spain isn't either! EOM - senorbrightside - 14-Dec-2012 2:13 PM
Lovely, more pointless speculation about the shooter. - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 1:40 PM
So it was Ryan Lanza's brother? - Carrot - 14-Dec-2012 1:30 PM
- And now I feel for Ryan as well. His mom is dead, his - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 1:34 PM
  - I feel for him too but going on Facebook telling people/CNN to shut the F up - Sheri - 14-Dec-2012 1:37 PM
    - If that's where I saw the news, I would probably do the same thing. Because when - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 1:49 PM
      - Yeah, I don't think he knew that it was his brother or any of that yet. - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 1:51 PM
        
        yeah you guys are probably right in your thoughts. I think I'm - Sheri - 14-Dec-2012 1:57 PM
    - I hear what you're saying, but he probably was not thinking rationally. - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:39 PM
      - true. But I think being on Facebook would be my last thought - Sheri - 14-Dec-2012 1:41 PM
        
        ITA -- but I don't think he started posting that stuff until news outlets found - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:42 PM
  - Horrible, horrible tragedy. :( EOM - Carrot - 14-Dec-2012 1:35 PM
I am a mess. I cannot watch anymore :( - JustCottie - 14-Dec-2012 1:24 PM
Description of one teacher protecting her students... - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 1:18 PM
- Amazing. Truly a hero. EOM - JustCottie - 14-Dec-2012 1:25 PM
- She's a hero. A testament to so many wonderful teachers. EOM - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 1:25 PM
- Definitely a hero! Though I do have to admit to being shallowly caught off guard - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 1:24 PM
  - Many Kindergarten classrooms have bathrooms... - Schill - 14-Dec-2012 2:09 PM
    - And you want the bathrooms close, to prevent potty accidents. :) EOM - Jaime - 14-Dec-2012 2:29 PM
  - My sons' kindergarten classrooms had bathrooms in them. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 1:34 PM
    - My son's did, too. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 2:38 PM
    - Mine did too- sort of- there was a bathroom w/stalls in between our classroom - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 1:36 PM
      - Ours were individual bathrooms, from when we had am/pm kindergarten - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 1:39 PM
- Good for her. EOM - cap - 14-Dec-2012 1:23 PM
Some really good advice for those of you with kids... - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:09 PM
- This choked me up. This will be my message today. Thank you. EOM - Chellyfish - 14-Dec-2012 1:31 PM
  - I'm glad it helped EOM - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:39 PM
- such wise words from your mom EOM - Sheri - 14-Dec-2012 1:22 PM
  - Fred Rogers' mom actually...but still very wise! EOM - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:47 PM
    - LOL Sorry thought it was your mom -- but indeed very wise words - Sheri - 14-Dec-2012 1:58 PM
I'm completely numb right now. But, I know that as soon as I get home, - ollie - 14-Dec-2012 1:06 PM
- Who is no longer getting in trouble for faking sick tonight, right? - Jenners - 14-Dec-2012 1:08 PM
  - Call me the worst mom ever, but... still in trouble. EOM - ollie - 14-Dec-2012 1:10 PM
    - LOL You're a good mom. As a non-mom, I have no idea how to - Jenners - 14-Dec-2012 1:11 PM
- I know. Our daycare director sent all the parents - cap - 14-Dec-2012 1:08 PM
Okay, no body in Hoboken, per ABC7, Ryan Lanza being questioned by FBI - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 1:03 PM
I can't imagine how scared those children must have been and then they - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 12:57 PM
- That's all I keep thinking about over and over... - Schill - 14-Dec-2012 2:07 PM
  - It's just so difficult to comprehend. I can't comprehend it. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 2:12 PM
There are just no words, are there? - chloe - 14-Dec-2012 12:53 PM
- It was Christmas storytime at the library today. - slacker - 14-Dec-2012 12:55 PM
- Thank goodness EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 12:54 PM
And yet another effing coward takes as many out as possible before... - CancelGHNowGoBrittGo - 14-Dec-2012 12:47 PM
It sounds like the scene in the school is horrific even for a mass shooting. EOM - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 12:46 PM
NJ State Police say they are not searching a NJ home. - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:46 PM
So now it's 20 children & 6 adults from the school. And who knows - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 12:43 PM
- In the State Police briefing they stated, 20 children, 6 adults & the shooter - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:47 PM
  - God, he probably killed the entire kindergarten class. I can't - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:48 PM
    - If I was a parent of those kids,I would not return them to that school. That is - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 12:58 PM
      - The school should never be re-opened. It is a memorial site now. EOM - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:03 PM
        
        I disagree. You're letting the killer win if you do that. Plus IMO it will - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 1:13 PM
        
        He's dead, what is he going to "win"? It would traumatize the kids to go back. - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:15 PM
        I agree about keeping the kids and the teachers together... - ollie - 14-Dec-2012 1:15 PM
      - I probably wouldn't, either. :( EOM - cap - 14-Dec-2012 1:02 PM
    - If he did then, maybe none of the surviving kids witnessed any of the shootings. - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:50 PM
    - Most likely, or it was two kindergarten classrooms. EOM - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 12:49 PM
      - I think there was a morning kindergarten and an afternoon - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:51 PM
- I hope those babies didn't suffer and it all happened to - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:47 PM
If you are so ****ing angry with the world, KILL YOURSELF. - Binx_ImplodeFauxNews - 14-Dec-2012 12:42 PM
- my daughter can't understand it either. If you want to die, then - Sheri - 14-Dec-2012 2:01 PM
My friend is a gr. 7 or 8 teacher in CT... - StarryDreamer - 14-Dec-2012 12:41 PM
- Huff-Po also says K-4 EOM - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 12:43 PM
- It's a K-4 school, no 7/8. EOM - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 12:42 PM
- From what one father said in a video clip, it's just K thru 4th grade. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:41 PM
- K-4 is what I heard, but all news reports are suspect at this point :( EOM - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:41 PM
Now they're saying it was his brother Adam Lanza and Ryan Lanza is in - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 12:37 PM
- That would explain Ryan's friends coming to his defense earlier today - MontanaKC - 14-Dec-2012 12:49 PM
  - They've also now stated that the identity ID on the shooter may have been - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:52 PM
- All news outlets need to slow down and report the facts when they are certain of - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:39 PM
  - This happened before social media. I remember when they announced James Brady - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:40 PM
- Again. Not important to be first. Important to be RIGHT! EOM - ollie - 14-Dec-2012 12:38 PM
  - Not in today's journalism! EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:42 PM
  - I hate it. This is why I still prefer newspapers. Easier - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:42 PM
    - They don't even proof the newstories anymore. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:44 PM
Now I'm just raging at seeing Dr. Drew and his opportunistic self on CNN. EOM - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 12:34 PM
- gag. I'm assuming Dr. Phil will make an appearance somewhere EOM - Sheri - 14-Dec-2012 1:30 PM
- I used to really like him. :( He's a narcissistic fame whore now. EOM - Jaime - 14-Dec-2012 12:42 PM
CNN said the shooter's Mother was at that school - he shot his Mother - soapsfan123 - 14-Dec-2012 12:33 PM
Whitehouse.gov petition to sign re: gun control... - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:33 PM
I could never be a first responder. I could never be the - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:32 PM
- Me either, Especially as my first reaction would be to get my kid and get as - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 12:34 PM
Great. Now my Facebook is blowing with the usual "Guns don't kill people" - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:29 PM
- And mine wonders if this could have been prevented by arming the staff - FxC - 14-Dec-2012 12:47 PM
  - So those kids would be in the middle of a shooting battle? How **** up is that. - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 1:01 PM
  - Right. That's all we need. MORE guns. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:49 PM
- My response...tell that to the 20 children who were brutally murdered today. - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 12:38 PM
  - Great answer. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:45 PM
- Hit 'em with this: today in China, a man attacked 22 children and 1 adult with - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:38 PM
  - Word! EOM - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 12:48 PM
  - That's what they don't get. You die easy with a gun. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:45 PM
  - That's the thing. - AliciasAngel - 14-Dec-2012 12:40 PM
    - Exactly...we cannot stop people having mental problems...we can only treat them - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:41 PM
- RMFE. People WITH GUNS KILL PEOPLE. So...do the math - Paj_Staying4Becky - 14-Dec-2012 12:36 PM
  - Exactly - crazies with guns kill people EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:44 PM
- My GOP friends are relatively sane. They'll be very - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 12:35 PM
  - Most of my friends/family are sane. It's some of my male coworkers. - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:43 PM
- Tell them that we should do an experiment, take away the guns and see how many - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 12:33 PM
  - I decided to hide those feeds lol EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:42 PM
  - We don't even need an experiment. Just do a cross-national - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 12:34 PM
    - True, I hate this. EOM - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 12:36 PM
- My Facebook page is bipolar. - AliciasAngel - 14-Dec-2012 12:33 PM
  - LOL me too EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:35 PM
- Good time to clear out your friend list, IMO. - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:32 PM
  - Yep EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:33 PM
Some Tweets about the shooting from Celebs, Via Access Hollywood - pip - 14-Dec-2012 12:27 PM
The news anchors are having such a hard time holding it together. - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 12:23 PM
- That's absolutely because we're talking about BABIES being killed :(( EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 12:31 PM
I see the CNN scrawl says a brother was found dead in Hoboken. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 12:22 PM
- It's all very confusing...I'm reading elsewhere that his brother is in custody - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:29 PM
  - You're right, the brother is in custody. So much is confusing at this point. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 1:22 PM
    - From what I can tell...it looks like Adam (the brother) may have actually been - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 1:27 PM
- They say his girlfriend and a friend are missing as well. EOM - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 12:26 PM
- Geeez did he whipe out his entire family too? EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:23 PM
  - I think? I heard his father in CT was not killed. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 12:25 PM
The Pres is crying too.. EOM - pip - 14-Dec-2012 12:19 PM
- I know. He got to me. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 12:21 PM
  - I only read the statement and it made me tear up. Simple - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:32 PM
Obama speaking live - link to NBS live coverage - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:19 PM
- Thanks, Carolann, EOM - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 12:22 PM
The President is tearing up. Now I'm crying again. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 12:18 PM
- I can't imagine anyone being unaffected by this tragedy. :( :( EOM - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:20 PM
As the children were escorted out..they were told to close their eyes and - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 12:10 PM
If his main goal was to kill his parents, then he should have just - SFF_StephenAmellSEXY - 14-Dec-2012 12:04 PM
Wow, I just discovered the comments section at the WINS site. - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:04 PM
- Whatever. Let them be buried with their guns. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:17 PM
  - Word. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 12:26 PM
- I just had someone comment on my facebook post that this was about gun control. - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 12:10 PM
  - That would be an automatic UN-friend on my FB page EOM - MontanaKC - 14-Dec-2012 12:25 PM
    - If he wasn't the father of my son's best friend, you can bet I would have! EOM - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 12:30 PM
  - Oh yeah, I saw comments like that as well. Along with - cap - 14-Dec-2012 12:11 PM
    - I saw some dumb bitch go on and on about should we then make vehicles illegal, - Kris - 14-Dec-2012 2:00 PM
- those conspiracy theorists scare me ...a lot! EOM - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 12:09 PM
What I'm hearing is his mom was a kindergarten teacher and he - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 11:58 AM
- Omg. Those poor babies. :-( EOM - TerriL - 14-Dec-2012 12:02 PM
- Good lord EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:01 PM
SZers outside the NY/NJ/CT area, are you seeing national coverage, like Diane - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:56 AM
- Just flipped to ABC from CNN. everything's pre-empted. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 12:28 PM
- It's national here. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:22 PM
- PA...Nat. coverage. Diane S. is at the scene...will be reporting soon. EOM - OnAnAlanisJAG - 14-Dec-2012 12:02 PM
- Nat'l coverage on ABC in Los Angeles EOM - MontanaKC - 14-Dec-2012 12:01 PM
- Yes national coverage here in south Jersey(Philadelphia stations) EOM - PuckPlusFloorIsLove - 14-Dec-2012 11:58 AM
- National coverage in VA. EOM - Suprano_FeelingGood - 14-Dec-2012 11:58 AM
Apparently he also killed a family member at their home in Newtown, CT. EOM - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 11:54 AM
- They're saying Hoboken and it was his father EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:57 AM
  - Now I heard it was his brother. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 12:32 PM
  - No, they've changed that, saying that was incorrect info and the updated info - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 12:02 PM
President to deliver a statement at 3:15PM ET EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 11:47 AM
Why is this guy's friend saying it's not him? - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 11:44 AM
- It's possible that the picture some media outlets were posting wasn't the right - ollie - 14-Dec-2012 12:12 PM
  - True- that happened w/Trayvon Martin after he was killed. they showed - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 12:16 PM
  - Lovely. Responsible journalism right there. This isn't bad enough, let's - Jenners - 14-Dec-2012 12:15 PM
    - Yea... It's why there were so many different numbers early on. - ollie - 14-Dec-2012 12:16 PM
- I would think so. I wouldn't want to believe someone I cared about could - Jenners - 14-Dec-2012 11:50 AM
  - Same here. EOM - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 11:50 AM
Lester Holt couldn't even speak on MSNBC, he was in tears. EOM - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 11:43 AM
- He really is torn up about this. It's just so shocking and - Suprano_FeelingGood - 14-Dec-2012 12:02 PM
I just tweeted my congressman, telling him it's time for gun control. - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:38 AM
- Mine is a lame duck. My new one is NY's first Asian-American congressperson EOM - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 11:45 AM
  - Mine is Rep. who will never be voted out, no matter how hard I try. Too powerful - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:50 AM
    - You have my sympathies. He's a first class, grade A, ass hole. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 12:01 PM
      - The one good thing with his power, he represents some of the worst hit areas - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 12:17 PM
    - Pete King, right? And rock on, give him a piece of your mind! EOM - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 11:53 AM
      - Sadly, yes, it's him. Sometimes I can tolerate him, usually not. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:57 AM
  - I have a newbie, a progressive Dem. Who will be far better on this - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:48 AM
He killed his mother too? My gawd. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 11:37 AM
- yep his mother is a teacher at the school. EOM - pip - 14-Dec-2012 11:57 AM
So he went to the school to kill his mother and her classroom. - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 11:36 AM
Newsday says the shooter went into his mother's classroom - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:34 AM
Apparently the shooter killed his father in Hoboken and then went to the school - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:34 AM
Any time it's someone this age, I always wonder if they're schizophrenic. EOM - LiveOne - 14-Dec-2012 11:32 AM
- That was my thought as well EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 11:59 AM
- I totally understand the urge to assume mental illness, but I think it's - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 11:46 AM
- I do too and usually they are which is why comprehensive mental health - Binky - 14-Dec-2012 11:40 AM
- Me too. EOM - Jaime - 14-Dec-2012 11:38 AM
- There's probably no way to know now, but I strongly suspect this was the case. - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 11:38 AM
- I wouldn't be surprised, it sounds like the right age for onset EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:37 AM
  - Exactly. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:45 AM
- Onset is usually around college age I was thinking the same EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:33 AM
  - Me too. EOM - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 11:35 AM
NY Daily News updated the number killed 22 kids, 7 adults. EOM - TGBelievesInMagic - 14-Dec-2012 11:29 AM
- OMG. :( EOM - Jaime - 14-Dec-2012 11:39 AM
- Oh my God....those poor kids and parents EOM - Emma - 14-Dec-2012 11:32 AM
My co-worker's sister is a teacher at the school. She's ok, thank God. EOM - cap - 14-Dec-2012 11:24 AM
- Thank heavens for that. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:29 AM
Per ABC7, police are looking into a house in Hoboken NJ for a connection EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:23 AM
- He killed a parent there... EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:27 AM
  - Both parents, from what I just read. (EDITED) - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 11:28 AM
The shooter's name was Ryan Lanza according to CNN EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:18 AM
- 24. His mother worked at the school. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:27 AM
  - Yes she was one of the teachers EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:28 AM
    - Did he kill her, too? EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:28 AM
      - CBS is saying she is dead. EOM - ollie - 14-Dec-2012 11:29 AM
        
        How horrible, just...no words. :( EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:43 AM
There are no words. My prayers are with the families and community. - Paj_Staying4Becky - 14-Dec-2012 11:17 AM
- My thoughts, exactly. YOu know, I didn't appreciate what - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:47 AM
- You're absolutely right. The NRA can never defend this as a right to bear arms. EOM - Deezan - 14-Dec-2012 11:19 AM
This is why we need universal healthcare including comprehensive mental health - Binky - 14-Dec-2012 11:14 AM
- It's not just access to mental health care. It seems that the laws preclude - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 11:38 AM
  - ??? People can be committed against their will if they are believed to be a - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 12:16 PM
    - They knew that the theater shooter was planning to kill people & did nothing. - carolann - 14-Dec-2012 12:20 PM
- Absolutely. EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 11:38 AM
- I agree. EOM - Paj_Staying4Becky - 14-Dec-2012 11:30 AM
- Agree, we need both. At this moment we don't have either. EOM - MyTruth7 - 14-Dec-2012 11:27 AM
- agreed EOM - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 11:23 AM
- I completely agree with both you and AB. EOM - Oshun - 14-Dec-2012 11:22 AM
- I said the same thing a few days ago..those two things coupled together - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 11:16 AM
  - Yes both need to be addressed. Andy Borowitz's tweet is right on the dot - Binky - 14-Dec-2012 11:17 AM
- I agree with this these aren't the actions of anyone that's sane EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:15 AM
One of his parents was fatally shot in their home in New Jersey. EOM - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 11:13 AM
- Who is reporting that? My NJ paper is saying - cap - 14-Dec-2012 11:20 AM
  - ABC is reporting a NJ connection. EOM - OnAnAlanisJAG - 14-Dec-2012 11:49 AM
  - They reported it on MSNBC. I thought maybe I'd gotten the place wrong, but - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 11:22 AM
    - They just said "we believe", so none of it definite. Now they're saying that his - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 11:25 AM
- I hate to say this..but I think I would rather be dead than have to hear - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 11:14 AM
  - I would spend the rest of my life just wondering what happend, feeling like I'd - Holman - 14-Dec-2012 11:15 AM
From CT. Woke up turned on TV to this. Can't watch the local news channels. - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 11:03 AM
- I can only imagine apparently the shooter was the father of a student - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:05 AM
  - Isn't the shooter only around 20 though? EOM - Suprano_FeelingGood - 14-Dec-2012 11:10 AM
    - I heard he was 24. - AliciasAngel - 14-Dec-2012 11:12 AM
    - The second one I believe the one who's the father was 24 - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:12 AM
    - He could conceivably have fathered one of the kindergarteners. EOM - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 11:11 AM
  - How can a parent do something like this?!!! EOM - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 11:07 AM
    - How can anyone do something like this? It's horrifying. EOM - RachelElisabeth - 14-Dec-2012 11:15 AM
    - I don't know but clearly he wasn't sane EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:08 AM
I saw pictures.... - AliciasAngel - 14-Dec-2012 11:02 AM
- this whole town will be scarred forever. EOM - luvinScandal - 14-Dec-2012 11:07 AM
- My heart just breaks over and over again with this story. - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 11:07 AM
- (((Hugs))) It's the unthinkable. EOM - OnAnAlanisJAG - 14-Dec-2012 11:05 AM
Those children and their families must be terrified :( EOM - LM - 14-Dec-2012 11:01 AM
CBS is saying there was another body found at a house connected with the shooter EOM - katimae - 14-Dec-2012 11:00 AM
- It was one of his parents, apparently. EOM - Ninotchka - 14-Dec-2012 11:28 AM
- I hope this isn't a murder suicide with even more casualites EOM - CanaryFan98 - 14-Dec-2012 11:00 AM

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