Sad day here in Connecticut.

[Macfanforever]

As some of us probably heard about the mass shooting in Newtown CT this morning that killed 27 people, including 18 children.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-leaves-students-staff-dead/2012/12/14/24334570-461e-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_story.html

Take a minute and say a prayer for those were loss in this bizarre tragic massacre.

[WildHearted]

An unimaginable tragedy.


My heart goes out to all of those affected by this senseless brutality.

[bluefox4000]

Tell ya.....the world get's darker by the day. Terrible.

Mick

[Macfanforever]

I think now the media should give it a break instead of dwelling on the tragic event.
Its awful of this happening but they keep on dwelling on it with all of the mistakes of reporting the wrong info.

Give It peace .Pray for the victims.

[Lee]

Extremely terrible. I had to stop watching for a bit tonight, but watched CNN later. Piers Morgan very upset with the gun control. Why did this woman, this shooter's mother have these guns? Makes no sense.

My condolences to the families of the children lost. :distress:

Lee :distress:

[Macfanforever]

The locals finally stop at 8pm.As run their holiday specials.I had to stop watching around 6:30 pm because it was making me so upset.That a good question why the kids mom had the guns.My parents were gun owners My dad and my step dad had normal shot guns plus hunting guns.My step dad and my mom were teachers for a state technical school.Maybe that why this sad news is to close to home as they say.

As I did my normal walk tonight .There was a house down the street with a candle in
the lawn.

[SummerlongBoots]

I saw it unfolding on TV this morning and I watched in shock and disbelief. :shocked:

After President Obama made his statement, I had enough. :(

I shut it off and have not read or listened since. :distress:

It's all so very sad. :(

[desertangel]

Yea, I had to quit watching news too. Between the shooting here at the mall in Oregon and the school shooting in CT, I just can't take it anymore. It's been a tough week on sooo many levels. :distress:

[estranged4life]

Tell ya.....the world get's darker by the day.

about April 19,1995 if you ask me...Gotten much darker ever since.

[Macfanforever]

It seem like in the last 20 years everything is going to heck in a hand-basket.
Everybody got to take a chill pill and chill out and get along with each other.
All of this since-less shootings,wars and other violence going on.

[Macfanforever]

Wikipedia now has a page on the shooting.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting

[Macfanforever]

I guess now the video games are coming up in the news are the blame of violence.

http://ideas.time.com/2012/12/20/sandy-hook-shooting-video-games-blamed-again/

I would like to know what kind of movies and music this terrorist has or had on that computer that he smashed up.Probably nothing good.

Friday morning .9:30 AM The church bell will ring.Listen to them.

[Macfanforever]

The report is out on this tragedy here in Connecticut almost a year ago.


LA Times


http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-sandy-hook-newtown-report-20131125,0,7882756.story#axzz2lhp8k3oT



Sandy Hook report: Lanza responsible for rampage, motive remains mystery


November 25, 2013, 3:27 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Adam Lanza, whose shooting rampage at the Sandy Hook Elementary School left 20 first-graders and six adults dead, acted with deliberation despite his mental health problems and is criminally responsible for the attack that horrified the nation, investigators said Monday.

In a 48-page report, the state’s attorney for Connecticut’s Danbury region, Stephen J. Sedensky III, said investigators could not establish a conclusive motive for the attack or why Lanza chose Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as the target for the shooting other than it was close to his home.

Lanza started his rampage by killing his mother and ended it by committing suicide Dec. 14, 2012. The report comes almost a year after the tragedy, which prompted a push for new federal gun control legislation that stalled in Washington. Although national efforts have faltered, some states, including Connecticut, toughened their laws.

WHO THEY WERE: Newtown shooting victims

The eagerly awaited report gives the clearest picture yet of the events in one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings.

Lanza “had significant mental health issues that while not affecting the criminality of the shooter’s mental state for the crimes or his criminal responsibility for them, did affect his ability to live a normal life,” the report states. It goes on to say that Lanza did not help himself deal with his mental issues.

“In 2005, the shooter was diagnosed with Asperger’s disorder and was described as presenting with significant social impairments and extreme anxiety,” the report says. Lanza “refused to take suggested medication and did not engage in suggested behavior therapies.”

Investigators also said they found no evidence to suggest that Lanza had taken any medication that would affect his behavior or by any means explain his actions.

Lanza started the day at home, where he shot and killed his mother, Nancy, in her bed. He used a .22-caliber gun to shoot her at close range and the weapon was recovered at her bedside.

He then went to the school armed with 30-round magazines for a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle, along with several other weapons, and blasted his way through the glass front entrance. In less than five minutes, Lanza fired 154 rounds from the long gun, killing the children and six educators. He committed suicide by shooting himself with his handgun.

Investigators acknowledged Lanza’s mental illness but said it did not excuse his actions. Lanza committed crimes including murder and attempted murder with special circumstances as well as assault. His condition would not have been a viable defense, investigators said.

His mental state “is no defense to his conduct as the evidence shows he knew his conduct to be against the law. He had the ability to control his behavior to obtain the results he wanted, including his own death.” “Did he have a motive to do what he did?” the report asks of Lanza’s actions. “This investigation, with the substantial information available, does not establish a conclusive motive.”

Investigators did find strange behavior to justify questions about Lanza’s mental health.

In November 2012, Nancy Lanza sought to buy the shooter another computer or parts for a computer for him to build. She was concerned about him and said that he hadn’t gone anywhere in three months and would communicate with her by email only, though they were living in the same house. At one point, Nancy Lanza also had plans to sell her home in Newtown and move to either Washington state or North Carolina, according to the report. She reportedly had told the shooter of this plan, and he apparently stated that he wanted to move to Washington. The intention was for the shooter to go to a special school in Washington or get a computer job in North Carolina, according to the report.

The investigation praises police who responded “within minutes of the first shots being fired.” It also praises the school staff for heroic actions to protect the children. “The combination saved many children’s lives,” investigators said.

“The report is a gripping, graphic reminder of the cruelty and brutality that caused this unspeakable tragedy, and a testament to the bravery and courage of scores of first responders,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in a prepared statement.

PHOTOS: Newtown school shooting

“The lessons of this report are simple: We must improve school security, increase mental health services, and require background checks for all gun purchases so we can keep firearms out of the hands of dangerous people. We should not wait for another gun violence tragedy to institute these reforms and other common sense measures. The cost of inaction is too great.”

As the massacre anniversary approaches, the town is bracing for a very difficult period. Plans called for taking down the school building in time for the anniversary.

The family of at least one Sandy Hook victim, teacher Victoria Soto, criticized the decision to release the details. “As we close in on the end of a very difficult year, the releasing of this report is yet another blow that our family has been dealt,” the family said in a statement. “So yes, we have read the report; no, we cannot make sense of why it happened, we don’t know if anyone ever will.”

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-sandy-hook-newtown-report-20131125,0,7882756.story#ixzz2lhrtQAAZ

[Macfanforever]

A year later. WTF . Still NOTHING DONE.

Lets take a minute and pray for those kids and teachers that lost their lives on that horrid day.