Official: 27 dead in Conn. school shooting

[Brian in SLC]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...comm_ref=false

[oldno7]

Thanks, Brian. Thats hard to read but a needed discussion.

[Iceaxe]

it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness.

This is where the money and research needs to be spent. I have some experience with a family member and mental illness and it is extremely difficult to deal with. Getting good help to deal with mental illness is next to impossible.

[Byron]

Morgan Freeman:

"You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.

It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed

people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.

CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.

You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news."

Sorry boys and girls, but according to Mr. Freeman himself, he never made this statement. It's a hoax.

[Mooseman70]

People are offering up solutions to this tragedy, but there isn't one. Evil people exist. They always will. Some people are broken. They want to kill, rape, hurt, whatever. You can prepare for them, watch out for them, and do your best to remain vigilant, but you can't legislate them or counsel them to not be broken. It's unfortunate, it's uncomfortable, but it's true.

[stefan]

[QUOTE]Sixth-grader in Utah brings gun to school to avoid Connecticut-style attack, district spokesman says

A Utah boy claimed he brought a gun to school for protection after the Connecticut massacre, but his classmates say he threatened them. KSL's Andrew Wittenberg reports.

A sixth-grade student in Utah is in police custody after he was accused of bringing a gun to school Monday, reportedly claiming he wanted to protect himself in the event of a school shooting.

The 11-year-old is a student at West Kearns Elementary School, in Kearns, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, and brought the .22-caliber handgun to school in his backpack, Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley told NBC News.

The boy, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, indicated that he wanted to defend himself if there was an incident similar to what happened in Newtown, Conn. Last Friday, 20 students, ages 6 and 7, and six school staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School were killed when a gunman burst into the school and opened fire before fatally shooting himself. The gunman had killed his mother earlier that day.

[ddavis]

A couple other things I learned after reading the book Columbine.... don't believe one word that comes out of any cops mouth, the cops lied about what really happened at Columbine for several years, even going as far as destroying evidence that made them look bad.... and the reporters were even worse.

Here is the book if anyone is interested, its a good read:
http://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave.../dp/0446546925

I picked this up based on your recommendation. I agree, it's a very good read. I was shocked at how distorted the reporting was, and the behavior of law enforcement was appalling. It will be interesting to see how the investigation plays out in Sandy Hook. Terrible.