If people could fly and afford one, they'd have a F-16 for "home defense". Nutbag mother produces nutbag son. Not a tough equation to figure out. It's unfortunate that innocent people had to be involved in their lunacy.

ASSAULT Type Weapons.Are Already BANNED..

In Many States..

As for semi-autos..Among The Roughly 260,000,000 Firearms..In this Country

You Can Class 90% as "semi-auto"

Gun Bans ..Favor Criminals..Who get Guns..Anytime ..Anywhere..

They are like DRUGS..Available .in EVERY City and Town ..In America..anytime ..anywhere

Put ALL The Laws You want..on The Books..

It will NOT Lesson The Impact of The Cultural croossroads we Find Ourselves in..

What Difference whether One child ,5 Children ,Ten..less more..are Killed ..?

it is Still Unacceptable and Horrific..at any level

Dispassionately..Look at The circumstance of These Horrific acts..

YOU Can and should BLAME ..The Shooter..

But Also Blame

The Family

The School

The Mental Screening Process..or Lack of..

If a Person..is INSANE..He Finds a WAy To Commit an INSANE Act..

This Beyond Reason Act Came from Many Ideas ..in This man's Brain..

Where did The Ideas ..That led to this Act ..come from..WHAT Conditioned this Very Hurting ..Boy / man..?

I wish I owned a gun to protect myself from all of you crazy comment posters.

There really isn't much difference with these lone suicide attacks here in the USA and in those in the middle east that are called suicide bombers. Neither accomplishes anything except a personal vendetta or revenge. Ted Nugent must be proud of his NRA stance and his comments to take his guns to the streets if President Obama was re-elected. We should also remember the NRA supported candidate Romney.

It's amazing how many idiots something like this brings out ....to this forum.

There is no logical reason for this many guns to be floating around.

What will it take for this country to realize this?

You have to wonder how many people in government are plotting schemes while the story of the shootings diverts public attention. just wondering..

Was it his home schooling or his catholic schooling??

Leaving aside all the gun rhetoric for a moment:

I'm a teacher. Standard procedure for a "lock down" is to lock the door(s) your room. Why was this nutter able to get into the second classroom.

Back to the gun rhetoric: the NRA and its servants in public office have elevated the 2nd Amendment to the status of a secular religion. In the interest of public safety and for the good of our country, we passed the Patriot Act to curtail (not eliminate) some of our constitutional liberties. And we take off our shoes and ditch our shampoos at airports so we can avoid being blown out of the sky. It's a pain but it's worth it. Looks like gun control fits the same category.

Enough pious bafflegab equating a single woman with a house full of weapons with a "well ordered militia". If we can limit, regulate and license the number of dogs or cats a person crams in their home, we can limit and regulate weapons.

All this blather about how a single woman living alone needed guns for protection ignores the sad fact that she was shot in the head with her own guns. By someone she knew, and whom she knew to be a nutter.

"Marsha Lanza, Nancy Lanza's sister-in-law and Adam Lanza's aunt, said there was a good reason for a divorced woman who grew up with guns to have them in the house: self-defense. "She lived alone. She was a female (who) lived alone," Marsha Lanza said."

My father was a gun collector and enthusiast. I too grew up with guns. I'm female. I live alone.

No guns in my home!

While dad left the kid in the hands of the gun toting mother and found another wife.

"So he moved on to a second classroom, where he killed everyone he found, before doing the same in a third classroom, investigators believe. He then shot himself."

A chilling, note perfect description of absolute horror. I hope the dead are at peace and the living can find peace in time.

So many unanswered questions

What is motivating these shootings?

Why so many?

They're obviously planned actions where are the individuals
getting such ideas?

Is there more to the stories than the public is being told?

Do most of these murders have any prior history of taking prescription
medications that have serious side effects?

Could there be any link to the mind control programs the
Govt has conducted over the last 50 plus years.

Are there many more silent programmed killers waiting for
the call?

How did the federal agencies end at Newton so quickly, just
as FEMA happened to be in New York the night before 9/11.

As many lay blame on poltical affiliation and pro or con gun
control arguments breakout, while most are busy laying blame the conversation adds to the confusion

The news early in the week only reported on the
Internet, not nationally televised is now thrown to the back of the news cycle

Mystery
surrounds graves at boys' reform school

Marianna, Florida (CNN) -- This Florida panhandle town is the home of a mystery that has been lost to time.

A small cemetery buried deep into the grounds of a now-defunct boys reform school dates back to the early 1900s. Rusting white steel crosses mark the graves of 31 unidentified former students.

Former students said the deaths were at the hands of abusive administrators, but a 2009 state investigation determined there was no evidence of criminal activity connected with any of the deaths or of abusive treatment.

But the investigation did not clear up the mystery over the fate of 50 other students who died at the school and whose bodies have not been accounted for.

In the wake of that investigation, more former students -- who are now senior citizens -- have come forward with stories of abuse at the school, including alleged beatings, killings and the disappearance of students, during the 1940s, '50s and '60s.

Reform school guard, 85, denies beating boys

"These are children who came here and died, for one reason or another, and have just been lost in the woods," said Dr. Erin Kimmerle, an anthropologist from the University of South Florida who is leading a scientific search on the grounds of what used to be the Florida Industrial School for Boys

Using ground-penetrating radar, Kimmerle's team has located what she says appear to be 18 more remains than previously thought to have been buried there. After clearing the area, her team has determined that a total of 49 graves exist. All are unidentified.

"We found burials within the current marked cemetery, and then we found burials that extend beyond that," Kimmerle said.

Regarding the missing boys, "for the majority, there's no record of what happened to them. So, they may be buried here, they may have been shipped to their families. But we don't know," she said.

State and school records show that out of nearly 100 children who died while at the school, there are no burial records for 22 of them, according to Kimmerle.

"When there's no knowledge and no information, then people will speculate and rumors will persist or questions remain," she said.

Kimmerle, who worked on an international forensics team that amassed evidence used in war crimes trials from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, called the Florida project a humanitarian effort for the families of the former students and for the community.

"It's about restoring dignity," she said.

The team laid a grid using ground-penetrating radar to create a three-dimensional digital image of the area. They had to clear underbrush and trees when it became apparent the cemetery extended well beyond the small fenced area.

"We found numerous anomalies throughout," said Rich Estabrook, a public archaeologist working on the team. "Many of them tend to be in rows, and somewhat symmetrical."

The team believes these so-called "anomalies" are graves because they are lined up in east-west configurations, the traditional way Christians are buried. Exhumations will have to be requested by family members.

Adding to the mystery, Kimmerle's team has determined, based on reports from former workers and students, that another cemetery exists on the 1,400-acre property. Those graves could contain the bodies of black students, buried in a different area because of segregation.

The team has petitioned to search the area, and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has agreed to work with the researchers "on how best to provide them access to the site."

But they'll have to move quickly because the state is in the process of selling the entire property.

PLEASE READ MORE ON THIS STORY

Also don't forget

The Mich right to work law that was passed another attempt to destroy the middle class

Those guns sure protected her. What a clown. Either keep it hidden (only she should know where) or lock them up. Stupid mom. Dumb dumb dumb. I put part of the blame on her shoulders. She knew he was a mental case and then proceeds to take him shooting all of her high powered weapons.

Nice country we live in.

I think the mother bought guns initially to protect herself from intruders and then realized what a monster her son was. She might've been afraid of him especially when sleeping a night and probably had a gun under her pillow. She probably became a gun enthusiast in order to distract her from the harsh reality of taking care of her monster son. Even the monster's brother didn't have anything to do with him for 2 years. I hope the victims' families sue her estate and win. The fact that he was even able to get her guns, kill her, and then kill all these innocent people means that she's was at fault. She didn't take enough precautions.

This is what we can expect with ABSENT dads, and loony moms. Everyone knew something was terribly wrong with this lunatic, and no family member did ANYTHING.

Everyone blames firearms for all of our nations massacres; however, no one seems to address the true reason... MENTAL ILLNESS. Ever since Jimmy Carter began the dismantling of our nation's Mental Health System, crime, suicide rates, homelessness, and massacres have escalated. Our jail and prison systems have become this nation's largest mental institution facilities.

Instead of our elected officials passing senseless gun control laws that do nothing to keep these horrible acts from occurring, lets call on our government to spend money and re-establish a national Mental Health system. Let's identify and treat people suffering from mental disorders before they can injure other people, whether it's a single family memeber or a school full of children. Examine all of the nations massacres and you will find that all of these perpetraters suffered from a serious mental heath disorder that was known at the time, but they never recieved proper professional attention and fell through the cracks. Whenever these massacres occur we all say "this is crazy," of course it is!!! because the people who commit such acts are "CRAZY!"

So many unanswered questions

What is motivating these shootings?

Why so many?

They're obviously planned actions where are the individuals
getting such ideas?

Is there more to the stories than the public is being told?

Do most of these murders have any prior history of taking prescription
medications that have serious side effects?

Could there be any link to the mind control programs the
Govt has conducted over the last 50 plus years.

Are there many more silent programmed killers waiting for
the call?

How did the federal agencies end at Newton so quickly, just
as FEMA happened to be in New York the night before 9/11.

As many lay blame on poltical affiliation and pro or con gun
control arguments breakout, while most are busy laying blame the conversation adds to the confusion

The news early in the week only reported on the
Internet, not nationally televised is now thrown to the back of the news cycle

Mystery
surrounds graves at boys' reform school

Marianna, Florida (CNN) -- This Florida panhandle town is the home of a mystery that has been lost to time.

A small cemetery buried deep into the grounds of a now-defunct boys reform school dates back to the early 1900s. Rusting white steel crosses mark the graves of 31 unidentified former students.

Former students said the deaths were at the hands of abusive administrators, but a 2009 state investigation determined there was no evidence of criminal activity connected with any of the deaths or of abusive treatment.

But the investigation did not clear up the mystery over the fate of 50 other students who died at the school and whose bodies have not been accounted for.

In the wake of that investigation, more former students -- who are now senior citizens -- have come forward with stories of abuse at the school, including alleged beatings, killings and the disappearance of students, during the 1940s, '50s and '60s.

Reform school guard, 85, denies beating boys

"These are children who came here and died, for one reason or another, and have just been lost in the woods," said Dr. Erin Kimmerle, an anthropologist from the University of South Florida who is leading a scientific search on the grounds of what used to be the Florida Industrial School for Boys

Using ground-penetrating radar, Kimmerle's team has located what she says appear to be 18 more remains than previously thought to have been buried there. After clearing the area, her team has determined that a total of 49 graves exist. All are unidentified.

"We found burials within the current marked cemetery, and then we found burials that extend beyond that," Kimmerle said.

Regarding the missing boys, "for the majority, there's no record of what happened to them. So, they may be buried here, they may have been shipped to their families. But we don't know," she said.

State and school records show that out of nearly 100 children who died while at the school, there are no burial records for 22 of them, according to Kimmerle.

"When there's no knowledge and no information, then people will speculate and rumors will persist or questions remain," she said.

Kimmerle, who worked on an international forensics team that amassed evidence used in war crimes trials from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, called the Florida project a humanitarian effort for the families of the former students and for the community.

"It's about restoring dignity," she said.

The team laid a grid using ground-penetrating radar to create a three-dimensional digital image of the area. They had to clear underbrush and trees when it became apparent the cemetery extended well beyond the small fenced area.

"We found numerous anomalies throughout," said Rich Estabrook, a public archaeologist working on the team. "Many of them tend to be in rows, and somewhat symmetrical."

The team believes these so-called "anomalies" are graves because they are lined up in east-west configurations, the traditional way Christians are buried. Exhumations will have to be requested by family members.

Adding to the mystery, Kimmerle's team has determined, based on reports from former workers and students, that another cemetery exists on the 1,400-acre property. Those graves could contain the bodies of black students, buried in a different area because of segregation.

The team has petitioned to search the area, and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has agreed to work with the researchers "on how best to provide them access to the site."

But they'll have to move quickly because the state is in the process of selling the entire property.

PLEASE READ MORE ON THIS STORY

Also don't forget

The Mich right to work law that was passed another attempt to destroy the middle class

HE ..RETURNED...To a Familiar place He Knew ..

And Acted Out his Rage

Against What he perceived ..HAD HURT HIM...

MOM

Should Have Kept..

HER GUNS ..LOCKED

"...a divorced woman who grew up with guns to have them in the house: self-defense.

"She lived alone. She was a female (who) lived alone," Marsha Lanza said."

Is that what the NRA told her? She needs a gun to protect her in a Conneticut suburb? What a civilized society! The Land of the Free and of the Brave. "Leader" of the "free" world. What a joke! And nobody will do a damn thing. Of course, it is the country where fully armed police can shoot - unpunished - a naked man dead by just saying, they felt threatened. This country was built on guns and has never grown up. And on the pretense of defending the country with 1791 mentality everybody needs guns because we can never trust our armed forces to defend us ...in reallity we have just enabled more killers. There is no country in the world that can do it better but the US with the 2nd amendment.

recently in the news they are conflicting arguments on this individual. He was very smart, shy, kept in, honor student. now they are saying he had everything physiological problem known to the homo species. if you got any evidence or info on is real state of mind replay.. if you are going to use other media like cnn, fox or the guardian please don't answer

This is nobody's fault except the person that did it. He was 20, did he have a job? Did he go to school? My fear is he

sat around playing shooting games, practicing killing people. What games were this losers favorite?

In the old days he would have committed suicide, with all the news coverage this coward can be famous.

I pray for all that died and all survivors, may God bless bless America. I hope we don't over react with all kinds of laws,

that will take our freedoms away from the good people.

I am an engineer by degree and profession, but started sub teaching as a retirement plan, Let me tell you, security in Denver suburbs is not great, yes they have a full time officer at the entrance, but the perimeter security is lax at best, also they should add bullet proof doors and windows in them for security to each class room, lock them from the inside, and have escape robe ladders whatever out the windows for added security, too many times I have had strangers, kids, unknown personnel walk in to a class unannounced. There should be perimeter security on the building and on the classrooms.

Airline hijackings started innocently enough back in the 70's and look where it is today! the same progression is happening on schools and any venue, movie, sports, whatever, as we speak, the other big target is cruse ships, and that will happen one day and sooner than later I am afraid with terrorists and drug cartels using submarines! missiles are in the pipeline along with chemicals, and nuclear. We should all fear for our safety, and the government's reaction is to disarm the population, we should be arming up!

The guns are not the problem people with issues are. Someone with a death wish cannot be stopped. A man in China cut the throats of many school children before being stopped. The US killed many Pakistani and Afgan children with their missiles. Mass murderers have been around and will continue to be around. Richard Speck, John Gacy the Hill side strangler and Charles Manson just to name a few. Whats the answer? I dont know. I blame the evil in man himself and only God can prevent this evil form manifesting itself on unsuspecting men.

"Responsible gun owner" -- that's what you all call yourselves. That's what WE call ourselves.

But....shouldn't we be responsible when our guns are accessed, and used in a crime?

Lost, stolen, lent, used by a child or mentally-ill person, whatever.

YOU and WE should be responsible.

Pass THAT as a law, require all weapons to be secured when not in use, and you'll see fewer of these shootings.

The part that I really hate now is that the politicians just have to interject themselves into the situation. The governor would do very well and serve his state better if he left all briefings to the State Police.