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Dec. 14, 2012 3:09pm Liz Klimas

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Richard Wilford, the father of a 7-year-old in second grade who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School where the tragic shooting of 26 people, 18 of whom were children, said “there’s no words” to describe what happened in Newtown, Conn., Friday morning.

“It’s sheer terror, a sense of imminent danger…,” he said, according to the Associated Press.

The photos coming in from the scene certainly express this one father’s sentiments:

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TheReaper123
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:55pm
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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- AZpatriotmama
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:16pm
  That’s my thought as well. Arm and train a minimum amount of teachers and staff at each school. We also need a better way to recognize and treat those at risk of committing crimes like these.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:21pm
  Ya guns in the class room! are you retarded?
  
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- Dale Hogue
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:01am
  In the 1970s one of my assistant football coaches was one of the police officers hired by the district to be on campus during school hours when students were present. He asked me if I would allow him to wear his gun during practice. I told him that it was okay with me, but I checked with the school administration just in case the principal had an opinion that was different than mine. The principal agreed with me after checking with the Central Office. During the period of time that these armed police officers were on campus the high schools in our district had less trouble than they had before the program started. It’s not a big thing when people don’t make it a big thing. But it is one way of keeping wild eyed nutcases with guns off campus during school hours.
  
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- Jeffrey_Thomas
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:12pm
  $85 an hour! Seriously I don’t know why more people haven’t tried this, I work two shifts, 2 hours in the day and 2 in the evening…And whats awesome is Im working from home so I get more time with my kids. Heres where I went, http://tiny.cc/7iydpw
  
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powedj
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:23pm
It’s all George Bush, Sara Palin, Michelle, Bachman, Michelle Malkin, the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, GUNS, and Shawn Hannity’s fault. Ban talk radio, FOX, and BLAZE TV.

Have I missed anything?.

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- SELECT
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:53pm
  Yep. Your brain is missing and most likely will not be found.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:21pm
  Can you not suspend politics for a second?
  
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- liberalism_is_mental_retardation
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:06pm
  Yes. You forgot to thank bill Clinton for making it illegal for teachers other law biding citizens to arm themselves and protect the innocent. But most libertards wouldn’t understand that since 100% of them are victims and refuse to grow a pair and defend themselves. Go back and hide in your hole you f-ing jackass.
  
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- BlessedGirls2
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:26pm
  No ,,you did fine
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:16am
  Liberalism. AMAZING! you blame clinton for having a gun free zone? I dont know.. as opposed to the man with the GUN! Bush repealed Clintons ban on assault rifles. why didn’t he repeal this? or maybe keep the ban on assault rifles and more children would be able to celebrate christmas this year. Either way. you are dead wrong.
  
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:51pm
When I say here on the Blaze that things will get worse in this country and this world…this is what worse looks like and this is not over yet, its only just begun I fear!

20 angels went to heaven today!

1 person went straight to H311! Judgemental? You bet! With a millstone around his neck for sure.

For those in distress, turn it over to the Lord! You cannot forgive the shooter for it is not something that was against you personally, thats for those involved. Pray however for those who remain and must carry on.

I hope those that are directly touched directly by this evil do not blame God and make their own matters worse. Blame evil! For evil is stalking the earth and it hates everything and everyone, yes even these lil ones for they are made in Gods image and evil hates what God has made.

Like I mentioned in another posting unrelated to this story, we are no longer safe in this country! No matter where we are, evil lurks and is ready to unleash ugliness on us. My own 20 something daughter was on lock down the other day at Cal State Fullerton but all were safe in the end.

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- horsehockey
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:15pm
  You’re correct, things/society are going to get worse.
  
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- FuturePrimitive666
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:10pm
  Although I agree with your anger, YOU have obviously never read a bible before, because no-one has went to Heaven or Hell, and such thinking is certainly not right with God (YHWH)! Try perusing Hebrews chapter 11 again, the chapter many of YOU misnomingly call the “faith” chapter, where it says that no-one, not even a patriarch like Abraham, has gone to Heaven yet, but that they all are sleeping in their graves (which is actually called “Hell” not some fiery pit which YOU are confusing with the Lake of Fire, which is reserved for those few who die the 2nd death; and, ALL will be resurrected, not just the good, because Christ died for ALL). Only Christ has died and then risen to go to Heaven; he is the first-fruits, as your KJV says. What kind of a god would allow our loved ones to look down at all of our suffering from Heaven? Certainly not a compassionate one! That would not be a reward in my opinion, but rather a curse! Try actually reading a bible and understanding before posting such nonsense in the future, please, because, indeed, the Time is at hand.
  
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DisgustedinUSA
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:37pm
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I think its very fitting:

Today, we are reminded once more that there are hundreds and thousands of twisted individuals living on our planet.

Regardless of your opinions, keep your gun control comments to yourself. Keep your “judgment of God” comments to yourself. Keep your “we need the Ten Commandments back in our schools” comments to yourself

Instead, pray, speak life, and mourn with those who mourn. Tragic moments ought not to be used as a pulpit for attempting to prove your point. This is a moment to somehow, someway, show the love of God to a brokenhearted world around us. Love on your families, and love on those who have none. Don’t be an opportunistic Christian, seeking to capitalize on another’s pain.

Be Jesus.

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- madasblazes
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:57pm
  Disgusted…
  I think the facebook comment is totally wrong!
  Keep it to myself??
  
  I will not COMPLY!
  The evil in this Country is salivating over this event. It is what they have been panting for!
  
  Don’t be an opportunistic Christian…are you kidding me?
  The WH is non-stop, working their propaganda on this. Stop being so naive and get some backbone in you man!
  “Keep my ‘prayer in schools’, ‘Ten Commandments” comments to myself”?
  
  Why not address the real issues here? You want to melt into a pity-party while the enemies are making a hay-day out of this.
  If you think for one moment this has actually sorrowed this administration and their workers you are terribly weak and deceived.
  
  Here is the truth:
  This was enabled by having “gun-free zone’s”.
  
  Let’s just make ALL America a gun free-zone…
  Then it will be so easy for our enemy to waltz in and kill, steal and destroy, with no opposition.
  
  Evil Kills the body and mind and soul. It destroys our foundations and steals our peace and ability to defend ourselves.
  
  You think I should shut-up and pray. I think we should pray for this Country to speak-up and take a stand for the rights God gave us and not be weakened by defeat; so vunerable that evil comes in like a flood now.
  
  Your are telling me to “be Jesus”.
  I say, “Jesus knew His enemies! He took pro-active measures to defeat and expose them; until the day He gave up His life for us; His choice”.
  
  Evil is prowling like a lion! Be bold. Spe
  
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:09pm
I feel the need to mention that these are all 20-something males. What in the last 20 years has changed our society so much?

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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:21pm
  Much of America stopped teaching thier children about God and the ten commandments, and stopped taking their children to church? Could have something to do with it. as well as what is taught in public schools. As a country, we are way, way off track. The last election was a true eye opener, I hope and pray more people wake up to the lack of moral character we have sunk to.
  
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- helioquois
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:29pm
  I think it is the de-legitimization and marginalization of manly virtues, which used to be imparted by fathers to sons: prudence, justice, temperance and courage. There is no doubt in my mind, when we look at suicide rates, fatherless homes, college graduation rates of women versus men, mass abortion on demand, abundant and easy divorce, boys on Ritalin for simply being boys, the choice families have made to keep their children inside to keep them safe, moral failures of church and community leaders (pedophile priests, for instance), political correctness run amok, the proliferation of drugs and their easy access by teenagers…man, I could go on and on. The normal rites of passage for young men are almost all gone, and the absence of sturdy life examples provided by fathers grow smaller each year. Boys no longer have a standard to live by, no way to learn the lessons of failure and get back up again, no means to know the responsibilities of being a man because they are on the path to adulthood alone, either high or medicated, and poorly educated to engage in a future with no prospects for their happiness or success. They are enraged because they think they have no reason to continue in this world, and leave their mark in a tragic, but memorable way. It is very much like retribution for ever being born, because life is simply too hard.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:54pm
  And white.
  And one Krazy Korean
  
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- linb
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:08am
  No family values – I know so many families with young children who just leave the kids to watch TV or play video games, no interaction with them. And I agree, the lack of God in our schools and everywhere else have contributed. Lying politicians also make the country so much worse. Look at the role models we have in politics today or have had for a long time now. No character, morals; they lie like it’s nothing, cheat (conflicts of interest). We the people have allowed our country to have a media that lies for a president and never, ever vets him. They don’t report the news, only ‘their’ news. Kids today have been de-sensitized to what death really is – thanks to many of the violent shows and video games out there. And if they don’t have a parent that monitors what they are seeing/doing, they think these type of evil acts will give them a ‘name.’ I believe it’s been a slow process coming and it’s going to take a lot of backbone by the people to get things back to where they should be again. God-loving people who care about each other and respect each other’s opinions and FAMILY VALUES!! Eat together, pray together, and play together – find out what your kids think and feel.
  
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:05pm
As a parent of an elementary school child, my heart aches for these parents, families, neighbors, police and for us as a Nation. This is the result of ONE evil demon’s actions. No legal restriction or medication can stop the immoral person. We have allowed so many immoral acts, where does one draw the line. ALL life is to be charished and held sacred. I pray the love and peace of God comfort these families and hold them close in the coming days…..espcially this time of year, when we celebrate the innocence of our childhood and the joyful expectations of the future. God heal us all.

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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:59pm
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t bring those little Angels back again. America gets sicker every day. God Bless Them All.

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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:44pm
  Well Said
  
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MLeo
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:55pm
I would not want to be the person who let the guy(s) into that school. Nor would I want to be anyone who entered the classrooms. In fact, I wouldn’t want to go back there at all, were I a staff, teacher or child.

Little ones. 20 of them.

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an irishgal
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:43pm
With tears rolling down my face…the tragic stories are happening more often…I have to say again and again…Citizens need to be the keepers of and security of America….We need guns in our schools to protect and stop these horrible killers….

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- disny1026
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:10pm
  How unfortunate that guns and gun owners will be blamed for this. Why won’t the intelligencia wake up to realize that people who commit these heinous crimes have serious mental and emotional issues. It has NOTHING to do with the weapon of choice.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:30pm
  Disny. yes the main blame is the people and mental illness. however guns give these people a vehicle to act out with. Guns allow for mass shootings like this. not any other weapon. a man in china today went into a school and stabbed 22 people. the difference? not a single one of them died. we would potentially have 2o more kids celebrating christmas this year if this man went into the school with a knife. Guns are not the whole problem. but to say they arn’t part of the problem is just ridiculous.
  
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an irishgal
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:39pm
When will we learn…there are sicko’s that will begin doing these horrible events in the future.

Our Society has chanced, if the teachers we’re mandated to had guns and were taught security procedures this would not have happened. And if it would have happened at least teachers could have taken him out before so many kids and people were dead….Let us mandate teacher to have guns…our children need to be safe!

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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:05pm
  But teachers are liberals, they are the one that hate guns, they are the ones that want the schools to be gun free zones.
  
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TRILO
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:13pm
What a horrible and senseless tragedy. The young man who did this was horribly disturbed. I wonder if he was on any psychotic drugs that actually cause homicidal and suicidal actions.

Senseless is all I can say.

May God be with all of these families, their precious little ones are now angels.

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bloptop
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:41pm
Please people, I beg of you, do not comment about anything politically. This should just be a place to mourn and grief over the ones who have passed. Please, if there was any time to come together and pray for peace it is now. Light a candle and hug your family.

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4areason
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:37pm
I listened on the radio as they discussed school security. They talked about how schools might need to be secured with locked gates and security around the perimeter that no one can get through without going through check points! My first thought was, yes, this would be part of the plan to further separate us from our freedoms in the name of safety. This is a horrible tragedy, but lets not be so quick to give the government more opportunity to put our children behind locked gates that parents cannot penetrate without security’s approval…normalizing this environment. Sometimes freedom has risk.

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- thekriplins13
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:12pm
  I thought the same thing schools will be more like prisons. And to get into one will be the same as visitation day at prisons pat down etc. Home School is where it’s at not indoctrination stations. And my heart and prayers go out to those poor family’s.
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:16pm
  Most important… how many stupid fixes will we have to deal with, none of which would have worked in this situation…
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:55pm
  Too late! Many inner city schools are fortresses and its not for the kids safety, its to keep control of them from leaving any old time they please. Metal detectors and armed guards abound. A kids family is suing the LA unified because of a gun that went off in another persons backpack killed another kid by accident, their suing because the metal detector should have prevented this from happening in the first place. We are losing our freedoms for sure and its because we as citizens are no longer responsible nor accountable for even the basics. This will persist and it will only continue to war.
  
  Fighting the culture War since 1982.
  
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- Restored One
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:58pm
  My daughters elementary school has 7 enterances, all of them with gates…………that are open all day long except weekends. The play ground is completely fenced in, but not one of the enterances. That will change next week as many parents contacted the district today. They will use the lack of money as a reason for security. However, it does not cost a dime to close and lock gates that are already in place.
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:56pm
  Welcome black carter……now THAT is hilarious. Good one!
  
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seek.the.truth
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:29pm
Dear God, please keep Thy loving hand upon all who will have to deal with this horrible tradedy. Please give them strength to get through this……..

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- americanfirst
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:43pm
  Agreed! God, comfort them and bless them in their trials. Grant them peace and serenity!
  ,,in the name of Jesus Christ.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:45pm
  Amen.
  
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- countryfirst
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:09pm
  Let us all pray for the entire community, and maybe one that may awaken those who do not see the need for God and morals to be taught in our schools to begin with. Maybe if we allow God in before tragedy there may be less of it.
  
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- Tractorboy
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:36pm
  May the deceased children and victims be wrapped in God’s loving arms, in a world of peace, and neverending joy and love……may God also comfort the families and love ones who were touched by this tragedy as they grieve their losses……..
  
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- WhiteFang
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:59pm
  These evil deeds are getting to be too much for any of us to deal with.
  Pray, please, for God’s Kingdom to come. That is the only answer for mankind.
  
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- The Giver
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:59pm
  Amen.
  
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Just_Us2
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:08pm
It’s remarkable that this never seems to happen at a gun range or police station.

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- GoodStuff
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:29pm
  Only gun-free zones.
  
  But, good luck telling that to brainless lefties.
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:33pm
  Every liberal is to blame and the blood is on every liberal twit in this country. I have just two questions for the idiot liberals
  
  (1) How is the gun free zone working?
  (2) Did the gun free zone stop the killer?
  
  We need to arm every teacher and if they don’t like it then they will not be teachers. We need private guards with guns guarding the schools.
  
  The blood of those kids is on the heads of every liberal in this country http://youtu.be/dozLXYNWYQQ
  
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- dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:38pm
  it’s rare but it does. what’s amazing is it is never done by law abiding right minded people but always by unstable whackjobs.
  
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Tom K
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:08pm
The only good thing that has come out of this Urban Terrorist Attack is the children that were murdered are in the arms of God our Father in Heaven and can NEVER be hurt again. How long will it take before schools are no longer ” Gun Free Zones ” ?

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SIXFRIGATES
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:05pm
Did you see all those guns in the hands of PEOPLE?? Those must be the law abiding guns that don’t kill people.

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:39pm
  Guns keep us free! What happened today is thoroughly horrific but WW2 was beyond comprehension ugly and horrific with whole nations obliterated because of evil tyrants with guns. The good men with guns are the only thing that separates us from tyranny.
  
  This was one lil tyrant who had only two guns on hand, look what he did! Forever erased the innocent of all they would become and produce.
  
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Dkoonz
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:03pm
God be with all the chidren and adults who perished at that school.

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Master.Debater
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:01pm
Have they connected the shooter to the Tea Party yet?

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- pavepaws
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:22pm
  I think his ties were closer to the NEA.
  
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momrules
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:51pm
I can only imagine the pain and horror that all involved are feeling. The fear on their faces speaks volumes. I do not want to even think about what happened in that classroom, how frightened those babies must have been.

To all of you………my condolences and prayers are with you and those prayers include you first responders who must deal with the aftermath of the incredible act of pure evil.

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- seek.the.truth
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:51pm
  Also can’t imagine those poor parents that rushed to the school …… only to find that their precious baby wasn’t waiting with the survivors. It’s too much to bear!
  
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AllAmericanGirl22
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:51pm
God give them peace and healing. I don’t know what else to say. God Bless, the nation is mourning.

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MadenNZ
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:25pm
I think of my sons safely ensconced in their own classrooms, while on the other side of the country an entire community is fractured by the act of an evil individual. Our hearts are broken, we mourn for the loss of these beautiful children. We are so so sorry!

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- bava
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:42pm
  The word individual is correct and I thank you for that. This isn’t red or blue state. For or against the 2nd Ammendment. This person owns his actions, as we all do.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:39pm
  Yeah, but soon BSNBC and the other Lame Streams will start to politicize it and then start in on gun control, again. You can count on this just as the sun rises each morning.
  
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JQCitizen
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:23pm
They had better come up with information on this shooting FAR FASTER than they have done with the Dark Knight event!!! Way too many questions, not enough answers!!!
Is this guy local? Does anyone know him? Was he connected with the school? Was there a second shooter?

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strawberry411a
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:19pm
Hey TROLLMONGER…You NAZI…24 year old male..so much for your fascist theories……

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:18pm
God help all of those involved and the families of the lost children and adults. This is a great tragedy that will never be forgotten by anyone involved.

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- DEFCON4
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:28pm
  Amen, Snow.
  Tearing Up, how sad….
  
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- summersmom
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:35pm
  Can’t stop thinking of the 5 year old children! My daughter is 4. Just want to cry but can’t in front of her. I do not want her to know about this.
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 4:36pm
  I agree. My father was a detective for the better part of his Sheriff career and had to see quite a bit. It still affects him to this day, and he’s 74 years old.
  
  He’s been shot at and had a hatchet thrown, and narrowly miss him by people he was investigating. He’s dug brains out of decapitated motorcycle helmets, and had to investigate an airplane crash in a muddy field where a family of four were reduced to mush after the tail of their Bonanza fatigued and then departed the aircraft.
  
  The visual these people have to view will last a lifetime, and the parents of these slain innocents will have to live with the loss for just as long.
  
  I pray for the country.
  
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