28 DEAD IN CONNECTICUT RAMPAGE
More than two dozen people – most of them Kindergarten children – were killed during a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Newton, Connecticut on Friday morning. The deadly Connecticut shooting took place at 9:40 a.m. EST at Sandy Hook Elementary School – which is home to 600 students aged Kindergarten through fourth grade. The school’s principal is among the dead – as is the suspected gunman, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
At least eighteen of the victims are children, according to the latest reports. Lanza’s mother taught at the school, as well, and has been confirmed as one of the victims – although she was reportedly killed by Lanza at her home prior to his attack on the school.
Lanza reportedly wore black combat gear and a military vest during the assault. He used two handguns, both of which have been recovered by agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), as well as a .22 caliber rifle.
Just … shocking. Senseless. And so indescribably cowardly.
The incident is already being referred to as the “worst school shooting” in American history – eclipsing the death toll from the 1999 Columbine High School attack. The deadliest assault on a school in American history took place in 1927 in Bath Township, Michigan. There, a disgruntled school official killed 45 people – including 38 children – in a series of bombings.
Newton is a suburb of New York City – located about sixty miles northeast of Manhattan.
As with previous school shootings, the Newton massacre sparked an instantaneous debate over Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
“It’s officially immoral to argue against gun control,” one liberal wrote on his Facebook page mere hours after the shooting took place. “Our kids need to be safe in our schools. I don’t give a shit about your 2nd Amendment Rights.”
Even the White House couldn’t wait to push its anti-gun message – with U.S. President Barack Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney telling reporters that the administration remained committed to imposing a new ban on assault rifles during the coming legislative year.
Really?
Gotta love the speed at which the professional left rushes to politicize a tragedy …
This website has been – and will continue to be – ardent defenders of Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. Not only that, we reject the shameful attempts by some to leverage this tragedy for ideological gain.
UPDATE: FITS, along with numerous other media outlets, initially identified the suspect in the case as 24-year-old Ryan Lanza – the brother of suspect Adam Lanza. We apologize for this error. Ryan Lanza has been detained for questioning by police as as result of the shooting, however, and his brother was carrying his identification card during the rampage.
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111 comments
The gun owner merely carried the guns in, and the guns killed 26 people, right?
Guns don’t kill people… bullets do.
One of the guns was MG-16. No wonder so many small children were killed.
The gun laws should be modified. They are being used more for killing rather then self-protection.
I hope one the senators from my state will change her (his) views on the gun control.
We lost so many beautiful innocent children today. My heart is so heavy.
Had the principal been armed, the shooter may have been the only casualty.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
The right to bear arms protects us from our government. Take our guns away and really see the damage this administration would cause our country. When our 2nd amendment goes any additional freedom will go shortly thereafter. Don’t think it can’t happen here.
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Connecticutt — It is unlawful to sell or permanently transfer a handgun to any person who is forbidden to possess a handgun, or to a person under 21.
Antidepressants kill people.
Crazies kill.
How does one defend againat a determined nutcase?
Precisely agree with you there
This is a terrible tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers should go out to the students, teachers, administrators, and parents of this school. When we hit our knees tonite pray for all these people.
If only the kids were armed, they could have defended themselves, right? Stupid-assed gun freak filth.
I’ll bite. If the principle or a teacher was armed it might have been a different outcome.
I suppose if we outlaw guns at least crazy people running around with machete’s have to put a bit more effort into things and might not get the death count as high. That being said, a determined lunatic can kill people without guns.
“45 people, mostly children, were killed and 58 were injured when disgruntled and demented school board member Andrew Kehoe dynamited the new school building in Bath, Michigan out of revenge over his foreclosed farm due in part to the taxes required to pay for the new school.”
“The Bath massacre occurred on May 18, 1927. It remains the worst school tragedy in US history.”
Despite this tragedy it’s probably impossible to stuff the gun rabbit back into the hat even if the idea of gun freedom is repulsive to you.
Had the principal been armed, the shooter may have been the only casualty.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
They say all the adults in that school were women; the only male adult was the custodian. Doubt of any of those women had guns with them.
My wife does OK with a 9mm carrie.
By all means, outlaw all guns! It has worked like a charm so far with cocaine and heroin.
Exactly, Head Shaker, you outlaw guns, and only law abiding citizens will be unarmed. I agree with Charlton Heston, you can have my guns when you pry them from my cold dead hands….
Even a well placed .22 would kill or maim the shooter. Better than nothing.
An armed resource officer is also a respectable option. Might be easier (and better) to implement than teachers or principals with guns.
If people keep shooting and killing, the left is for sure going to politicize it… Just like Hurricane Sandy.
If the gunman was gay or had a liberal leaning facebook page, the Right would politicize it as well.
Those are (any)politicians for you… Misleading, corrupt and full of shit.
Right my brother. Anyone desiring for a career in politics is a piece of shit. Politicians are to serve us, not the other way around.F em all.
The 2nd Amendment gun rights thing is SO yesterfuckingday. If you had an arsenal of guns, you’re still going to be WAY out-gunned by the government. The purpose behind the Amendment was supposed to be that an armed militia could go toe-to-toe with a tyranical government. That ship sailed a century or so ago. They are too readily available to a largely brain-damaged population which is what we have degenerated into. Hell, look at BigT. Think he should have a gun?
I disagree, as long as the millitary up holds their oath to the constitution and every body has a gun, the power still belongs to the people. Even if half of the population has guns, thats roughly 175 million people with guns, that is the largest army in the world by far, and even a tyranical govt. has no chance.
Not when particle beam and other energy directed weapons become perfected………….
It will be like Native Americans with bows and arows going up against a Gatling Gun in 1895 or napalm.
See what you beloved Glock or Smith & Wesson does against a particle beam weapon.
Or even an AC-130 Spectre at present………….
And the killer will get a lawyer, w/ the liberal media will have the idiots in this country feeling sorry for him…
This B#$^ard should be strung up, beaten and killed, in public today…
Then, the next one would stop…but Liberals have exalted Murderers, and hate law enforcement…
Heaven help us…
Yeah… those liberals killed all those children,
He’s dead
Had the principal been armed, the shooter may have been the only casualty.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
“And the killer will get a lawyer”
Preferably one who specializes in representing dead people.
That’s a winner, kc.
once again the village idiot proves beyond a doubt how incredibly stupid and close minded he is..did he even read,hear or watch about the shooting..the killer is dead Sarah…but your bat shit crazy mind just starts screaming about liberals while proving you know nothing about which you spew..truly a world class fucking idiot.
Guns don’t kill people, people do. The problem lies in the obvious truth that people can kill a lot more people in a short period of time if those guns shoot bullets real fast. The only real reason to own a semi-automatic weapon is to kill lots of people (or animals) real fast. What’s the harm in limiting the sales of such weapons? They are always the weapons of choice in these tragedies.
Yes, get rid of those MG-16s
@carrie
Had the principal been armed, the shooter may have been the only casualty.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
As long as the federal government and the police have guns, the citizens need guns. Enough said.
carrie – What exactly is a MG-16? Do you mean he had an M-16? No he didn’t. He had an AR-15, which has been reported to have been left in the car. I hate when people simply feel the need to start commenting purely on emotion and have no idea what they’re talking about.
Big T.,
Please explain the purpose of stringing up and beating, and the process by which to kill, someone who is already dead. This is an essay question.
We love our guns and we’re a country that’s full of psychopaths. Bad combination.
No everyone is a psycopath. Unfortunately our sorry ass media focuses only on the psycopaths. For every nutjob out there, there are many good people working hard and living peaceful jobs.
Looks like one is still alive…
Not to mention how the Media and leftist lawyers are protecting the Batman Killer..and Obama is giving the Ft. Hood Jihadist a pass (he’s still alive)…
If Obama does not IMMEDIATELY Exact Justice…he needs his Stupid @$$ kicked…
You liberals Defend Sick Bas^@*ds because they give you millions in lawyers fees, and you think pop culture killers are cool…
You are filthy pieces of $#!* and you have Blood on your hands….
PS: We’ve had guns loger then we ‘ve had a country….
Liberals have only recently taken over…
WTF? What should Obama do? Maybe we do have too many idiots running around with guns. You have any? Don’t answer, I want to sleep tonight.
STFU: You F^&kin Liberal…
The Ft. Hood Shooter is still ALIVE. So is the Arizone Killer (Gaby Giffords)…and That is Because of Liberals and Obama…
They won’t even call the Ft. Hood Killer a Terrorist…
A FAILURE to Execute Murderers..and leftwing lawyers giving them priviledges, are why we have more and more mass murderers…
Liberals S%!t all over the place, then Lie and Cower when your Handi-Work Roosts…
You people are irresponsible Pieces of $#!* who have Blood on your hands…
Geez BigT, go up on your midol, will you?
the fucking idiot like a child screaming..”pay attention to me..” even though you know nothing about which you spew. how about some more spot on political predictions Mr 0-67? after making sucha huge asshole of yourself for over a year calling names you think you would just stop coming here..guess not..you fucking idiot
BigT, you’ve got some real issues…
There were 4 tragic deaths of our Country men in Benghazi. Republicans have been beating their drums grabbing the National spotlight to get attention. Watch them say nothing, hide and cower and the thought that real discussion needs to be addressed in this country about gun control.
This shooter was old enough to buy a drink but guns he can load up on. Let’s hear all the cowards say nothing but their thoughts are with these poor families. While they do nothing to change this eroding culture.
*WAS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BUY A DRINK
@Control
Had the principal been armed, the shooter may have been the only casualty. If you’re hurting because of your children in this political BS war, my heart hangs for you as well.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
he was a parent of one of the children in the school.
“not old enough to buy a drink ”
??
Johnb
It was reported that the shooter was 20 years old. Hence the not old enough to buy a drink comment.
He shot his Mother, it hasn’t be reported that a 20 year old had a child.
http://www.hulu.com/#!watch/433901
Our Children are murdered and Liberals push America swirling downward to the sewer…
When will enough be enough???
I pray we wake up before you sacrifice my child to the god of the left…
You leftists better pray that too….
Right on. Obama will use this tragic event to go after our freedom, undoubtfully.
I’m willing to bet this murderer is a lot more like you than anyone else I know. Filled with hate and anger. Its not the guns that kill, its people like you.
If this was Facebook, I would be all “like” on that, Jan.
Me too, Nolff.
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Hey, Fits, that picture you’ve got up may not the right person. There is some confusion over that Facebook account.
Heart breaking and senseless.
My heart has been in my stomach and feeling nauseaus over the whole thing.
The breakdown of the family, drugs, mothers leaving home to work, in order to make ends meet, people over taxed and governments overspend wastefully all contribute to the breakdown of the family.
The FBI background check allowed this bastard to purchase a weapon.
Machineguns have been regulated for years. Only one legally owned machinegun has ever been used in a crime, a crime of passion. A man catching his wife with her lover, no excuse to kill; but, not a premediated sicko.
Our borders are too pourous, drugs are smuggled daily, illegals come in daily. The black market (criminals) will acquire guns no matter the laws on guns and smugglers will get rich providing guns, just as they do drugs.
Sickos should never pass an FBI background check! legal law abiding should not be prohibited.
The liberal gun haters will be the first to defend the rights of child molesters who destroy lives every day and are released to our neighborhoods. The rights of trial to drug smugglers, who destroy thousands of lives every day. Then rail about gun control.
Put all of the bastards into the hands of GOD immediately, child molesters, drug pushers, and criminals who use guns, knives, cars, axes, screwdrivers, cars or any means to destroy lives!
You’re right. This massacre could as easily have been carried out with a screwdriver instead of an AR-15. How does it feel to be retarded?
Sorry Godslayer, I would not onow how it feels to be retarded.
I’m sure you could enlighten us.
maybe get your friends in the ACLU to explain retardation.
They are very good at explaining the rights of rapists, murders and child molesters to get apeals for years, get out of jail on bond and fight murder convictions for years.
They defend the rights of drug pushers to continue to poison our children by the 100s of thousands and walk to continue their trade.
I’m sure you are familiar with their constitutional rights as well as the second amendment.
we sould ban schools
Banning schools wouldn’t have had any effect on you, would it?
I second that. The government sponsored propaganda factories produce nothing but trolls like Godslayer and Smirks.
lol… Trolls like me? I’m flattered.
Why is everyone so upset about a red-blooded patriotic American exercising his Second Amendment rights? So what if a few children get massacred? Our rights to bear arms are way more important than children’s lives. This is why every day I thank Satan for the NRA.
@ Godslayer
The Second Amendment makes it lawful for one to own a gun. It does not in any way make it lawful to murder anyone. I have wondered for a very long time why people don’t realize the difference. I have owned firearms for over 40 years, yet I haven’t killed anyone to date. After spending 30 years in the military, I am certainly trained and capable of it, but I just don’t know if I could. I pray that I never find out the answer to that question.
So go ahead, outlaw gun ownership. While you’re at it, outlaw automobiles and commercial aircraft. People are killed daily in automobiles and en masse in airplanes when they crash. But wait, that probably hits too close to home for you. I bet you, or a family member of yours, probably owns a car, huh? It would sure be unfair of anyone to blame you for deaths by vehicle!
War on Guns will have the same results as our War on Drugs. Absolute miserable failure and complete waste of tax dollars.
Godslayer, join Big T(urd) in the idiot line.
Fits: that photo is not the guy, but someone with the same name.
Agree or not, but this is another nail in the coffin for “gun rights”.
Tragic, tragic event.
Every event like this, and other things, tell us we must take a hard look at why this happens more in America than other countries.
It is my opinion that the frequency of this crap has very little to do with gun control laws. There’s a ton of factors involved, and while the proliferation of guns may not help, gun control likely won’t make a real dent.
Japan has extremely strict laws. I read a story where a janitor killed school children so he would be sentenced to death, as he was too chickenshit to off himself alone. I don’t think he ever used a gun either, IIRC it was a knife. I’d rather have a bullet to the brain than to slowly die from being disembowled.
You can steal a gun, smuggle a gun, and prisoners even fashion their own guns. If someone wants to do harm, they will. Besides, there are alternative methods of carnage (homemade bombs, poison gas, etc.) that you can easily figure out how to make thanks to the Internet.
Most other countries don’t have over 300 million citizens from which crazies may come from. Likely lots of societal things that generate more to go out this way. Japan has a high rate of suicide, and it is linked to lots of that kind of stuff too.
Over 20 children are dead, it’s 11 days until Christmas and some of you are bringing up this gun shit by rationalizing it one way or another.
God must be saying:
“My children, I thought I taught you better than this”
I pray that God brings these innocents into his heart and bring comfort to their families.
Would this Satanic person consider attempting this mass murder of innocents at a kindergarten in Israel? I very much doubt it…he’d been blown away by the teacher or hall monitor before he could even bring his gun up…
“By 1”
You are correct.
A Satanic person probably wouldn’t get very far while Hezbollah (sp) and other groups who believe God is on their side are doing the majority of killing innocents in Israel.
The only thing you could logically outlaw is males between the ages of 13 – 45 years of age (predominately caucasian).
That makes sense. They should outlaw you for making comments on media outlets like this…
Statistically speaking I am 99.9 % correct.
Statistically speaking you are an ass.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
Tell me what I posted is incorrect
Nothing but love for ya!!!!!!
I forgot to add males between the ages of 13 – 45 who haven’t gotten their ashes hauled in quite sometime (if ever) like our friend Mr. Pytel (who I surmise suffers from that malady).
A lot of pent-up anger in his postings!!!!
Statistically speaking, you are more likely to be murdered by a black man.
Waste of air.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
Maybe we should ban Hollywood movies which display violence…I wonder if the murderer was influenced by such violent movies like Pulp Fiction or Batman/Black Knight…Time to take Hollywood to task!!!
AMEN!
Most of these Hollywood graphic movie makers are…..? You guessed it liberal. They and the video game industry have numbed our children to violence. let’s outlaw all of them!
From CNN headlines this week
Knife attack at Chinese school wounds 22 children
Florida just exceeding 1 million concealed carry permits yet look at their crime rates.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/world/asia/china-knife-attack/index.html
Let’s ban all Hollywood productions which display any gun violence. Let’s set an example of peace by imprisoning all Hollywood directors and actors who have ever been involved in any TV show, movie, or drama which depicts any type of violence whatsoever…I bet the murderer probably listened to music which glorifies violence. We should ban any music which glorifies violence. As a show of peace, we should imprison all “artists” whose music mentions violence in any form…It’s a good thing we took those 10 Commandments off that school wall! We don’t want those kids reading …”Thou shalt not murder!” every day, do we?
Conneticut hast pretty good gun laws. I read that the shooter was from New Jersey, they have some of the toughest gun laws in the country. How could this have happened with such laws in place? I don’t understand???
Chicago is a perfect example as well.
As is D.C. At least the outright ban on guns is unconstitutional now.
My parents taught me that the 10 Commandments are not multiple choice.
AMEN again!
Let’s keep prayer and God out of our schools, let the unions and liberals run everything… Constitutional rights for terrorist, criminals, rapist and child molesters and take away the rights of the law abiding populace!
Then the Terrorist, criminals, rapists and child molesteers can rule with the liberals.
Nut
We already have civilians that are able to make nuclear reactions….
As time & technology marches on it is that time/technology itself that will eventually render some lunatic the ability to take his pathology to the level of exterminating the globe.
Laws prohibiting *blowing up the world* will do no good.
Maybe by then Newts moon colonys will be reality…but until then the folly of regulating every aspect of life in the name of safety in an effort to prevent these tragedys will do nothing more than make people wish for the end of the world-and in fact cheer on the lunatic trying to make it a reality.
Yep.
And it will probably be some conservative ultra-right wing fanatic making sure he/she is fullfilling some prophecy.
Sorta like Timothy McVeigh thinking that blowing up the Federal Building in Ok. City (and killing a number of children in the process) would spark the ultra-right wing uprising that he had read about in the Turner Diaries…..
What is up with you and all the Turner Diaries stuff?
Lunatics are lunatics…so their political proclivities mean nothing in the big picture.
A mentally ill person on antidepressants is a danger to all.
The sad fact is you can’t fully prevent fucked up people from doing fucked up things. We can’t keep crack and heroin out of this country, we won’t be able to keep out guns. You can put whatever limitations you want on legal guns and it won’t make a damn bit of difference to those with criminal intentions. Once any crazed fuck gets a gun and ammunition it is a ticking time bomb that likely can’t be stopped.
I have no idea what Obama wants to pursue. I don’t oppose ALL gun control concepts but the rights of legal and sound of mind gun owners needs to be left alone, period. Gun rights of law abiding citizens should be stronger, not weaker. I’ll reserve judgement until he actually presents something substantial, but take note that any significant change will not pass with Congress this divided.
It is times like this I really hope Hell exists.
Well said…………..
Good points.
… I wonder if drugs (legal or otherwise) was part of this tragedy.
Side effects of antidepressants can lead to death and disaster.
Dynomite! Great post.
Sparklecity and smirks make good points, as they always do.
I’m glad this website gives them the ability to speak their minds. It is quite refreshing to get their opinions.
I won’t give you a reach around like mauldin, but good post.
Yeah, I don’t agree with FITS’s stand on issues a lot of the time but I truly appreciate a blog that allows for views across the spectrum..
Thanks FITS for a a good citizens square in cyber-land!!!
that being said……..
I lowered flags to half-staff at my place of employment when I left yesterday.
Please,Please,Please….
Let us remember that 20 children and 7 women who cared for those children were murdered just because they were there and had done absolutely NOTHING to deserve their fate. I thought I was numb to this sort of stuff but when you think of the presents under the tree or were stashed in their homes closets waiting to be opened on Christmas morning it breaks my crusty heart like nothing I can remember.
Columbine, Virgina Tech., the Movie Theater, “Gabby” in Arizona and all the others……
THIS SHIT HAS GOT TO STOP PEOPLE!!!!!
They should take all the guns from civilians
They should take the guns from people and only police and military and forest rangers got them
THen people wouldnt shoot people with guns unless they make them themselves
Hillary preached to us:That IT TAKES A Villiage…
My God, look at the Villiage she and her kind have created…
Heaven help us…the leaders we are now choosing certainly are Failing…