CT Elementary School Shooting

It's coming out that Adam was living with many disorders. He had a form of autism it seems, a disorder that makes it hard to feel pain, issues with withdrawing and fears of water and crowds. He would supposedly hug the walls at school and avoid people at times.

I don't know for sure, but knowing how cruel students can be, I can't imagine him not being persecuted to some extent, although that hasn't come out in full as of yet. Being brilliant and having issues learning must have been hard, I don't know what they offered, what his mother wanted or didn't want, but this psychotic break might have been lurking for a while.

We have to be more aware of mental illness and not stigmatize. Some people are evil, but others have less control over their actions and that needs to be recognized much earlier.

I pray for all involved, this is a nightmare that will go on for a very long time, forever for many.

The town of Newtown's website has a link where you can donate to the Sandy Hook Supprt Fund if you're interested:

http://www.newtown-ct.gov/public_documents/index

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my mom bought the Hartford Courant today and it is full of articles about this tragedy.

Such beautiful and innocent children.

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Come on america fix your gun laws....The gun laws are a little more stricker here.(In canada)

sweetkrissy2011 wrote:

Come on america fix your gun laws....The gun laws are a little more stricker here.(In canada)

Yes...But the trouble is not only this...The problem deals with the folowing question: Which reasons push a guy to kill in that way? What mechanism in a man psycje makes a murderer of him? he could get a gun or not...but the fact is that he WANTED to kill all those people. Why???

Vanesa.

Yeah,It seems "Every" gunmen has a illness.

sweetkrissy2011 wrote:

Come on america fix your gun laws....The gun laws are a little more stricker here.(In canada)

I doubt if that would help, Since he didn't even own the guns he used

I've talked with adults older than me a lot about the gun laws since Friday, and all of them agreed that changing the laws won't change anything. If a person like this man who terrorized Newtown has issues as he most obviously did, the changed law isn't going to stop him. And if anything, taking that right away from citizens would cause even more problems, because some people believe very strongly in their right to bear arms.

I guess not.just wish all this would stop

This is like Sept 11th to me, I can't read about it because it is just to much for my heart to take. God Bless those families

ingallsfan2008 wrote:

I've talked with adults older than me a lot about the gun laws since Friday, and all of them agreed that changing the laws won't change anything. If a person like this man who terrorized Newtown has issues as he most obviously did, the changed law isn't going to stop him.

Well, the current laws in place worked. They say Lanza attempted to purchase a gun 3 days before the incident and was denied. No law is going to prevent someone taking a gun that doesn't belong to them and using it in a crime. Besides, criminals and unstable people aren't going to come by their weapons legally anyway. I'm not saying we should do nothing. I'm not sure why weapons like the high-powered rifle used by Lanza are available to anyone outside of military personnel. It just doesn't seem that new laws are the answer. At least not all of the answer.

bethandmanly wrote:

ingallsfan2008 wrote:

I've talked with adults older than me a lot about the gun laws since Friday, and all of them agreed that changing the laws won't change anything. If a person like this man who terrorized Newtown has issues as he most obviously did, the changed law isn't going to stop him.

Well, the current laws in place worked. They say Lanza attempted to purchase a gun 3 days before the incident and was denied. No law is going to prevent someone taking a gun that doesn't belong to them and using it in a crime. Besides, criminals and unstable people aren't going to come by their weapons legally anyway.

Exactly. Couldn't agree more.

bethandmanly wrote:

I'm not saying we should do nothing. I'm not sure why weapons like the high-powered rifle used by Lanza are available to anyone outside of military personnel.

THAT is what I want to know. That seriously needs to change.

We need to protect our children more but more has to be done for the mentally ill also. Many people who were bullied or not included become angry and depressed and if they don't just kill themselves (which is also awful) they can hurt others. We choose things in life, but sometimes with other factors, emotional issues, it seems to choose us.

We must be more open to not just hiding mental illness, helping them and not just hiding them, the shame, etc. has to change. We have to teach our children not to hate what's different.

Arming teachers sounds good when you feel unsafe and trying to grasp it all....but can you imagine how many things can go wrong with that?

littlehouselover wrote:

We need to protect our children more but more has to be done for the mentally ill also. Many people who were bullied or not included become angry and depressed and if they don't just kill themselves (which is also awful) they can hurt others. We choose things in life, but sometimes with other factors, emotional issues, it seems to choose us.

We must be more open to not just hiding mental illness, helping them and not just hiding them, the shame, etc. has to change. We have to teach our children not to hate what's different.

Arming teachers sounds good when you feel unsafe and trying to grasp it all....but can you imagine how many things can go wrong with that?

I agree with ya

This is the status on ReindeerCam.com The names will be the only ones scrolling today, then the others will be added back in.





In memory or the tragedy in CT, all of those who lost their lives will be scrolling on the nice list today. Santa and the Elves are extremely saddened by the event and want to pay them respect in this holiday season.

After today their names will not be removed but will be within the names of the rest of the kids on the Nice List.
Santa is almost here!

That's a very nice thing to do

bethandmanly wrote:

ingallsfan2008 wrote:

I've talked with adults older than me a lot about the gun laws since Friday, and all of them agreed that changing the laws won't change anything. If a person like this man who terrorized Newtown has issues as he most obviously did, the changed law isn't going to stop him.

Well, the current laws in place worked. They say Lanza attempted to purchase a gun 3 days before the incident and was denied. No law is going to prevent someone taking a gun that doesn't belong to them and using it in a crime. Besides, criminals and unstable people aren't going to come by their weapons legally anyway. I'm not saying we should do nothing. I'm not sure why weapons like the high-powered rifle used by Lanza are available to anyone outside of military personnel. It just doesn't seem that new laws are the answer. At least not all of the answer.

I share your opinion completely.

Vanesa.

today I put twenty Angel ornaments in a tree in my front yard, in honor of the twenty youngest victims of Sandy Hook

The article below is from the Springfield area. I met Mr Hannah and his family shortly after moving up here.....this was such a special project for his students to make and it has touched us all.

Students Honor CT Victims

Thats really nice of them. Sometimes it just helps to know you've done something. We all feel so helpless, when we can't find words .