Connecticut shooting suspect was honors student
WASHINGTON (AP) - He was an honors student who lived in a prosperous neighborhood with his mother, a grade-school teacher who liked to host dice games and decorate the house for the holidays.
Now Adam Lanza is suspected of killing his mother and then gunning down more than two dozen people, 20 of them children, at the Connecticut school where she taught before taking his own life.
The 20-year-old may have suffered from a personality disorder, law enforcement officials said.
Investigators were trying to learn as much as possible about Lanza and questioned his older brother, who is not believed to have any involvement in the rampage.
Lanza killed his mother at their home before driving her car to Sandy Hook Elementary School and - armed with at least two handguns - carried out the massacre, officials said.
A third weapon, a .223-caliber rifle, was found in the car, and more guns were found inside the school.
So far, authorities have not spoken publicly of any possible motive. Witnesses said the shooter didn't utter a word.
Catherine Urso, who was attending a vigil Friday evening in Newtown, Conn., said her college-age son knew the killer and remembered him for his alternative style.
"He just said he was very thin, very remote and was one of the goths," she said.
Lanza and his mother, Nancy, lived in a well-to-do part of Newtown, a prosperous community of 27,000 people about 60 miles northeast of New York City.
A grandmother of the suspect - who is also the mother of the slain teacher - was too distraught to speak when reached by phone at her home in Brooksville, Fla.
"I just don't know, and I can't make a comment right now," Dorothy Hanson, 78, said in a shaky voice as she started to cry. She said she hadn't heard anything official about her daughter and grandsons. She declined to comment further and hung up.
Adam Lanza's older brother, 24-year-old Ryan Lanza of Hoboken, N.J., was being questioned, a law enforcement official said. He told authorities that his brother was believed to suffer from a personality disorder, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record about the unfolding investigation.
The official did not elaborate, and it was unclear exactly what type of disorder he might have had.
Ryan Lanza had been extremely cooperative and was not under arrest or in custody, but investigators were still searching his computers and phone records. Ryan Lanza told law enforcement he had not been in touch with his brother since about 2010.
Brett Wilshe, a friend of Ryan Lanza's, said he sent him a Facebook message Friday asking what was going on and if he was OK. According to Wilshe, Lanza's reply was something along the lines of: "It was my brother. I think my mother is dead. Oh my God."
Adam Lanza attended Newtown High School, and several local news clippings from recent years mention his name among the school's honor roll students.
A neighbor in Newtown, Rhonda Cullens, said she knew Nancy Lanza from monthly get-togethers the neighborhood women had a few years back for games of bunco, a dice game.
"She was a very nice lady," Cullens said. "She was just like all the rest of us in the neighborhood, just a regular person."
Cullens recalled that Lanza liked to garden and to make her house look nice for the holidays. Lanza joked, though, that no one noticed because the house was out of view, up a hill, she said.
Sandeep Kapur, who lives two doors down from the Lanza family in Newtown, said he did not know them and was unaware of any disturbances at the Lanza house in the three years that he and his family have been in the neighborhood.
He described the area as a subdivision of well-tended, 15-year-old homes on lots of an acre or more, where many people work at companies like General Electric, Pepsi and IBM. Some are doctors, and his next-door neighbor is a bank CEO, said Kapur, a project manager at an information technology firm.
"The neighborhood's great. We have young kids, and they have lots of friends," he said. "If you drive past this neighborhood, it gives you a really warm feeling."
Now Adam Lanza is suspected of killing his mother and then gunning down more than two dozen people, 20 of them children, at the Connecticut school where she taught before taking his own life.
The 20-year-old may have suffered from a personality disorder, law enforcement officials said.
Investigators were trying to learn as much as possible about Lanza and questioned his older brother, who is not believed to have any involvement in the rampage.
Lanza killed his mother at their home before driving her car to Sandy Hook Elementary School and - armed with at least two handguns - carried out the massacre, officials said.
A third weapon, a .223-caliber rifle, was found in the car, and more guns were found inside the school.
So far, authorities have not spoken publicly of any possible motive. Witnesses said the shooter didn't utter a word.
Catherine Urso, who was attending a vigil Friday evening in Newtown, Conn., said her college-age son knew the killer and remembered him for his alternative style.
"He just said he was very thin, very remote and was one of the goths," she said.
Lanza and his mother, Nancy, lived in a well-to-do part of Newtown, a prosperous community of 27,000 people about 60 miles northeast of New York City.
A grandmother of the suspect - who is also the mother of the slain teacher - was too distraught to speak when reached by phone at her home in Brooksville, Fla.
"I just don't know, and I can't make a comment right now," Dorothy Hanson, 78, said in a shaky voice as she started to cry. She said she hadn't heard anything official about her daughter and grandsons. She declined to comment further and hung up.
Adam Lanza's older brother, 24-year-old Ryan Lanza of Hoboken, N.J., was being questioned, a law enforcement official said. He told authorities that his brother was believed to suffer from a personality disorder, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record about the unfolding investigation.
The official did not elaborate, and it was unclear exactly what type of disorder he might have had.
Ryan Lanza had been extremely cooperative and was not under arrest or in custody, but investigators were still searching his computers and phone records. Ryan Lanza told law enforcement he had not been in touch with his brother since about 2010.
Brett Wilshe, a friend of Ryan Lanza's, said he sent him a Facebook message Friday asking what was going on and if he was OK. According to Wilshe, Lanza's reply was something along the lines of: "It was my brother. I think my mother is dead. Oh my God."
Adam Lanza attended Newtown High School, and several local news clippings from recent years mention his name among the school's honor roll students.
A neighbor in Newtown, Rhonda Cullens, said she knew Nancy Lanza from monthly get-togethers the neighborhood women had a few years back for games of bunco, a dice game.
"She was a very nice lady," Cullens said. "She was just like all the rest of us in the neighborhood, just a regular person."
Cullens recalled that Lanza liked to garden and to make her house look nice for the holidays. Lanza joked, though, that no one noticed because the house was out of view, up a hill, she said.
Sandeep Kapur, who lives two doors down from the Lanza family in Newtown, said he did not know them and was unaware of any disturbances at the Lanza house in the three years that he and his family have been in the neighborhood.
He described the area as a subdivision of well-tended, 15-year-old homes on lots of an acre or more, where many people work at companies like General Electric, Pepsi and IBM. Some are doctors, and his next-door neighbor is a bank CEO, said Kapur, a project manager at an information technology firm.
"The neighborhood's great. We have young kids, and they have lots of friends," he said. "If you drive past this neighborhood, it gives you a really warm feeling."
He was known to have a personality disorder... remember the cafe shooter? His parents knew he was dangerous and there was nothing they could do about it. They had no rights.
KOMO, please just DROP this article or change the headline. It's very misleading and leans towards gloifying the shooter. C'mon...just take it down. **facepalm**
The scary part is this guy may just be normal.
They found a 4th gun. And apparently Mom had other weapons in her home too.
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I guess she thought it was a good idea to have all those guns in the house for protection or something. Ironic that she died from her own gun. But of course, that is hardly uncommon in this country.Â
why do they keep talking about his upper middle class white collar background? Would it make more sense if he drove a pickup and lived in a blue collar neighborhood, or was some kid from a poor, broken family? Money doesn't make you stable.
"...he was one of the goths..." I don't know really what a "goth" is. Is "goth" a cult or a following with an affinity for killing or death? Maybe it's another one of satan's alternatives to eternal life, like the zombies and vampires the young people are so drawn to these days. The anti-gun people are quick to jump on this, some even claiming this is the worst thing they've heard of. Maybe they say "worst" because a gun was used and not a plane, maybe because so many children died. Perhaps they weren't paying close attention to how many children died on 9/11/2001 and 4/19/1995, or maybe they weren't even born then. Maybe their ideology justifies some of those tragedies. I think the shooting in CT was caused by somebody with a loose screw. Did the shooter's "goth" affiliation have anything to do with it?
Horrible and unimaginable overall, those poor children and the school who cared for them. However, I am also upset the inconsiderate press would contact the innocent and suffering old lady, the suspect's grandmother, who also lost her daughter to this tragedy. This old lady is also suffering because of the lost of innocent children, and the answers of why, Should we have noticed? What could we have done? blaming themself. The old lady is suffering too, leave her alone. Now, knowing the suspect is a honor student makes it more puzzling, What happened to him? The whole nation is suffering, this could happen any where, and there is no profiling who to prevent this from happening.
So sad. My sympathy for the families of these victims. Even more alarming, there is nothing we can do to prevent this from happening again. At anytime, a killer could walk into any grade school and shoot our kids.
You can't regulate factors that you cannot control. The factor you cannot control is the decisions that people make with a gun once on their hand. Triggers don't pull themselves. Guns are harmless unless used to harm. It's common sense.
@Luke0walton  I guess the same should be said about kids with bombs strapped around their waist near markets in Kabul. They are harmless until someone activates the detonator. Please stop with the ridiculous defense of the gun culture. How can you people sleep at night knowing that your excuses and justifications create the culture of mass killings in our society? I hope every parent of the dead kids who has defended the right to own guns reflects today on how their guns helped their kids stay alive, which it didn't. Guns in the hands of people kill people. THESE ARE OUR SUICIDE BOMBERS, PERIOD!
 @Socialjusticeforall Compare the number of personal guns physically in the world throughout history (excluding all military and police) with the number of murders and mass shootings. Our society is why people go crazy enough to do this kind of stuff.  No gun control laws in the world would have prevented this.  But the only way to stop someone who is fully intent on doing something like what happened yesterday is to kill them -- and the fastest, easiest way to do that is with a gun. Â
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If you want social justice for all, as your name suggests, do you really think that the only people who should be armed with guns are military and police?   That would be incredibly dangerous.  No one would be able to defend themselves against them when the government's power inevitably becomes abusive force.Â
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Take your putrid Orwellian garbage elsewhere.
@Socialjusticeforall ..you have never seen a suicide bomber
I see all the antigunners out there blaming the guns and not the people behind them. Perhaps if people stopped blaming an inanimate object and started focusing more on teaching morals and values then maybe atrocities like in Connecticut wouldnât happen. People should get back to one thing that has guided us as a people for many years but was stripped away by an agnostic government and that would be religion. Since the separation of church and state our moral values have been declining, rapidly. I myself attend church and I also own several guns. I attend church to tune my moral compass and I own guns not to kill but to protect what is precious to me, which is my family and our way of life. So I say stop blaming the gun and start blaming yourselves for degrading religious values which allowed people like Lanza to lose their moral compass.
@Kamja Give it a rest, it is a safe bet that you nothing about the religous or moral values that anybody involved in this terrible situation had; be it the victims and their families or the shooters upbringing and values. It is horrible tragedy so go preach some place else.
@Phatharrius Oh so you think that Iâm some sort of fanatical born again Christian bible thumper who is trying to push my religion onto everybody else, is that it? You my idiot friend are so far so on the wrong path. Let me tell you something, Iâm not preaching, if I were I would become a preacher. I have served honorably as a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer during the first Gulf war and now work in optical IT communications. What I am is someone who recognizes the tragedies that have been occurring throughout this country and Iâm also someone who recognized the fact that weenie agnostic liberals like yourself tend to blame an inanimate object for the problem rather than blame the person behind it. In fact I would say youâre probably one of those people who abort a baby and save the life of a mass murder who is on death row. Youâre probably one who thinks everybody should emanate your low moral values which leads to problem children like Lanza. Let me tell you something else, I know Iâm not perfect and I donât lead the perfect life in Godâs eyes. I know Iâm born a sinner and I must repent for those sins. Tomorrow morning I will be in church doing just that. In fact, because I have license to carry a concealed weapon I will be praying with a 9MM just inside my jacket in case a moronic jacka$$ with nor moral direction like yourself decides to bust into my church and start shooting up the place. Iâll drop that idiot like 50 pounds of Idaho potatoes. It may change the direction I plan on going in the afterlife but Iâll know in my mind I made the right decision. Also know, Iâm a normal guy who swears, drinks, tells tall tales, and makes a living like everybody else. I donât preach to nobody. Your life, your religion, your world. I donât go around knocking on doors trying to get you to join my church or anything like that. What Iâm telling you and the rest of antigun liberals is to pull your head out of your four point of contact and start looking for morals and values which can be taught to people so they donât commit the atrocities weâve been seeing across our country. I donât care what you do, you can become Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, I donât care but find a moral compass to steer you in your life. Yeah I donât know anything about the religious or moral values those folks involved in the tragedy have but I what saying, there is a foundation that is probably not there, which if it was, maybe the tragedy may not have happened. As for you, Iâm so sorry the words and names of âGodâ and âJesusâ offend you in such a way that you think everybody such as myself is some sort of religious fanatic. I hope you find your way.
@Kamja  Please stop with the brainwashing. The US has had a gun culture since day 1. Lincoln was killed by a gunman, Kennedy was killed by a gunman, Reagan was almost killed by a gunman, MLK was killed and so many leaders were killed or almost killed. I am glad that you think your Church is your refuge, but guess what? there are hungry people in our country, homeless people, mentally ill veterans and fifty million poor who don't have a refuge and so many of them who snap can easily find a gun at home because they are just there for the taking. So, stop diverting the conversation and accept the reality, our country is a gun crazy country and many more people will die. I hug and kiss my children everyday and I know I may not see them that night because danger is out there.Â
@Socialjusticeforall Brainwashing! How on earth did you get brainwashing from an opinion? Yes we are a gun culture and I have been a part of that culture my entire life. Iâve killed nobody. My family and my friends have killed nobody. Why, probably because we have a moral compass guiding us. Yes guns killed Lincoln, MLK, Kennedy and many more. However Cain killed Abel with a rock (thatâs in the bible by the way) and terrorists killed thousands with passenger jets planes. So is the culture guns or is the culture people killing people? You also admit that danger is out there. You know that and I know that. What do you do as an added step to help insure that your childrenâs hugs and kisses that morning will not be their last when you donât come home that night. Danger comes your way, what do you do out there in that very dangerous world? What do you do when that dangerous world comes to your home? You yourself state there are many hungry, homeless, mentally disabled folks out there. So the next time you hug and kiss your children, look at them in eyes and see their love. Ask yourself what you are doing to prolong that life and that love from the very dangerous world. You already know what I did. Oh by the way, my church is not a refuge from the world, it is a place to learn, grow, and repent. It a place to pray for many things to include those lost by those with no morals across our country. In fact tomorrow morning, Iâll include you in my prayers during church services.
 @Socialjusticeforall Church is not and has never been a refuge. You may not see your children or any of your loved ones any night because of many reasons, not just guns. A drunk driver, a pedophile, a true suicide bomber, just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This has nothing to do with a "gun culture," but has everything to do with morals being replaced with moral relativism. There will always be the poor, in any and every nation, always has been and always will be.Â
 @Kamja Amen !!
His mother owned the guns that created the perfect opportunity for this crazy kid to become a suicide bomber. She was part of the opportunity. WTH is a school teacher doing owning so many guns? The gun culture in the US is so pervasive that even school teachers are brained-washed into it. NOTHING LESS THAN A CONSTITUTIONAL AMMENDMENT WILL DO.  I am glad she is no longer a threat to society.
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Your an idiot, having a free society always has and always will have sacrifice.. is it perfect no, but it's better than the alternative... to give up your rights as a free human being far exceeds all other sacrifices even such tragedies as this is.. far more people have died defending the 2nd amendment then died because of the second amendment..guess what the primary weapon soldiers used.. yep a gun without them we wouldn't have any of the rights we have today..
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By the way you enjoy many of the freedoms which these men and women have died defending.
including your right to post the crap your posting.. Stop cherry picking the constitution..
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Maybe we should ban all libs they do far more damage to society then gun will ever do.. Another freedom you have is to move to another country that has the same belief system as you..
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let me know I'll help you pack your bags..
"A grandmother of the suspect - who is also the mother of the slain teacher - was too distraught to speak when reached by phone at her home in Brooksville, Fla.'I just don't know, and I can't make a comment right now,'Dorothy Hanson, 78, said in a shaky voice as she started to cry. She said she hadn't heard anything official about her daughter and grandsons. She declined to comment further and hung up."
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OMG, the press is freaking relentless, to call a 78 year old woman about the death of her child at the hands of her grandchild before she has even had an official next of kin notification. Absolutely heartless.
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@alaska_dreamin  The society (we) need to know about these suicide bombers. We need to ask questions of everyone and we must learn what pushed a crazy kid into it. No one in that family is immune from questioning because there may be others like him. Public safety supersedes feeling sorry for Grandma. My children deserve better.
 @Socialjusticeforall Is that social justice for the grieving, shocked grandmother, to mob her with ambulance-chasing reporters who have zero training in counseling, questioning victims in shock, and couldn't care less about anything except getting the beset sound bites over their competition?Â
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Could untrained reporters shoving microphones and cameras in her face within a few hours of having her entire life turned upside down really find helpful answers for society? Really? You're sure? You're staying with that one?Â
 @MargeGunderson Thank you Marge, my sentiments exactly.
 @alaska_dreamin Holy Crap! Why do the a-holes from the media have to do this to people.Â
"You grandson killed your daughter and and a huge number of children, how do you feel ?!"
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This is outrageous and happens any time there is tragedy. Somebody in the news media needs to put a stop to this.
 @Reginald Edward Smythe I agree completely.
Wouldn't it be nice if all gun related news showed if the person was allowed to have firearms. Acquired legally? Was the guilty party actually a NRA member? Could there be a law created that would have prevented this? (like no guns in school zones)
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I like to think on both sides of this conflict with gun control. I understand the need for safety but we can't control all firearms, criminals will get them anyway. How is taking them out of people that follow the rules and are extremely safe with them going to help? Who are you to tell me I can't defend myself against a criminal that still illegally owns one. I have had a gun pointed at me, I plan to have a fighting chance if ever put in the situation of me vs them.
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Let's find a improvement, sensible laws that doesn't strip the responsible from defending themselves or their families. I say improvement because there is no FIX to this problem. As long as there is sin in this world some will go deeper in their sin than others. Murder will happen until the last day. We should not lose hope but also not lose our sensible rational thinking that banning something is going to fix the brokeness of our human condition. SIN is the issue not mental illness.
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Please remember, our universe does have justice. Every sin against the creator will be delt with, this coward is sadly going to face the music which he deserves. I don't want this outcome for the victims or the person that commited the crime. It is sad and tragic regardless. Remember we will all stand before our creator, not believing in him is like saying I don't believe in the WSP. You don't have to believe in the WSP to be arrested and served justice for crime.
None of this matters. We don't need 500 news articles about all aspects of this guy's life. Why not make some news articles detailing the lives of those lost? This is money hungry media at its worst. There are going to be many more articles like this.Â
 @jowsuf There will be numerous articles regarding those people Right now, people are trying to understand -how- a person could do this. Yes, there will be more articles on it. The possible causes of these type incidents SHOULD be explored thoroughly.
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If we try to act as if the cause of this doesn't matter, we're doomed to suffer some more.
Hope the POS rots in hell
Israel does it right.
A gun loving society expects different results with a culture that allows monsters to carry out massacres. Results will continue to be the same as long as the NRA and its members rule the interpretation of the Constitution. Many more massacres are coming.
 @Socialjusticeforall You're blaming an organization that promotes gun safety, education, and the proper use of guns.  Why don't you blame Hollywood for putting out violent films that influence people, or video game makers who put the most violent content in their games, or the removal by the government and athiest groups of God and Christmas and anything healthy and good from our lives?  How is it possible that you and so many others are so ignorant that you are blaming responsible, innocent gun enthusiasts for this?  You and other NRA critics should focus on the real social issues at play here instead of lashing out at the one organization that is LEAST responsible for this tragedy. Â
 @Socialjusticeforall Guns don't kill people; PEOPLE kill people. If there aren't any guns, people will get creative and use something else. Who are you going to blame then?
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"Guns don't kill people; PEOPLE kill people."
I'm not ragging on you but I'm so sick and tired of that cliched' quote/response. That doesn't explain or solve a damn thing. It comes down to whatever "kills" people is happening way to f'n often. Something needs to be done, I don't know what or how but something really needs to be done. And I really don't think the solution is simply easier access and more guns. Think about it. Sometimes it seems as though the human race is either not responsible enough or intelligent enough (or maybe a combination of the two) to coexist with firearms. And this comes from a RESPONSIBLE gun owner. I'm just so fed up with these stories of innocent lives lost to senseless violence/shootings. And now 27 people. 20 of the victims were young children. It just breaks my heart.
And while I'm on this rant what the hell is this headline about. "Connecticut shooting suspect was honors student" Who f'n cares. Why does the media always try to show the lighter side of a sick pos that would commit such a cowardly heinous act as this. Like the nice happy flowery picture, http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man-accused-in-Ore-mall-shooting-wanted-to-travel-183347331.html, of the recent pos mall shooter. Of course in these articles there's always quotes like "To Roberts' shocked friends and family, he was just Jake, a happy, easygoing 22-year-old who liked video games and talked about moving to Hawaii." or he's was such a nice person. I don't care if they knitted blankie's for homeless infants in Siberia. What can we do? I don't know. Is there a solution other than having metal detectors and video surveillance everywhere we go?
 @PrairieDawn  @Socialjusticeforall If the tool doesn't kill people, the person using the tool does, then why are more dangerous weapons illegal? For that matter, why is any inanimate object of any kind illegal if the problem isn't the object but the user? If you use that argument it must apply to everything else. Just something to think about.Â
 @PrairieDawn  @Socialjusticeforall I agree with Social Justice. The thing is it provides a BAD influence and sends a bad message. Just like how promoting drinking renders more DUI's. Promoting guns and being "pro guns" is get crazy people or the psychos more access to guns, hence leading to more shootings/disruption. I agree with Social, take guns away from people. That way you would prevent more shootings and we would live in a much more civilized society- WE DON'T NEED GUNS ANYWAY- Talk, or fight with fists... don't be a weenie with a gun!! What, little woosies too afraid to fight with their fists... fools!
@keepthepeace28 @PrairieDawn @Socialjusticeforall - I enjoy owning firearms in a responsible manner. All locked up with quick access if needed. Now keepthepeace if I felt for one second that we could end even most all gun violence by me losing my ability to own then I actually would turn all mine in. The problem is those that think banning guns will greatly reduce violence even actual GUN violence is delusional. Sure I bet there would be some percentage of gun crime drop but on the other hand there would be likely an increase in violence with the rational/sane portion of society with little way to defend themselves. I agree , lets put down all the guns and fight man to man but again this fairlytale land thinking. Just like Obama wanting to drop our nukes to zero, sure if EVERY county got rid of EVERY nuke then great, we could do the same but the fact that we can't control every nuke means we need defense from them. Not saying I wish nukes where ever invented but they were and now we have to live with it. Guns are here to stay regardless if they are banned. Now only the people that already don't abide by the law will use them. Was this coward allowed to bring these guns in a school zone? Nope, he did anyway. What do you think another law will do? I think society does need to work on this and like I originally stated if banning guns would drop our gun crime drastically then I would support it and turn in mine. It won't so we need to figure out a way of improving the situation and I think it starts when strong family's, strong justice and believing we all have purpose not just random chemicals that won the ultimate lottery.
 @Socialjusticeforall Look at all that firepower they are packing in the top picture. But, the fact is, it *wasn't* there when it was needed. It was with the cops. The school was a "gun free zone," where the teachers were *not allowed* to protect their kids by actively stopping the threat. They had to call, helpless, passive, and wait, and pray, and hope that they are not next. That is a helpless culture, a culture of dependency, or risk aversion, of "let the professionals take care of it," not a culture of "can do," of do what's gotta be done even if there is a risk." THAT is what we are teaching our children - they they are helpless, and if there is a problem you always call on someone else to make it better. If, when a problem occurs, you call on guys with guns, why not have people *on hand* who are suitably qualified, who know the kids, who already have guns. Make schools a dangerous-to-criminals place to be, not a "safe, disarmed-victim zone"
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The gun-culture is not one of "loving guns," but of *respecting* them, what they can and *can't* do. They are a fact of life, a powerful tool that is only as good, or evil, as its user. Banning them simply means that the massacres will be government-sponsored, and bigger; it will change who dies, but not the fact that many will.
 @RN1  @Socialjusticeforall Realistically, you're blowing the gun violence in schools out of proportion. You need to remember that with gun ownership there are also injuries and deaths from accidents and improper use. The statistical probability of a student getting killed in a school shooting is in the same realm as dying in a plane crash. In this incidence, the risk added by putting guns in schools, however small, largely outweighs the risk of not having them. By a large margin.Â
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A responsible gun advocate would acknowledge the negatives that come with guns as well as the positives. Adding more guns to the mix just opens a new can of worms.Â
 @Socialjusticeforall This is a tragic event and my heart to all victims and family and friends.
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So how does the following people align with your culture?: Muhammad Atta, Abd al-Aziz al-Umari, Satam al-Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Walid al-Shehri, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Fayiz Ahmad, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Mohand al-Shehri, Hani Hanjur, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majid Muqid, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Salim al-Hazmi, Ziad Jarrah, Ahmad al-Nami, Ahmad al-Haznawi, Said al-Ghamdi, Timothy McVeigh. Please google all of these people but just to help you, the first 19 were the 9/11 hijackers and the last was our home grown terrorist. All of these people killed many more people then Adam Lanza is suspected of. But, all of these killed without using a gun. In fact the 9/11 terrorists knew they could not use a gun and their extensive planning around this still caused many more victims. These were dedicated killers just like Adam Lanza was.Â
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I hope that we can get to a point when there are no senseless killings. I hope that we can focus on why people kill and remove these reasons from our society. I hope that people have the courage to make the changes that are needed to create a society without killings. I hope that we as that society can step up and do what is right to end these killings. I know though that without a shadow of a doubt that if the focus is not on people then these killings will continue. I know that blaming inanimate objects we will get no where to solve these problems. It is the weak minded that have to blame inanimate objects because they know the harder thing to do is change people but they choose to do the easy thing just so that they feel like they are making a change. These same people are the first to complain of metal detectors and pat downs at the airports. These are the same people that claim their rights are stepped on when they have to do anything extra to ensure one's safety. These are the first people to call the ACLU or other "rights" organizations when they don't like something. These are the same people that have to put up a fight when a cop gives them a ticket for something they knew they did. These are the same people to hire a lawyer to sue their neighbors instead of just talking to them.
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So please keep taking the easy street like you have done your whole life. But at least realize that it is the people that need help. It is the people that need to be taken care of. It is the people that are responsible for all of this. It is the people that need to change.
 @Beam_Me_Up  @Socialjusticeforall Gun violence kills many more people than any other method. All those people and their methods represent a fraction of a fraction of violence related deaths.Â
Presidents have been killed, civil right leaders have been killed, elected officials have been killed, parents and children have been killed. We live in a country that values guns over life. Thank you NRA and NRA members for giving me and my family the daily concern over our lives.
 @Socialjusticeforall You may as well blame the makers of the shoes he wore.  You're an idiot.
 @Socialjusticeforall You could always move to a country that doesn't have any guns. Oh wait, there isn't any country like that.Â
 @Socialjusticeforall So, then, next time you are threatened, when you call the cops, tell them to leave their guns behind, because guns are evil and only good for killing. See how that goes over...
@socialjusticeforall------You are more than welcome, and we would all like to thank you and the millions of others for giving me and my family the concern of getting out in our cars every single day and having our lives endangered by stupid drivers. I have never been threatened by a gun, but risk my life every day getting out on the roads with people doing everything behind the wheel of their car except paying attention to their driving. Oh, but if you hit and kill me or one of my family, then that is called an accident even if it was because of negligence! But they will give a drivers license to almost anyone. They can make all the new laws you want, ban guns completly, and nut jobs that want a gun to do harm will get one just like they do anything that is illegal. What makes all you anti gun people think you can keep guns out of the hands of the criminal? Look at anything illegal and then see how easy it is to get it. We have to start punishing the criminals that use a gun, or a knife, or a baseball bat and quit giving them all the rights!  And instead of you and your family being so concerned every day about guns, think more about being concerned when you all get in your car and go out on the highways and byways. I have seen first hand how some of you drive out their with your kids in the car and that is your fault, NOT THE CAR!
Good luck to all of you anti gun folks out there, and keep blaming the NRA and all of their members for anything that happes having to do with a firearm. You do realize that they don't care what you think don't you?  By the way who do all put the blame on when someone gets killed in any other way than with a gun?
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This whole story is tragic and sad, and I think it sucks that the first thing that happens is that all the gun haters and gun owner haters use it to once again blame the "gun" instead of just seeing it for the tragic incident that it is and morn and pray for all involved.
 @tshirt Don't waste your time, idiots like "socialjusticeforall" and "darn it" are way beyond understanding the facts of life!
 @Socialjusticeforall The NRA is nothing more than a lobby group for gun manufacturers. They will take no responsibility nor will they offer any solutions.
@Darn it!  Except that millions of members are not on the payroll. They are our neighbors. The NRA and their members represent half o greater than half of the US population. We are a gun loving country and the Constitution protects that right. Manufacturers are actually making stuff people want not they other way around.
 @keepthepeace28
Walk around downtown after midnight tough guy see what happens..
your the idiot.. please remove the rose colored glasses..
 @Luke0walton  @Socialjusticeforall Shut up Luke! They are right. We need to get guns off the street to reduce the chance of a"bad outcome." They are a bad influence and obviously people are mis-using them. Besides, a real man fights with their brain and fists anyway. Idiot!
 @Socialjusticeforall  @Darn  Idiots !
 @Socialjusticeforall  @Darn I agree. I used the wrong term. I should have said that the NRA is backed by gun manufacturers. You get my meaning.Â