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« on: December 14, 2012, 06:08:53 PM »

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2012/dec/14/newtown-connecticut-school-shooting-live

27 killed including 18 children. 

"To put it into context, the number of deaths in the 1999 Columbine shooting, previously the the worst mass killing at a US school, was 13"

Bloody hell.

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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2012, 06:13:12 PM »

"CBS News reporting that the shooter was the father of one of the students. A 20 year old from New Jersey."

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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2012, 06:30:31 PM »

These look really young kids. I am guessing the shooter is only 20 years old so his son or daughter must be 4/5 years old max.
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2012, 06:36:02 PM »

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Only minutes away from pundits & politicians say, "This isn't the time to talk about gun control." Really? When is that moment?
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2012, 06:36:52 PM »

Kids are 4-11 years old at the school Sad

So sad.  One of the parents they spoke to (his son was OK) said it's shocking, but he wasn't surprised to hear it had happened. It's pretty sad when people start to half-expect these things. 

The Second Amendment is so wrong, but how do you "put the genie back in the bottle", as one commentator put it?
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2012, 06:38:00 PM »

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Only minutes away from pundits & politicians say, "This isn't the time to talk about gun control." Really? When is that moment?

It's not the time for politicians to talk about it now - not when there are still parents who don't know if their children are harmed or not. But journalists and commentators can and should talk about it now.

All imo of course.
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2012, 06:39:22 PM »

Oh my, this is so so dreadful, and depressing.

The families must be going through such torment.
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2012, 06:42:06 PM »

Kids are 4-11 years old at the school Sad

So sad.  One of the parents they spoke to (his son was OK) said it's shocking, but he wasn't surprised to hear it had happened. It's pretty sad when people start to half-expect these things. 

The Second Amendment is so wrong, but how do you "put the genie back in the bottle", as one commentator put it?

The second amendment was written when guns were basically pop guns and you'd be pretty unlucky to be even injured if you were shot at by one.

Now people are using the amendment to justify buying uzis.

It's like someone who got the freedom of London actually driving a herd of sheep over London Bridge.
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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2012, 06:42:23 PM »

Be interesting to hear what these idiots have to say:

http://home.nra.org/
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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2012, 06:48:47 PM »

Ugh terrible.

Never going to get the gun laws changed in America in the near future, remember nearly half the country still votes Republican.
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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2012, 06:52:40 PM »

A local Police Officer just gave a press bulletin, and suggested there were "several fatalities".
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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2012, 07:10:59 PM »

Michael Moore ‏@MMFlint

Only minutes away from pundits & politicians say, "This isn't the time to talk about gun control." Really? When is that moment?

It's not the time for politicians to talk about it now - not when there are still parents who don't know if their children are harmed or not. But journalists and commentators can and should talk about it now.

All imo of course.

Got to start a some point, they don't seem to get long in between shootings, they seem to average one every couple of months.  Terrible tragedy.
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2012, 08:26:51 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bFIYLimyRHU

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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2012, 08:38:45 PM »

Be interesting to hear what these idiots have to say:

http://home.nra.org/

 “Until the facts are thoroughly known, the NRA will not be making any comment.”

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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2012, 08:57:26 PM »

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