[Cantwaittoarrive]

Now Fox news is reporting 20 children killed. How anyone could kill someone else I will never know but how anyone can kill 5 year olds is beyond my comprehension.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive

Now Fox news is reporting 20 children killed. How anyone could kill someone else I will never know but how anyone can kill 5 year olds is beyond my comprehension.

Very sick and/or evil person.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by aln

Prayers are needed for many people right now for many reasons.

Amen to that. Unspeakably sad news.

[rubicon]

We have not learned from the previous school, mall, movie theatres shootings. And while well intented pundits will narrow their focus to gun control and mis-lead the discussion. The "cause"of this was not guns. The "cause"is a person whose emotional state had been ignored.

What a terrible thing for young kids to have to go through. God hear our prayers,

[eweissenbach]

There is really nothing, beyond TSA type security, that can be done to stop people who's minds are so twisted that they would even consider such an act. Someone like that is an anomaly and could show up anywhere, unfortunately. And no one that I know would support airport security at all schools, theatres, malls, and restaurants, nor could we afford it.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by rubicon

We have not learned from the previous school, mall, movie theatres shootings. And while well intented pundits will narrow their focus to gun control and mis-lead the discussion. The "cause"of this was not guns. The "cause"is a person whose emotional state had been ignored.

What a terrible thing for young kids to have to go through. God hear our prayers,

So far on this thread, I have only noticed one mention of guns. I just wrote that outlawing guns was not the solution as they would probably still be accessible to criminals as well as to some mentally ill people. The 18th Amendment was a disaster at controlling the abuse of alcohol even if well-intentioned at the beginning. Seemed more like a recipe for corruption as Prohibition developed.

Any over broad approach would probably just be a recipe for abuse of power in government. The 2nd Amendment is there to curb abuse of government.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by rubicon

We have not learned from the previous school, mall, movie theatres shootings. And while well intented pundits will narrow their focus to gun control and mis-lead the discussion. The "cause"of this was not guns. The "cause"is a person whose emotional state had been ignored.

What a terrible thing for young kids to have to go through. God hear our prayers,

I agree the cause was not guns, But as God is my witness, without AUTOMATIC HAND guns, this would not have resulted in so many deaths.
My prayers go out to all for this senseless tragedy.

[graciegirl]

words are so inadequate. The president was unable to speak too.

So awful. Dear little ones, all so innocent and so frightened in their last moments. Dear God. Their moms and dads. No one should have to suffer this indescribable pain.

[shcisamax]

So how is it possible that all these twisted people manage to get guns? While I am not one to mess with the constitution, I wonder why it appears the criminals and the crazies are the ones who get them?

[mfp509]

My friends in Glenbrook are from Newtown - I called them right away. I wouldn't be surprised if they know someone related to one or more of the victims. I am also from CT - what a terrible thing!!

[LittleDog]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I agree the cause was not guns, But as God is my witness, without AUTOMATIC HAND guns, this would not have resulted in so many deaths.
My prayers go out to all for this senseless tragedy.

You hit the nail on the head about assault and high capacity weapons. That is where the problem lies, not the abolishing of guns themselves. Unfortunately some deranged individual will see this and then plan on some type of duplication.

John

[2BNTV]

A person at work has a daughter in the school and she is OK, Thank GOD.

It is being reported Ryan Lanza is the shooter and he killed his mother at the school and they found his brother dead at home.

I am sick thinking these small children are dead and will ever know the joys that come with growing up and having children themselves. Those surviving children are tramatized by this tradgedy and were crying.

Thoughts and prayers for all affected by this tradgedy.

[KayakerNC]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

The 2nd Amendment is there to curb abuse of government.

Really?
I thought it was in there to have a readily available militia.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by KayakerNC

Really?
I thought it was in there to have a readily available militia.

Militia for what? In terms of the people who wrote the Constitution so that they would have enough arms to fight off the British as well as Native Americans and for whatever they might encounter in the very raw areas of much of the Colonial US.

I do feel that access to automatic and semi-automatic weapons is kind of a hard sale to make given that the Constitution was written when they were fighting with ax, musket, sword, tomahawk, bow-and-arrow, and cannon.

[Lark7]

We should all give an extra hug and kiss to our children and grandchildren this evening. We are blessed that each was not a victim of this tragedy. And our prayers should be for those parents, grandparents, siblings, and others who were touched by the victims. Life is very fragile.