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The List of the Deadliest U.S. Shootings — And Where This Latest One Now Ranks

Dec. 14, 2012 3:40pm Becket Adams

An official with knowledge of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., says at least 27 people are dead, including 20 children, making this the second-deadliest shooting in U.S. history.

So as news of the atrocity in Newton continues to trickle in, we thought it would be helpful to put everything into perspective [all graphs courtesy the Washington Post]:

Michael McLendon: 10 + Shooter dead

The Washington Post Details the Worst Shooting Sprees in U.S. History | Newton, Conn., & Other Shooting Sprees in History

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‘The Dark Knight’ Massacre: 12

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Schizo-Army Vet Howard Unruh: 13

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The Ft. Hood Shooter: 13

(AP)

Jiverly Wong:13 + Shooter

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The Columbine Killers: 13 + 2 Shooters

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Going Postal (Pat Sherrill): 14 + Shooter

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Charles Whitman, the University of Texas Sniper: 16 + shooter

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The McDonald’s Killer: 21 + Shooter

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George Hennard: 23 + Shooter

The Virginia Tech Massacre: 32 + Shooter

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["SOURCE: Associated Press and other news reports, Violence Policy Center, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. GRAPHIC: Bonnie Berkowitz, Alberto Cuadra, Cristina Rivero, Laura Stanton and Sisi Wei - The Washington Post. Published July 20, 2012. Updated on July 27, 2012 to add the 1949 shooting in Camden, N.J. ... Several of these gunmen killed other people in the hours or days preceeding their mass shootings."]

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ScreamingMimi
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 5:44am
Lets not forget the daily gang killings in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, NYC to name just a few.

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BlasberryStrat
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:17pm
Gotta love how they combined “rifle”, “tactical rifle”, and “assult rifle” together to make them in to one ‘demon baby killing weapon’. The progressives demand that all rifles and handguns be completely taken out of our homes. Hey, shotguns are OK because they are for hunting. Well progressive moron, a 12g slug will absolutely ruin your day. But you can’t help but hand it to that Virginia Tech shooter. He accomplished more killings with just two pistols, than most of the others could get with a full arsenal. Now that’s quick clip changing.

People are going to mass kill nomatter what. And it’s going to get yet more regular because of the “pressures” on our youth that make them snap. Remember you young parents….when you put your baby to bed, make sure to press ‘play’ on the built in DVD player. And when you check on little Johnny, make sure he’s not playing “Warcraft” past four hours. After all, he’s got to get to school the next morning so he can get a chance at bat, and get a trophy just for participating.

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no1hd
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 6:55pm
How many of these were in gun free zones and how many in a non carry state. Blaze, if you’re gonna print this crap do some work. I forget – how may died from fertilizer – knives – plane crashes, going to be a lot of banning ain’t it..

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- Babci
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:28pm
  Guns don’t kill school children…nuts do!
  
  The Bath School disaster is the name given to three bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, on May 18, 1927, which killed 38 elementary school children, two teachers, four other adults and the bomber himself; at least 58 people were injured
  
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Mako Dragoon
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:40am
What’s an “assault pistol”? Are we now making up new categories of firearms?

This article has an agenda, shame on you for running it.

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- Marsh626
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 4:01pm
  The Blaze always copy pastes “progressive” news stories on a daily basis.
  
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- applehill
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 6:17pm
  Assault pistol would be a fully automatic pistol.
  
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- Babci
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:28pm
  Do a story on this, BLAZE!
  
  The Bath School disaster is the name given to three bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, on May 18, 1927, which killed 38 elementary school children, two teachers, four other adults and the bomber himself; at least 58 people were injured
  
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skippy6
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 6:18am
One word describes all of these shooters…. Terrorists!!!! Fort hood shooter??? Get it right Becket….You might as well join the MSM…

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- stablepar
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:40am
  an immoral country with even the strictest of gun controls leaves no safe hiding places for anyone
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:08am
  By my quick count, all of these but 2 happened in places where law abiding citizens were not allowed to arm themselves.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:13am
  All part of the hidden terrorist-cells and the PROGresive Agenda, so the U.S.A. will be torn appart…..
  and THE NewWorldOrder+MuslimBrotherhood will be there to “HELP US” !!
  
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Mike76
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:04pm
I’m a little disappointed in The Blaze for running this article – it wreaks of the same bad information and Leftist bias that we get from the MSM. What is the purpose of showing the gun icons? And the “key” to those icons distinguishes between a pistol and an “assault” pistol, and even an “assault” rifle. None of the weapons used in any of these shootings were automatic. There were no “assault” weapons used. And what is an “assault” pistol? A weapon firing a pistol caliber cartridge and also having the ability to fire in automatic mode is generally called a sub-machine gun. There are pistols that look similar, but they are just that: pistols. The term “assault” is erroneous and attempts to demonize the gun. Why is The Blaze sourcing from the Brady Campaign in the first place? Not exactly a fair and unbiased source, now is it?

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- DarkJello
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:09am
  “all graphs courtesy of the Washington Post”
  
  They wanted to get some context out there pronto. Don’t sweat the tiny details.
  
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- donkeykong
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:05am
  Mike.
  U-R correct. The term “assault” has been a catch-word
  since forever. If you “assault” someone with a gun, it
  is therefore an “assault” weapon. So, I guess if you
  “assault” someone with a hammer, it must also be
  considered an “assault” weapon, since that is what
  you did with it. It’s all part of ‘conditioning’ the public
  to reject “assault” weapons due to their own ignorance.
  If a carpenter kills someone with a hammer, then I guess
  it must have been an “assault” hammer. Better not let
  Home Depot sell those anymore….
  Keep repeating a lie long enough, and sooner or later
  more and more people will believe it. Hitler used the
  media in the same way in the ’30s….
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 6:12am
  Here is where the letters AR originated…..It drives me nuts when people think it means assault…Get it right blaze..http://www.armalite.com/
  
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goalma
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:02pm
One of the worst attacks like this happened in tiny Bath, Michigan back in 1927 when the elementary school was bombed by school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe, killing 38 children, 4 adults and injuring 58. No one blamed it on the dynamite because they understood that the cause of the tragedy was a sick, selfish, unbalanced man.

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GCT
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:47pm
What do all the recent mass shooting incidents have in common?

They were all in “gun free zones”.

Most were also “God free zones”.

The real cause of these incidents is probably demon possession, but it would be “politically incorrect” to say that.

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- RedheadedStepchild
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:11pm
  I agree. You would be told your are crazy, but I totally agree. We are seeing more and more of it. Take God out of your life, the devil will replace Him.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:52am
  I agree with you.
  Also, this story is biased against guns. The best untold story here is about Whitman. When he began sniping from the tower, the locals took out their guns and started firing back, saving countless others. Those countless others don’t get any credit for living.
  
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- reform
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 3:45am
  That is true but also what is true is that of these top shooters some suffer PTSD and the others are on prescribed medications. I don’t remember when the military start recognizing PTSD’s and understanding the ramifications of war, most World War II veterans rarely talked about their service and what they experienced for they held it inside as they were a strong generation but many suffered inside. I would warn parents to question the authority when they say your child needs some sort of medication because he has just a little bit too much energy or attention deficit disorder. As I’ve seen my 88-year-old mothers disposition change in the last six years since he was put on Zoloft. On one occasion she gone six or seven days without telling me and then totally freaking out yelling screaming just totally out of control, I asked her if she had missed any pills and she had said yes that crazy pill you give me. I call the doctor and she told me to run and beg the pharmacist to give her one and get it in her as soon as possible and for her to never be out of the pill again, so what I’m saying is that if you missed this pill for a number days most people tend to become suicidal. It’s not that they want to be it’s just because of the medication.
  
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- DixT
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:32pm
  I don’t know the exact verse, but I remember reading in the Bible about how there would be those who “appeared human,” in the last days, “but are not.”
  
  That verse has always puzzled me—unless it is speaking of “spiritless souls” (demons).
  
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vegasd8
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:59pm
Shooters have no fear of punishment (except by their own hand). What punishment have the Ft. Hood, Auroroa and Tucson shooters received? Publicity, endless investigations, evaluations and delayed court proceedings. Liberals normally blame their crime on societal ills – “it’s not your fault” mentality. These shootings will not diminish until the shooters receive swift and fatal punishment.

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TheReaper123
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:59pm
Fight Fire With Fire
These shooter prey on the innocent and unarmed. We put our kids safety in the hands
of the Teachers and the School to keep them safe.
All school districts should encourage Teachers and Administrators to be armed. This
would deter any violence and mitigate any attack.
Staying proactive instead of reacting after the
fact is the only way to protect our kids.

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- Lordchamp
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:49pm
  Amen…imagine any shooter entering a school with 50-100 armed AND trained teachers and administrators around every corner. These shooters all have an objective of some kind…even in their warped logic. If they know they will be stopped before accomplishing their “goal” they are more likely to dismiss trying it.
  
  We MUST start demanding that teachers and administrators are able to arm themselves and protect our children.
  
  The response will be but that’s what police are for. No amount of police can protect us from these people. Police can’t be there 24/7 but there are teachers in EVERY classroom.
  
  Why are police more capable of protecting us that another other armed and trained person. Are police somehow better than us, more trainable than us? What if a teacher then decided to become a policeman. Does that teacher somehow miraculously change and can now handle a gun just because they changed professions?
  
  Arm teachers and administrators and this lunacy will stop or at the very least be diminished. How many lives would have been saved today if some of these teachers and administrators were armed AND trained.
  
  They practice fire-drills. Why not practice handling an armed intruder. Imagine having an armed person in every classroom ready to defend our children if needed. Imagine how that would make an intruder stop and rethink their actions.
  
  DEMAND IT!
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:55am
  Google Appalachian School of Law shooting.
  
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- DixT
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:34pm
  I totally agree with your statements!
  
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TheReaper123
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:57pm
Fight Fire With Fire
These shooter prey on the innocent and unarmed. We put our kids safety in the hands
of the Teachers and the School to keep them safe.
All school districts should encourage Teachers and Administrators to be armed. This
would deter any violence and mitigate any attack.
Staying proactive instead of reacting after the
fact is the only way to protect our kids.

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K-Bob
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:40pm
Why limit this to shootings? Let’s all remember the Bath bombing in Michigan, in 1927, which took the lives of over thirty children.

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Justus39
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:38pm
How about Waco and no telling about Fast & Furious and sanctioned by our government.

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Justus39
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:37pm
Have we all forgotten Waco and no telling how many from Fast & Furious. Sanctioned by our own government no less!

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TruthProclaimer
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:32pm
The issue is not guns, nor assault rifles. The issue is that school administrators and teachers are sitting ducks because the powers-that-be have ordained that schools be “gun-free”. As demonstrated today, only the law-abiding citizenry heeds that law, and the adults are helpless to defend the students and themselves when evil madmen enter the premises intent upon harm. If school officials were allowed to be armed, these school shootings would probably completely stop. These school shooters are cowards who would not enter a place where they would immediately be mowed down by an armed principal or teacher.

The LYING LIBERALS will trump this as cause to ban guns, but the real truth is that we have created sitting ducks for wicked people to murder!

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- drs1969
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:01am
  You’re absolutely right. I live across from a school. Several years ago the Dem’s at the state capitol passed a law making it a felony to possess a gun within a 1000 feet of a school. So, I was guilty of several felonies, for a few years, just by living here! They repealed that stupid law, then after Columbine they started posting a deputy at the school daily.
  
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Uechi
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:17pm
The worse mass killings happen every year in this country it is called Abortion and is over 3/4′s of a million unborn babies a year in thiicounty alne. Somehow this is different, it isn’t murder sorry it is no matter what you call it.

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- Hillbillybone
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:32pm
  Agreed
  
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- KeithOlbermann
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:48pm
  A generation ago, we (America) decided that some life was expendable and of no value and yet we are shocked when we are confronted with the actions of those who have no regard for human life. Our society is desperately sick and these mass killings are merely a symptom of our ‘moral’ disease. Some will suggest we treat the symptoms by enacting stronger gun control laws, tighter security at schools, and even that we empower health care ‘professionals’ to help identify individuals who may pose a danger to society, but these solutions will only ensure that we remain a sick society, if only in a police state.
  Until we address the disease at its core, namely absolute spiritual bankruptcy and moral depravity, will society become healthy and we can enjoy the freedoms that a healthy society deserves.
  If we are going to be a free society we must accept the responsibility to be a morally and spiritually healthy society. If we continue to abandon this responsibility, as we have for a full generation, then a police state is certain to come to pass, and then our doom is certain, for this moral and spiritual disease is a fatal one.
  
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Hillbillybone
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:01pm
GUN FREE ZONES Safe?

Sure they are…………….

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- kenboo1
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:14pm
  Gun violence is still surpassed by motor vehicle accidents. When are we going to get serious about banning cars and trucks???
  
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lowerclassrepublican
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:39pm
Anyone else have a issue with Rifle and Assault being put together? Most people I know have a rifle even mom and pop. I don’t know many with a Assault rifle. I am also surprised that only 13 died at columbine. Yes any person killed is tragic, but with the thousands of our kids we put into these 100% unprotected schools and the amount of coverage it got you would have thought it was 100′s of kids

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- GCT
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:58pm
  I work in a location that is a “gun free zone” by state statute.
  
  If there is a gun incident at my location, there will be a lawsuit against my employer and the state for violating my First Amendment rights, and negligence that resulted in emotional distress.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:06am
  The media has an agenda. Sarah Palin was instantly blamed for the Giffords shooting. Turns out that guy was ‘nuts’ and Jewish, just like Giffords.
  
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Maxim Crux
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:03pm
Here is a list of mass killings since Obama. I may have missed a few. More demonic killing has taken place since he has been president than any other president including Clinton in recent history.

Connecticut shooting
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9746051/Connecticut-school-shooting-massacre-at-Sandy-Hook-leaves-20-children-dead.html

Aurora Dark Night shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting

Fort Hood Shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hood_shooting

Norway Shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks

2011 Tuscan Shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting

Gurudwara Firing, Milwaukee
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/firing-at-a-gurudwara-in-us/1/211930.html

Oregon Mall Shooting
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/12/justice/oregon-mall-shooting-victims/index.html

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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:29pm
  Demons do exist whether atheists believe in them or not!
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:10am
  I believe atheism may very well be a sign of demonic possession. Look at how the atheist O’**** died. An agnostic could, at least say, he was fighting his demons.
  
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- quiet little lamb
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:14am
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_High_School_shooting
  
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tj1961
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:48pm
The worst mass killing I can think of was the 87 people who were killed in the social club arson in the Bronx. All he needed was $1 worth of gas and a lighter

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- donkeykong
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:09am
  No – 87 people died in Waco – at the hands of “our savior”
  government, and a lot of them were just kids….but
  that’s OK, ’cause Reno “accepted full responsibility”,
  and Clinton got great political mileage out of it.
  American memories are far too short….
  
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Lloyd Drako
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:15pm
I note that in each case the number and type of weapons are represented by little graphics. This is a terrible thing to do, as it might lead to the conclusion that guns, not people, kill people.

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Rocky_biskit
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:05pm
Is it me or has there been more gun related mass murders under this Administration than any other? My current count is five with this Administration and at best I can only come up with one “major” incident with any other Administration.

Anyone have the answer?

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- oldeagle101
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:26pm
  I was thinking exactly the same thing……….the answer is pretty obvious.
  
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- fredt1430
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:05am
  Maybe because people buy into the liberal victomization of everyone. They feel like they can kill others because they are victoms?
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:13am
  Medications!
  
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Cavallo
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:46pm
It looks like a lot of these guys are suicidal wing nuts. Although they all seem to choose locales where the victims will be unarmed and sitting ducks, just like the Norwegian Breivik. How many go after NRA meetings, or CCW holder meetings, or police stations?

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KevINtampa
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:32pm
It’s great to know the kind of guns. But what I want to know is, what medications, if any, were these gunmen taking or coming off of?

Come one Blaze, tell us.

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- reform
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 3:14am
  Kevin these last few shooters have one thing in common which is they are prescribed these antipsychotic drugs. Very few newscasts has mentioned this fact, if you are a parent you should be outraged when the school of administration tells you that you and your child need to seek psychiatric help. Then along comes the prescription medication to supposedly keep these children in check. it also doesn’t help that Hollywood and the media and all these videogame makers are not scrutinized more for the violence that they’re putting out. Just what does society expect with what they put out and what our children absorb that is where the real outrage should be.
  
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SREGN
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:31pm
Is Janet Reno’s Waco Tx on that list?

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