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Dec. 14, 2012 2:40pm Liz Klimas

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20 Year old Gunman of Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut Wore Military Attire and Reportedly Had Ties to School

In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (Photo: AP/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks)

The Connecticut elementary school gunman who has killed at least 26 people — eight adults and 18 children — Friday was reportedly outfitted in military attire and had at least two guns, which were recovered on the scene. Some have begun to wonder how the man entered the school where visitors have to be let in by staff.

According to Fox News Insider, the now-deceased, 20-something-year-old shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown wore black BDUs (battle dress uniform), which are standard combat uniforms like those sold on Camping Survival, and a military-style vest. The shooter, who was reportedly identified as Ryan Lanza, also had a mask covering his face.

Black BDUs could look something like this outfit. (Image: CampingSurvival.com)

On Megyn Kelly’s America Live program on Fox News, a mother of a student called in pointing out that visitors to the school need to be buzzed in through the doors by the front desk. The mother, whose daughter was not hurt, said she doesn’t believe the secretary would let in a person wearing a mask or questionable clothing. The Associated Press reports the gunman had ties, which are not yet specified, to the school.

Two guns were initially reported to have been found on the scene, but some outlets now report four. Reports reference a semi-automatic Glock and Sig Sauer 9 mm being recovered, as well as a .223 caliber rifle.

According to Sig Sauer’s website, the 9mm P226 is used by “U.S. Navy SEALs, Federal agents, and numerous law enforcement agencies including the Texas Rangers, Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Michigan State Police to name a few.”

Sig Sauer P226 (Photo: Sig Sauer)

A .223 rifle has been called by gun experts “the best home-defense weapon” and “a rifleman’s most valuable tool.” Guns Magazine wrote that the .223 “shoots far, fast and flat” and has a “relatively moderate cost.”

Semi-automatic rifle known as an AR-15 chambered in .223. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)

Reuters reports an entire classroom is currently unaccounted for, while other children have been removed to a safe location or have gone home with parents.

A law enforcement official speaking under the condition of anonymity said that New Jersey state police are searching a location in that state in connection with the shootings, according to the AP.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. This is a developing story.

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jbdiver
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:31pm
Just saw our wonderful (LOL) leader shed a tear. Setting us up folks for the soft sell of doing away of the second amendment. Here we go. Wouldn’t put it past this corrupt administration to have set this up to get the job done. Think about all the other things that have happened that we are finding out about and didn’t know and that they denied knowing anything about. Don’t trust them at all now. Those poor families. Please pray for them all.

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- IKW
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:44pm
  What frightens me more is that our president, the leader of the free world and subsequently guardian of our liberty, in his own words is reacting as a parent instead of our LEADER. Leaders must be calm and measured, not emotional and reactionary….every “reaction” is immediately followed by an “over-reaction”, we need thought and responses not the emotional crying of a child that will lash out at any perceived threat.
  
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- medicinehawk
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:01pm
  IKW – the president is NOT our leader. The president is a representative of the Republic, not our leader, not our ruler, not our better…not anything more than each of us are individually. And most certainly he is NOT (nor is ANY president) the guardian of our liberty….WE are and to sooner we remember that and stop giving our power over to those who would rule us, and stop engaging in the mental shackling (like thinking the president is our leader) the sooner we can become the FREE people we are meant to be.
  
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- IKW
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:16pm
  Medicinehawk, I’m not going to quivel over semantics with you because I am certain, based upon your response, that we are of like mind. I was making a point regarding leadership and where their “authority” is taking us, not the nature of our liberty.
  
  King George wasn’t our leader, but he had the perceived authority to govern the colonies at the time just as these fools in Washington possess now. If the people of this country think a good leader is one who feels their pain instead of secures their liberty, then let the games begin because the true leaders that exist in this country will finally have the will of the people to stand and deliver. I’m betting I can count on you! :-)
  
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- Red Meat
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:19pm
  From my dead cold fingers…
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:46pm
  The blood of those kids is on the head of Obama and every liberal idiot in this country THEY CAUSED THIS http://youtu.be/dozLXYNWYQQ
  
  Gun free zone my backside. The gun free zone just kept lawful citizens from defending those murdered children
  
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- Ranger1967
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:56pm
  I am just trying to figure out how all those guns got up, loaded themselves and went after these children with someone behind them. These must be smart guns. Maybe they possess the one who picks them up. I can see a scenerio where an antigun group would sacrifice one of there own in the name of deal leader. I cannot think of how you could do more damage than to go into a school and kill young children. Its the perfect crime. The same man could have strapped on a bomb or took a large baseball bat….knife and killed as many as well. It would have been easy, no one is armed.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:01pm
  If these guns are traced to fast & furerous, Eric Holder had best skip the country because the parents will come after him. I would like to know where the school security guard was since he is one of the few people in Conn. that can carry.Here in Oklahoma we use off duty policemen and they carry .45 Glocks. With such crazy gun laws in Conn. the guard probably wasn’t armed as not to expose the kids to those nasty guns. When they get in a gang they will be exposed no matter what the politicians want.
  
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- Texanbyluck
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:07pm
  Wow. Just wow.
  
  Anyone wanting to defend the right to openly sell semi automatic weapons like the 223 is in about as weak of a negotiating position as possible today.
  
  It is absurd, and nothing short of absurd, to have high round chambers available for sale. Period. End of statement.
  
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- medicinehawk
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:11pm
  IDK – Understood and agree! My point is that so many have programmed and conditioned that those of us who are more fully awake can help by watching the semantics and wrestling back our language from the Progressives. Most obvious example is to not use “a democracy” to refer to the united States, instead use Republic, (that’s not even correct, its more accurately a federation of Republics) and immediately correct anyone who does.
  
  Seems like a small thing, but look how successful the Progressives have excelled at chaining minds for generations by speaking lies and distorting the language… over and over and over. With all the other things we need to do and are doing to course correct, I believe that being mindful of the power of language (and the power of perception) as we speak…even to each other. Perhaps constantly making corrections will cause some to stop and think??…we can hope ;)
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:18pm
  This is the fault of stupid liberals and their stupid policies. This incident was their perfect utopia on display. Guns were not allowed in this school zone. No one was armed in this school. No citizen was allowed to be armed in this school. Only the police was armed. Only the Government was there to protect you. Citizens and teachers were forced to be dependent on the police. Is not that what these liberals want? So, tell me, was the police able to prevent this incident? How many lives was the police able to save? Was the police able to get there on time? Aren’t liberals always crying about how only police should have guns? Well, tell me, how did that work out? The police, with all their mighty force, armor, and guns were two seconds too late. Criminals will always get guns. In Mexico, there’s only one gun store in the whole nation, and it is the Government. No one in Mexico can own a gun without the feds knowing. Tell me, is Mexico safe? Has limiting access to guns in Mexico dropped crime? How about Switzerland, were practically every able body citizen is ordered to own an automatic rifle, and are paid to train with it. Switzerland has the lowest crime rate, and was never invaded by Hitler. Guns are not the problem. The Marxist, godless, degenerate, ruthless, promiscuous, violent, immoral, and brainwashed culture and society are.
  
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- escape_from_socialism
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:29pm
  I first thought they talking about those cops looking like military in green uniforms. It means next battle field will be US.
  
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- CHRIS260
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:30pm
  What I find interesting is that no one ever mentions the role pharmaceuticals play. If you look at everyone of these school shootings and many suicides, the person was on an antidepressant. Now plenty of people take them, and don’t do bad things, but there is a link between the two.
  
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- amtsoundsmith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:33pm
  @TEXANBYLUCK- Yeah, we should also ban swimming pools (statistically more dangerous than guns), cars (also statistically more dangerous than guns & can be used as a weapon), and anything else that can be used as a weapon or is deemed dangerous. Also, judging from your logic, if you are writing a letter and misspell words it’s the pens fault; because apparently inanimate objects can have motive and “do” things. How about we stop blaming objects and blame the nutjob shooters and the breakdown of the family unit (the 2 real causes for these types of insane actions).
  
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- Hikwgun
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:36pm
  therapturecomes
  I just watched your video. You are certifiably insane! I am conservative as they come. But you are what the left points to when they call us nutjobs with guns.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:46pm
  Red Meat . . . OK, we can do that.
  
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- sta
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:51pm
  CHRIS260- Spot on.
  
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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:51pm
  MEDICINEHAWK — Well said, well said! You hit the nail on the head. — and as far as the first post, I would not put anything past our government, there very well could be some secret organization responsible for creating these events for the purpose of disarming the populace so that the NWO can remove the only thing standing in the way of their world control, an armed America.
  I mean think about it, it is obscene the number of WACKOS out there willing to just do the unspeakable, more so than you would think possible without fomentation.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:40pm
  TexanByLuck says, “…It is absurd, and nothing short of absurd, to have high round chambers available for sale. Period. End of statement…”
  There’s no such thing as a ‘high round chamber’… go back to your mother’s basement.
  As for absurd, if you want to disarm Americans, you can start at my door.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:40pm
  It is time to ban assault riffles, at least. The arguments against it are absurd! This can not keep happening! More guns don’t solve the problem. more of any problem doesn’t solve the problem. these people arn’t scared of being shot! Obviously. More guns wont stop these events from happening! And for everyone saying also ban pools and cars. thats ridiculous! you make a conscious decision to get in a pool or car knowing the risk! These kids should never have to go to school thinking well today i could be murdered, thats the risk i’m taking. Its embarrassing you even try to make that point! Please. it is ok to be wrong. but we need to all come together and say enough is enough.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:41pm
  WAter the tree! your insane delusions are part of the problem.
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:02pm
  Parents allow teachers (strangers) to keep their kids six hours straight, five days a week, in a locked classroom, with, in most cases, no other adult present, but they can’t trust this same teacher to be trained in the use of a firearm, and be certified to use one, in case some maniac or other idiot walks in to do harm to your kids? Folks, demand that your schools have security measures, and for Pete’s sake, repeal that ridiculous, unconstitutional School Gun-free zone acts! These are zero tolerance policies against guns. That means no one is able to be armed. I want our children to be protected, not defenseless. You, as an adult, don’t trust walking in unknown neighborhoods, yet, you drop off your kids, and don’t demand they be adequately protected? if you go to any large even, mall, or other public gathering, you expect security and to be protected, how can you expect any less for your kids, especially when you’re not there with them!? It’s time liberals and their stupid drivel be put to an end. We have a right to protect ourselves, and families, at all times and everywhere.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:06pm
  JB…He won’t win this one. There’s democrat states like Wisconsin that will turn on him if he tries it. His own party will splinter on the issue..he won’t have the votes in congress. He’s not up for re-election so it doesnt’ matter either way as far as his popularity goes. He can cry like a baby at this point..it won’t make a difference.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Another mindlessly repetitive taunt from you PANTYWANGOHORSIE? How predictable.
  By the way…PLEASE..come and try it champ.
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:10pm
  @Keaton LOL.
  
  Let me explain, or edumicate you for a second. Fully automatic rifles are already banned for ordinary citizens. There’s a long process, detailed background check, and lots of money involved for those who want to go the route of getting permission by the federal Government to own one. BTW, there has only been one crime committed since 1930 with a fully automatic rifle.
  
  All of these incidents, every one, happens at Gun-free school zones, wherein not even teachers or administrators are allowed to be armed for protection or the security of others. They don’t even allow someone, one freaking person, to at least be trained, certified and permitted to carry a gun for self defense and the protection of others. This incident had all the talking points of the liberals on display. Only the police was armed. No one else in school was armed. Isn’t that what liberals want? Criminals will get guns, just like they get illegal drugs. We don’t live in a perfect world.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:10pm
  Valiant! you are trying so hard to deflect the blame from where it partially belongs its ridiculous!
  
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- EqualForce
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:21pm
  Schools, like home, should be a safe haven for all children.
  
  This is an absolutely horrific tragedy – I pray for limited injuries and for the safety of everyone involved.
  
  Give your family an extra hug this evening and try to help those in their time of need this season.
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  Firearms are used far more often by law-abiding citizens for personal defense than for the horrible murders committed by deranged criminals. (Although this fact is rarely (if ever) reported by the MSM)
  Guns act as “force equalizers” for all men, women, and children enabling defense from stronger, or more able, violent attackers that would otherwise not be possible. Please add this site to the list of those attempting to highlight the defensive use of firearms typically reported by local media:
  
  http://www.equalforce.net
  
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- Shamrock241
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:37pm
  Keaton he did not use the assault rifle at the school, so why are you crying for a ban on assault rifles and the point about the car is if choose to be a mass murderer i can find a crowed place oh lets see like a Parade and see how many i can run down at 100 mph. Its not the gun the hammer the plumbers wrench the chain saw etc….
  
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- dp51
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:39pm
  JB, I have to agree with you. It would not be the first time a government “arranged” a shooting incident in order to move public sentiment toward gun control (read as surrender of weapons). Read about the Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia massacre in 1996 that lead to laws seizing all privately held weapons. There are suspicions enough surrounding the Aurora, Colorado shooting. It just didn’t cause enough public outrage to turn public sentiment overwhelmingly toward strict gun control.
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:39pm
  The government has outlawed guns at schools. “Gun Free Zones”. Somehow, a mentally defective person brought a gun to this school and killed people. Gun bans failed miserably. The governments solution is going to be more and bigger gun bans. It is because politicians and the people that voted for them are mentally deficient and unable to wrap their minds around what the real problem is. People. Liberals can’t get through their thick skulls that homicidal maniacs are not stopped with laws and bans.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:40pm
  Pantloadian
  
  Aren’;t you too busy munching to do anything of the sort. Yes, we know it is you Wango & you have threatened violence before.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:49pm
  Pantloadin,
  If you can stop sh/tting your britches for a minute and trolling you might consider Columbine. The perpetrators had propane tank bombs set to go off in the kitchen next to the dining facilities. Obviously those did not go off. Some one in the future will succeed at using propane bombs & then there will be copy cats. So what will gun control do in that case?
  
  Then there is the Bath School disaster of 1927.
  
  “The bomber was school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe, 55 who died in a car bomb he set off after he drove up to the school as the crowd gathered to rescue survivors from the burning school.”
  
  Tell me Wango/Pant how you would have stopped Kehoe?
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:49pm
  WANKABOUT . . .Violence? Not all. We’re just volunteering to take his gun from his cold dead hands. how his hands get that way I have no interest in.
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:53pm
  Keaton! You’re comments are becoming so irrelevant as you can’t refute any one of my arguments.
  
  If you’re home, and some breaks in and attacks you, would you rather have a cell phone at hand or a gun?
  
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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:56pm
  Israel had a problem with terrorists attacking their schools at one point in time. They came up with a method of handling it that few of the idiot politicians (none of them Democrat) would even think of: allowing the teachers be trained and armed to defend themselves and their pupils from those who would try to kill them. Teachers who wanted to be armed were volunteers and trained by the military. They then carried their weapons concealed. The next few attempted school attacks went VERY badly for the terrorists and the attacks stopped. At least one school district in Texas has looked at the response time for their nearest Sheriff’s office and adopted the same principle. It doesn’t take nearly as long to kill a large number of people with any manner of weapon as it does for law enforcement to arrive. The saying “When seconds count, police are only minutes away” is not as much a silly cliche’ as a recognition of the cold hard fact that police will never arrive fast enough to stop an active shooter from killing dozens, while someone with a firearm on sight can as a minimum slow the shooter down, if not stop him entirely. If you don’t believe this consider how many mass murderers have been stopped by a person with a gun. When the victims can shoot back, there tend to be fewer victims.
  
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- bastone
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:57pm
  obviously you’ve never seen anyone shot
  
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- ms.sue
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:00pm
  just what i thought too.thirty years of failed liberal policy caused it not the guns
  
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- DrSique
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:13pm
  Yup, the tiny shattered bodies haven’t even been removed from the crime scene and the left wing long knives are already out to champion ending the God given right to self defense. Ironically, there have always been guns in American homes and, yet, this type of violence has become common only recently. So, what has changed in our society to bring on the carnage? I would suggest that it has more to do with the constant exposure to glorified violence from Hollywood splatterfest movies, rap “music” and video games than firearms. While most people can accept this media for what it is, someone who has a psychotic break may default to the violence is fun images that he has known since early childhood. Perhaps, it is time to stop allowing the secularists and progressives from removing God from every aspect of our lives, thereby making far more room for evil to propagate.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:19pm
  Valiant. I have never mentioned a fully automatic rifle. why you brought that up is beyond me. however I do know here in kansas it takes me exactly 30 minutes to obtain a simi automatic assault rifle.
  
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- FormerLib
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:41pm
  I’m glad he addressed the nation. Now, if he’d just do it concerning Benghazi. Everything he said today applies to those dead Americans as well. He has ignored them and dismissed them.
  
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- FormerLib
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:46pm
  @ Texanbyluck:
  “It is absurd, and nothing short of absurd, to have high round chambers available for sale. Period. End of statement.”
  
  You do, I hope, realize that the Second Amendment exists to protect us agains our own government tyranny, right?
  
  Here’s the thing: in these idiotic “gun free zones”, magazine size is irrelevant. What’s the difference between having five 15 shot magazines or three 30s? If no one is armed to stop you, all you’re losing is the few seconds it takes to switch magazines.
  
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- gentugo
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:50pm
  I agree, I thought the same thing. I would not put anything past this would be tyrant. He hates America so we are all expendable. These things have been done before by other tyrants. I pray for the families and I am heart broken over the loss of all those poor children and the adults.
  
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- wzanesdad
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:58pm
  theraptorcomes,
  I totally agree with you. The liberals are totally to blame for this. They have taken God, and the morals that he teaches, out of our schools, out of government, and are trying to take him out of our homes. They are educating our children what to think instead of how to think in our education system. They are teaching the young that NOT havung a job is OK with them, even preferable. My God….a job is what defines a person….It builds self esteem, it creates healthy competition, it teaches social values, dependability, loyalty, and self sufficiency. They have made the term “U.S. citezen” worthless by allowing illegal aliens to come in and get everything that should be reserved for a real U.S. citezen. They are making the young feel so insignificant by teaching them that individuality is evil. They have almost collapsed the economy to make everyone even more dependant. It;s no wonder many of the young people out there are so F’d up. This is exactly the crisis they were waiting for to take our guns. They are trying to frame the argument that we only have guns for huinting, and personal protection, therefore, why would we need semi automatic, or fully automatic weapons. They don’t want people to realize that part of the second ammendment was for protection against a tyranical government. Sorry….but you can’t protect yourself against that using a .22 single six revolver…which is probably all they will allow.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:59pm
  Pantloadian
  
  I didn’t say violence directed at Red Meat. I said violence directed at others here. It was during discussions of OWS.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:00pm
  Pantloadian
  
  I am just wondering when you are going to make threats again. Do you have to come with yet a another moniker to do so?
  
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- vkscott
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:17pm
  To all those calling for a ban on assault rifles, if the stories I have read are true, they found the rifle in his car (if that is incorrect, I will retract). The handguns reported were a Glock and Sig P226. I have a Glock 30, chambered at .45 cal and a Sig P226 in 9mm. Are these guns prone to making people kill others? Maybe I should destroy them. How absurd is that. While I don’t agre with texanbylucks radical message, he might have a point. When people are not allowed to protect themselves, these incidents can happen. I’m sure the administration of this school thought this would never happen to us, but it has. I pray for those that lost their lives and for those left behind. And I pray that as a nation, our government doesn’t overreact and try to do something drastic. stay strong America, we will get hrough this.
  
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- ijava44
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:49pm
  This story on the blaze is completely bogus. No one knows what he was wearing and as of 840pm central time the only reports of guns used in the crime were two hand guns. the so called high powered rifle was left in his car before he entered the school.I WISH EVERYONE WOULD SHUTUP UNTIL WE HAVE FACTS FACTS FACTS. Your wasting your time speculating.
  
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- mensa517
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:12pm
  yup
  
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- Barry Da Fraud
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Law officers acted stupidly when they did not protect the school.
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:31pm
  jbdiver
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:31pm
  “Just saw our wonderful (LOL) leader shed a tear. Setting us up folks for the soft sell of doing away of the second amendment.”
  
  Those were EXACTLY my thoughts when I saw the video clip.
  
  This guy looks harmless He’s friendly, and I have to admit, as a person, there’s really nothing to dislike about him, but all these traits are VERY deceptive, because he has proven time and again that his method of attaining his goals is through subterfuge and deceit.
  
  And do you know what? If anybody can rerstrict guns in this country, it will be this guy and his campaign staffers in the media everywhere.
  
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- chfields62
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:19pm
  Keatonc33 Your arguments hold no water. Switzerland requires ALL CITIZENS to own and train with guns. They have the lowest gun crime rate in the world. DC and Chicago have the strictest guns laws in our country, yet have the highest gun crime rates. everywhere their is strict gun control, gun violence along with all other violence escalates drastically. These are proven facts. So you sound like the idiot you are when you spew that lame old “guns” kill people. More guns = safer society. How many innocent kids are killed in cars and pools compared to guns? They don’t go in knowing the risks, they don’t have a choice. they go with their parents. The only societies that have no guns are run by ruthless dictators, ask those people how they feel about having no guns…….an armed society is a polite society….
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:22pm
  Nothing of this kind ever happens in other industrialized Democracies. 37 people are killed a day with guns in the US. This event is only unique because it happened in a couple of minutes by one person. But more people were killed in other parts of the US with guns today. So this murderer didn’t match the daily average in the US, nor did he beat the record for mass murder in a day, a dubious honor belonging to the Virginia State guy.
  
  Anyway, these things don’t happen in other countries. It’s a trade-off. In America we have FREEDOM, the freedom to protect our own. All those other countries? Slavery and communism and socialism.
  
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- johnrysf
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:42pm
  I’m no lover of BHO, but his reaction today was entirely appropriate, and looked pretty damn genuine to me. Can’t you knock off the bashing of the President of the United States for one day of a national tragedy?
  
  Your unsupported assertions about Obama, in this context, are a hateful cheap shot. You should be ashamed.
  
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- MittensKittens
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:14am
  that was my first thought when I saw it too…
  
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- lanimom229
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:57am
  To IKW – PLEASE GIVE IT A REST! I personally can’t say bho’s name nor can I even give him capital letters. I see him as a puppet with the strings being pulled by g soros and other unknown entities BUT yesterday in light of the horror in Ct. bho responded as a human being. America deserved to see a compassionate response from our government. These babies and their families deserved comments from the person that (is supposed to be) is leader of the free world
  
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- myway
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:25am
  We have no leader or leadership in Washington. They are there to get rich and control the country. I blame liberal Hollywood for this. They promote violence and anger. The president promotes violence and anger, division between white and black, rich and poor. Teachers don’t teach, they change history to suit their political beliefs. One liberal can make a town take down anything that says GOD. Honestly do they really think they can control anything at all? This kid has set a firestorm to the 2nd Amendment you can count on that. Obama is such a phony.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:59am
  This is one of our “in-house” Muslim terrorist cells!! Wonder if those guns are on the government’s “sold” list?!
  
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- sixtysix
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:58am
  I saw him wipe his eye. I did not see a tear. He will use this to try to take away our right to bear arms. Then, when his liberal government tries to take the rest of our possessions, we won’t be able to protect ourselves.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:27am
  WANKALOT . . . Sorry, Aussie bubba, but whatever I said “during OWS” was noting compared to your threat to “take out” the president. It was during the debt ceiling debate. Shame on you.
  
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- SweetOlBob
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:57am
  Our Wonderful Leader: What a sarcastic misnomer.
  Anyhow, he will be back among a herd of Carolyn McCarthys and Chuckie Schumers all wanting to outlaw a citizens only means of protection against thugs.
  Shumer wants total control. McCrthy claims to be attempting to avenge her husbands and sons death to a deranged shooter. She refuses to admit that they both might still be with us if it werent for NYC’s and The transportation peoples insistance on a gun free envoroment. The shooter really paid attention to that, didn’t he Carolyn ?
  Our SLIWH * will do the best he can to legislate against guns while standing on the bodies of the dead. Count on it !
  
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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:15pm
  Fast & furious strikes again if you ask me. This young man acted as though he was hypnotized and setup for this. Sometimes a crisis is needed to get people to go along with an agenda they would not otherwise agree to. This current govt has shown that they will sacrifice anyone to get their agenda through. That prepared speech sniff sniff sure was ready fast demanding “meaningful action”. I see the code words there & the setup has begun.
  
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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:16pm
  Remember Benghazi!
  This smacks of setup!
  
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- idahopatriot
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:26pm
  Just last night I said the same thing. With all the gun running done by the admin. and subsequent denial would be even a little bit surprised if this was set up by E Holder and crew to push the termination of our 2nd Right.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Texanbyluck wrote:
  “Wow. Just wow.
  Anyone wanting to defend the right to openly sell semi automatic weapons like the 223 is in about as weak of a negotiating position as possible today.
  It is absurd, and nothing short of absurd, to have high round chambers available for sale. Period. End of statement.”
  
  You can just tell by the words used in the above diatribe that this person is completely incompetent and lacks any knowledged whatsoever about firearms. “have high round chambers available for sale” are you fricking kidding me? Next time you want to spout off about something, get a little education on the topic and get back to us okay?
  You see, it is goons like this that thinks it’s just fine for the militarized cops to use these guns on us but “God no”, the American people cannot possess them to defend against tyrants and dictators. Progs are the scourge of the earth.
  
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- Quester55
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:43pm
  It’s a Terror-able thing to think that a President like OBAMA would stoop so low as to set this Shooting up to Get his own way. But it Has been done Before! Remember the Federal Building in OAK>?, Ruby Ridge?, WACO?LIES upon LIES were spread by our Government about the People involved in these GENOCIDAL Shootings, Yet Our Government got Clean away with it!.
  I remember the Reports coming in Live that Described the B/D’s having AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, Yet after All were Dead & The Guns Collected, NOT A SINGLE FULL AUTOMATIC was FOUND!!
  How Many Men, Women & CHILDREN were MURDERED over That LIE???!
  The Governments Wild Excuse for the All OUT ATTACK, It was Believed that the B/D’s were Stockpiling Weapons? THIS WAS A LIE. Sure their weapons where with them, They had over 50 Family’s living on the farm. These were TEXAN Family’s , Who owned Guns, On Average, 3 types of guns for each Family when they moved in together they had their weapons with them, But that is NOT STOCKPILING !
  My point is, Our Twisted Government has Committed Crimes in the Past to Push their own Agenda Through, So Whats so strange for them to do it again?
  After all, Every Man, Woman & Child is Nothing but an Slightly Intelligent Animal, in their eyes & what’s a few more Murdered Bodies to their List??
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:29pm
The idiots begging to have our second amendment right abolished are begging to be slaves to government,they’re just too stupid to realize it.This is a horrific massacre indeed and society hasn’t broken down yet,just imagine what it’ll be like when that happens.

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- 3901
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:59pm
  It’s the type of government they worship.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:35pm
  Yeah, a bunch of kids are dead, but at least Bubba and Skeeter can still buy assault rifle so they can hunt defenseless animals and feel like big men
  
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- Exiled
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:43pm
  You make it sound as though they don’t realize this. They do. The upcoming generation is HAPPY to have government tell them what to do, because they feel that government is smarter than individual people, and were happy to tell me so.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:59pm
  VanceUppercut
  
  Assault rifles fire more than 1 bullet per trigger pull. The rifles that you can buy might look similar on the outside, but they are different on the inside. I hope that clears it up for you
  
  An assault rifle is has s specific definition. Just because politicians you vote for ignorantly or purposefully misuses the term does not make non assault weapons assault weapons.
  
  But then people (U.S. Representative Hank Johnson, D-Georgia) you vote for thought Guam might tip over if too many people were standing on it. Admit Vance you vote Democrat.
  
  An assault rifle is a select-fire (either fully automatic or burst capable) rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. I have never been able to buy one of those. It is not legal & was not legal before Diane Feistein’s grandstanding & passage of her gun law in 1994.
  
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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:22pm
  Vance, you’re obviously a clueless liberal. The market in legal Assault Rifles is extremely limited since it has been illegal to manufacture or import an assault rifle since May 1986. The term Assault Weapon is a term solely created to attack a type of firearm based on its appearance. Most of these so called assault weapons are functionally no different than hunting rifles developed during the 1230s or shotguns developed by John Moses Browning before 1900. They’re semi automatic. That means one shot fired for each time the trigger is pulled. They are not capable of full automatic fire nor are they easily converted to be such without a VERY competent machinist and gunsmith to do the work. An act that could land the people responsible in federal prison for a decade or so. Many bolt action hunting rifles have detachable box magazines. Rate of fire isn’t an argument either since recoil impacts how fast someone can fire accurately almost as much as the action type. Lee Harvey Oswald got off 5 aimed shots in 7 seconds with a bolt action rifle despite being left handed. Jerry Miculek can fire 12 shots in under 3 seconds from a revolver. The size of the magazine doesn’t matter either because magazines are incredibly easy to change. Look up Suzanna Gratia Hupp talking to the Senate about what happened during the Luby’s Massacre.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:04pm
  Vance,
  
  One more time old buddy. Maybe we can teach an old troll a new trick or at least some proper definitions
  
  An assault rifle is a select-fire (either fully automatic or burst capable) rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. It is not to be confused with assault weapons.
  
  Assault weapon is a political term, often used by gun control advocates
  
  The rifle used today, unless it was modified, was not automatic. It was not an assault rifle.
  
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denkat56
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:29pm
Again my condolences to the families .

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- Lordchamp
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:13pm
  So we’re ridiculous for refusing to accept that an inanimate object killed these people and believing the person behind them was totally, 100% responsible? Sure don’t understand your logic.
  
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- Unix
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:33pm
  Ya, the gun just jumped up and fired off rounds, there was no person pulling the trigger, according to your logic, right Lord Spock?
  
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Frederick_Douglass_Republican
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:28pm
Why the pictures of the guns? Maybe there should be pictures of Paxil, Zoloft, or any of the long list of drugs currently dispensed to young people who get the diagnosis du jour (bipolar lately). I want to see his blood test. I want to know what psych meds he’s been prescribed that past 14 years also.
I think the importance of that information is being overlooked! Not so much what drugs he was using that day. The drugs he’s been given to “help” him as his mind was developing from childhood to adulthood

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- taxx
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:34pm
  And a list of his Xbox games…
  
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- johnnymack
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:34pm
  Soooooooooooooo true. Guns have been around since the beginning of our country, however morals and God have been tossed out and have been replaced by psychotropic drugs for the kiddies.
  
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- glennpatstu
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:18pm
  Because the guns were the murder weapons. Pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain (which of course would exclude the majority of Blaze readers.
  
  You are asking the media to report on hypotheticals, they are reporting on facts. But, they are the ones who are biased, right?
  
  You people are disgusting.
  
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- revelation2012
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:27pm
  drugging our children from elementary – if we don’t comply
  
  the children are not allowed to attend then parents are dragged into courts,,,
  
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- amtsoundsmith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:51pm
  @GLENNPATSTU- ” they are reporting on facts.” Wow…you’re joking right? The media already got the name of the shooter wrong but reported it as fact and even show facebook photos of the wrong guy. They reported Ryan Lanza as the shooter instead of Adam Lanza who was the actual shooter. Looks like you’re the one with half a brain.
  
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- EqualForce
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:25pm
  I agree, I would like to see a review of the medications that each of these deranged individuals have been prescribed in the time leading up to these horrific events. Why has it NEVER been discussed? Maybe it’s a non-issue, but maybe there is something here we should all be worried about. Let’s just get the facts one way or the other. http://www.equalforce.net
  
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LouInPA
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:27pm
He was buzzed into the school because his mother was a teacher there. He killer her and his father too. This is a mental health discussion that will get lost in the anti-gun debate. There are clear signs this nut job should not have been out and about with or without guns. It’s politically correct to say he had mental health issues, but it’s popular to blame scarey guns. Guns are illegal in all the top murder cities in the US. It’s bad people, not bad guns.

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:18am
  Plus, he was only 20-years old.not old enough to buy a gun legally. Who sold, or gave him the guns?
  Better yet, who motivated him to kill his own mother? She knew too much? Father also knew too much about his boy’s history? It’s going o take some digging, but I hope the yruth can be found.
  The boy was partially Autistic? Mayeb someone with an Autistic child can educate us. Are they gullible and able to be brain-washed easily?
  I hope they can find out who he has been spending time with. What drugs he has been taking. How he was able to get the guns, being underaged. Did he have a job? How could he afford all the body armor and guns (which, incidentally sounds a lot like the Dark Knight shooter incident and how he dressed).
  Semi-Autistics have jobs, but they are not high-paying jobs. Again, how was he able to afford and buy all this, being underaged and not having much money? (Same as Dark Knight shooter).
  This does not pass the smell test
  
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pitboss711
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:26pm
All of these tragic shootings are not coincidences. These are staged events by the anti-gun lobby to further their selfish agenda. After all, what are a few hundred lives when you can control hundreds of millions of unarmed Americans? Don’t fool yourselves. Yes, they would go to these lengths to get their way.

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- Shamrock241
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:12pm
  The progressives/commies do not want drilling in the gulf, first there is BP then around a year later another small explosion on another oil rig. The progressives do not want legal gun ownership in America. and now we have one mass shooting after the other, i hate to sound all conspiratorial but i would agree with some other post here that these people are Evil enough to some how orchestrate this. May we all fight together when they come for our guns, i refuse to be like the poor sapps of every other Communist country and allow them to disarm me then execute me and my fellow citizens.
  
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22mama
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:24pm
FIrst, Oregon, and now Connecticut. This is so horrific, I am still in shock. The shooter in Oregon had no previous record, and his friends and family are puzzled by his behavior. If this shooter has the same M.O., the question of “conspiracy” and “mind control” comes to mind. Praying for the family of those precious children and faculty. Praying for the family left in despair in Oregon. Private ownership of all guns will probably be obsolete and illegal by the end of 2016 or sooner. Law abiding citizens won’t have the right to bear arms, but the crooks with illegal arms will still have them. Say goodbye to our America, the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.

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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:41pm
  One of the founding fathers said that the primary reason for the Second Amendment was to allow the people the means to protect themselves from those who would impose tyranny upon them, including their own government. If any one believes that the law abiding gun owners of this country will readily hand over their weapons, they are sadly mistaken. There are an estimated 100 million gun owners in this country with over 300 million firearms. During the Revolutionary War, only about 3% of the people actively fought for freedom, and the majority of the colonists were either ambivalent to or actively opposed to the revolution. Now if that same 3% of gun owners (a number less than the number of members of the NRA) were to forcibly resist any attempt to confiscate their weapons, they would out number the entirety of the US military, and most of those resisting will be combat veterans. Much like the original Revolutionary War.
  
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- TeslanEdison
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:06pm
  What people don’t pay attention to is how the National Guard was activated in to the active military starting in Iraq, prior to this it was my understanding that the National Guard or reserves, were only to be used in times of war, but did congress declare war? So national guard units are still on rotation in Afghanistan, did we declare a war that required the use of the reserves, oh wait, you can look and see they change the NDA yet again. So do the states really have a militia anymore since all the troops have incorporated in the federal army? From what I read nope, so really the only defense your State has in mass is your selective service registration since since all State national Guard units can be sent anywhere in the world for just about any duration, as such each American Male, and now Female over the age of 18 really should be training and becoming proficient with assault rifles, because beyond a few swat, police and sheriffs there is no reliable national defense on a state by state level, the Federal Government took it away.
  
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VRW Conspirator
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:23pm
Well I guess I am next to become like this guy…I have been wanting a Sig P226 Navy for every member of my household..that and a 1911…I personally like the 1911 better but my son and I have a little fascination with the SEALs…he has wanted to be one since he was 4 years old and I told him by 18 he has to be a sharpshooter with the P226 and all other guns they use….

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merchantsailor
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:22pm
This is sad, what will obam-nation try to do?? Does this give them “ammo” to move against the 2nd amendment? The oBambi wants “meaningful action” to prevent this “type of thing from happening again.” Be viligant they will be watching and maybe coming your way.

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- Cadcamtrainer
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:58pm
  Molon labe!
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:47pm
  CADCAMWHINER . . . On the way. Don’t nod off.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:48am
  @Pantloadian: Tread lightly and don’t make the wrong move.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:29am
  GURU . . . I never tread lightly. Shock and awe . . . the only way.
  
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denkat56
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:22pm
I hate to alarm people, but it sure is weird how all of a sudden these attacks are happening as if on cue. I’m sorry for the families that have suffered. But it strikes me as if something being orchestrated. I’m sorry , maybe I’m way off on this, but I just get a feeling about this.

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- Havok
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:44pm
  I was thinking the same thing.
  
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- pitboss711
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:57pm
  I totally agree. Too many coincidences. And, yes…the anti-gun lobby would stoop this low to get their way.
  
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- glennpatstu
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:23pm
  Hmmmm, maybe there is some sort of divisiveness and confusion being created by fat-ass loud mouth political pundits who want to use the racism/fear/hatred of their audience in order to drive up ratings and earn $100 million radio contacts.
  
  But- no way- after reading the comments on the Blaze today filled with politicization, hate and paranoia (and bascially NO sympathy), this couldn’t possibly be the case. . .
  
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- swalt2493
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:18pm
  glenpatstu … you such an obvious idiot. Useful to all your liberal buddies. Remember this oh-stupid-one … IF they suceed in taking away our guns, you and your ilk will be the first ones on THEIR firing squads, because you will have served your purpose and they will have no further use for you. I’d stand in line to watch that.
  
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- UPEARS
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:18pm
  Yup!!!!!!
  
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- Exiled
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 4:28am
  On cue? On what cue? Is there some sort of pattern that I’m not seeing?
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:49am
  It is an orchestration. Please wise up to it.
  
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- offbrat56
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:34pm
  I have to admit that the thought did cross my mind right off. I, however, cannot bring myself to sink low enough to actually believe something is happening in the background to “cause” what appears to be “coincidences.”
  
  I do, however, firmly believe that with each mass shooting, our federal government, the liberal left, and the main stream media are all getting better prepared to “react” in a more effective, concerted manner and therefore attempt to gently (or abruptly) lead the massive numbers of low information voters to a desired conclusion. After a few more of these incidents, those voters will be clamoring for this desired conclusion to be enacted and enforced.
  
  I’m still sitting here in shock that our “esteemed” leader is actually participating in a memorial event that is pre-empting FOX Sunday Night show lineup. Oooooooo-weeeeeee! I don’t think his younger voting crowd will appreciate this one. Attention span of that group has been stretched to the limit with coverage on this and the immediate gratification requirement for their Sunday night viewing is now being hindered. Talk about a major screw up on our leader’s part! I wonder if his ears are burning, this evening? I think his handlers may have finally taken a misstep.
  
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LightvsDarkness
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:21pm
The call to ban guns will be get a lot louder sooner rather than later due to this. But I think just the opposite. Our schools need security so that are kids are not sitting ducks. We also need more regular citizens who carry guns so that out of control thugs and psychos can be quickly put down when get out of control like this.

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- 00100111
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:35pm
  An armored truck containing hundreds of thousands of dollars has at least two armed and vested men protecting it. A building with hundreds of small children probably has one old guy with a walkie talkie. Great priorities, libs.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:50pm
  COMMA . . . Libs? You’re the one who wants to cut school budgets and demonize teachers.
  
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- tajloc
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:53pm
  I carried as a teacher for 20 years. Never even had to open my briefcase. (PTL) Needless to say NO ONE knew. We had no metal detectors so no sweat. I took the latin phrase “in loco parentis” to heart. Would you want your child to have a teacher with a weapon? I feel threatened when no one has a weapon. Yesterday 100,000,000 legal gunowners in the US did not break the law or hurt anyone… maybe a few deer.
  
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- Hatchimon
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 3:43am
  Let the teachers carry! If the parents trust the teachers enough to hand over their children to the school system, you should trust them enough to allow concealed carry on campus. All these mass shootings happen in so-called “gun free zones.” Make them unattractive for criminals by arming the faculty.
  
  The Hell am I saying, that’ll never happen.
  
  HOMESCHOOL for the love of all that is good and groovy! Get your kids out of these shooting galleries!
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:57am
  @tajloc: What you did is how it should be. We should require background checks on ALL teachers and allow them to carry if they wish. I have to get a thorough background check by the Feds just to enter the data center I work in where there are few people. Teachers are in the company of human, innocent children. Thorough background checks should be required for teachers and they should be able to legally carry on school grounds as well as in the classroom.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:20pm
It is ridiculous how guns get up off tables and out of closets and just walk out the door to shoot people. You never know when a gun is going to get it in it’s head to start shooting. Those rascally guns.

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- JohnQTaxpayer
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:07pm
  I have been around guns all my life, I own several including a muzzle loader once owned by Samuel Clemens (no not him the other one)
  I can say without reservation my guns have never gotten up and walked out of my home and attacked or shot anyone.
  If you believe guns are the problem check your premise, you are wrong
  
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searching for the Truth
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:19pm
I know a few movie stars ducking real low right now.

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cannon12pdr
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:19pm
What is the difference between this incident and the massacer of the kids down in Waco by the ATF?
Nothing both were set up by the government.

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- CatB
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:24pm
  Amen
  
  and this .. no gun …
  
  “The worst mass school murder in American history took place on May 18,1927 in Bath Township, Mich., when a former school board member set off three bombs that killed 45 people.”
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:27pm
  CANNON, are you really that stupid?????????????
  
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niks
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:15pm
I think the clothing reference is in regards to the secretary having to buzz someone into the school. If the doors are locked and he appears in that style of garb, it should have raised a red flag.

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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:11pm
First off: Prayers for all who have been effected by this. May God have mercy on their souls.

Second: Even Fox News is starting to jump on the anti-gun bandwagon. Ms. Meghan is one of the worse. She’s no better than MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. They both will use this as a vehicle to further their careers.

Again: Prayers to those effected.

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- mikem1969
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:21pm
  You said it americanstrega. The bigger picture is that liberals and progressives always want to blame guns instead of the nut jobs that do things like this because guns stand in their way of enslaving the entire country. They guy could have waited for recess and driven a car through the playground and killed the same number if not more. He could have used a knife, a bomb, etc… But again the left and all the anti-gun nuts will blame the gun and call for more gun laws, higher prices on guns and ammo and the like.
  
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nocalifornia
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:10pm
What a typical libelous load of liberal socialist CRAP, blame the gun not the shooter. It was the inanimate object that did the killing not the evil, sick, deranged, sociopath whose reasoning won’t be known for sometime if ever. If you take the guns from the crazies they will find another way, remember Oklahoma, fertilizer and kerosine and half a building came down.

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SovereignSoul
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:09pm
Is there a point to this article other than an uniformed ‘journalist’ compiling words in an effort to create another byline?

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topperj
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:08pm
The underlying problem is the appalling lack of security at our nation’s school, especially the elementary schools. We live in dangerous times and, yet, our kids are sitting ducks due to the failure to offer any real deterrent to these kinds of nut jobs. A nice, little old lady sitting behind a table or desk in the school’s lobby, such as at my wife’s school, is not going to get the job done. I’ll bet there are ex-marines who would love the chance to protect our kids.

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- queenofshina
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:41pm
  No, it is not lack of security. We have chased God out of our homes, our courts, our government, our schools and our lives. At least in the “old” days when prayer was said in schools on an almost daily basis, children from families with little or no exposure to God’s laws had some education about how to live. Now there is none. Hollywood and TV, along with other types of media, have done their best to corrupt our young people. It is not by accident that the ACLU, the Southern Poverty League or whatevern they call themselves are and have been in business to destroy what is left of Christian morality in this country….all this chicanery masquerading as civil “rights”. Yes, watch them start talking about gun control. It has really helped in other parts of the world, hasn’t it? I’d rather go quickly with a bullet than hacked up with a knife!
  
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- Rashomon
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:35pm
  The door was looked and people needed to be buzzed in. This “safety” measure was moot when he broke the glass and walked through.
  
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Woody4USA
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:07pm
Uniforms and weapons kill people like pencils and paper misspell words.

This nut could have been buck naked and used a sharp stick and done this.

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- glennpatstu
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:25pm
  Really? you think he could have killed over twenty people with a stick? Really?
  
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- Woody4USA
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:37pm
  Yea Glen, a guy killed 22 kids at a school in China the other day with a sharp knife.
  
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OhioRifleman
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:06pm
We’re really headed for nightmarish times if this becomes more common.

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- countryfirst
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:19pm
  This is what happens when the 3 R’s are removed from schools and society in general, Those are Religion, Respect & Responsibility
  
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Gunnett
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:04pm
Black BDU’s are not the uniform of the US military so why bring it up, who really cares what he was wearing. Putting on a BDU uniform doesn’t turn a person into a killer.

What next, we outlaw certain types of clothing.

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- NoFameLost
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:26pm
  I was going to point that out as well. The media seems hell-bent to demonize anything associated with the military – the clothing, the weapons, the people. The focus needs to be on the young innocent souls, both those who were killed and those who lost their innocence, as well as the workers and the communty.
  
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antitheism
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:04pm
Lanza can mean solider in Spanish, hmm…

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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:52pm
  User Profile: antitheism
  
  Member Since: November 28, 2012
  
  Welcome troll. We can play your way. Nothing like in your face, I hate you & I am going out of my way to make a faint attempt at making people miserable.
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:00pm
  hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Excellent point.
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:01pm
  …he’s Canadian.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:42pm
  WANKALOT. . you are, as always, predictably incomprehensible.
  
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Blazen420
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:03pm
Who cares about his clothing and guns….. I want to know what if anything at all he was prescribed. Crazy people don’t even do stuff like this, this guy has to be on pharma/pysyco drugs.

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- dugsok
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:14pm
  psycho drugs. are the answer.
  
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- JQCitizen
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:16pm
  Yes, with the way this administration wants to “transform” this nation, gun-control, like managed health-care, is one of their seminal issues. I wouldn’t put it past this administration to utilize someone who was under the influence of drugs to do this. They have limited logic on their side in the issue; – they have to drum up emotion. What better way to do that than to have “attacks” happen in public places, and worst of all, to our children? What answers have we gotten about the Dark Knight killer, either? Something smells!
  
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- S-O-B-E-R
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:18pm
  Right you are. And it’s entirely possible that the drugs made him nuts. Our nation has an incredibly high percentage of people on psychotropics (with side effects that cause things it intended to fix), and we consume the most in the world. These are doctor prescribed, yet you no longer have to be closely monitored by the physician who prescribes them. I believe the problem is deep spiritual bankruptcy in this country, and so many are just numbing themselves rather than taking personal responsibility to improve their condition. This is tragic, tragic, tragic. God bless us all.
  
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- revelation2012
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:18pm
  9/11/01 did the ‘trick’ for ‘terrorists’ and all laws that have been
  
  PASSED for “OUR PROTECTION” since ,,,
  
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DEFCON4
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 2:55pm
The weapons and uniforms are not the problem.
The problem is in the shooters “brain-housing group”.

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- 1TrueOne55
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:03pm
  You got that right. And because Progressive Control freaks of the 1930′s locked up the “Mental Defectives” and abused them for decades with beatings and drug protocols to keep them incarcerated in Asylums we now have aversions to doing anything that might be used to ameliorate this issue. But do we dare go to the Minority Report premise of pretending to know the mind of a person based on keywords in their speech.
  
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- TimCotter
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:06pm
  That is the fact. Unfortunately the gun grabbers blame the gun.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:43pm
  “brain-housing group”?
  
  You sound like a mechanic or engineer. But yes I agree with you. The shooter had been simmering for some time over some insults & injuries real or imagined. Whatever unfairness he may have encountered there are/were better ways of dealing with it.
  There are so many things I want to know such as a whether he used drugs, was given a drug prescription, was bullied, etc. Not that it absolved him of these crimes.
  
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- DEFCON4
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:53pm
  @Walkabout, “brain-housing group” is Marine Corps slang for your “grape” (head).
  It’s clear now, the shooters’ was malfunctioning.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:50am
  Spot on.
  
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