US School Shooting

[Chippiewill]

A new formal tally has just been delivered. 20 children, 6 adults and the shooter at the school. Additional adult at secondary scene.

There'll be another news briefing in an hour.

[HotelUser]

YouTube video of Obama talking at a conference about the shooting (may contain swearing or violent content, I haven't finished watching it yet):

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[October]

The fact that we'll never know why he did what he did... I don't know if I should take comfort in it or be frustrated, though I'm feeling both.

Comforted and relieved because I don't think anyone would want to know why someone would massacre innocent children like that, and then equally frustrated for the same reason; why would anyone want to massacre innocent children?!

And just the frequency of all of these shootings in the past years... This year alone, there's been what, Aurora, Wisconsin, now this?

[Cerys]

God... What could provoke people to do such things... I mean, it's sick. You have to be pretty messed up to go around doing stuff like this.

RIP to all those people

[October]

God... What could provoke people to do such things... I mean, it's sick. You have to be pretty messed up to go around doing stuff like this.

RIP to all those people

A lot of people would argue that gun violence is a social problem, not a sick or messed up person problem. Anyone can and has done it, for whatever reason they've found, simply because they're able to and have access to it. :\

[Cerys]

A lot of people would argue that gun violence is a social problem, not a sick or messed up person problem. Anyone can and has done it, for whatever reason they've found, simply because they're able to and have access to it. :\

It's sick and messed up to kill a bunch of kids...

[Circadia]

Its sad to think that in the past 20/30 years in the UK we've had the same amount of major shootings as America has in 5 months (I think)
if something doesn't get done about the 'right to bare arms' I will be really surprised
RIP

[Cerys]

Its sad to think that in the past 20/30 years in the UK we've had the same amount of major shootings as America has in 5 months (I think)
if something doesn't get done about the 'right to bare arms' I will be really surprised
RIP

I suppose it's just so hard to change the law or whatever because of the amount of time it'll take to repossess all the arms, and then make sure nobody has them will take ages. Plus because most people will hide guns etc, there will be an even bigger gun black market etc and just fluff everything up.

But I agree that some change should happen. But it's difficult to put it into action ;;

[Circadia]

The shooter has been named to be Adam Lanza the brother of Ryan Lanza, they got them mixed up

[Chippiewill]

Two pistols were used in the school, his car had a .223 rifle inside.

Shows the devastating power of concealable weapons.