Connecticut School Shooting Dec 14th 2012
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*teacher aims gun at class* "I said be quiet" 
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I will never understand why people perform terrible acts like this - do they get some form of satisfaction from killing innocent, helpless people? Children, no less?
It's things like this that leave me gravely concerned about the future of the human race. Yeah, we have absolutely astounding breakthroughs in tech and whatnot, but in the dark, terrible corner of the world this stuff is still happening...
It's things like this that leave me gravely concerned about the future of the human race. Yeah, we have absolutely astounding breakthroughs in tech and whatnot, but in the dark, terrible corner of the world this stuff is still happening...
Godwin scores again.
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- cnd01
I think there has to be a lot more to this. I think the shooter's name is Ryan Lanza. From what I've read, it was premeditated. I might be wrong though. As a senior in high school, I don't wake up and have fear that my school might get shot up. In fact, that's probably the farthest thing from my mind. It was even further from my mind when I was 5-10 years old. I was 6 when 9/11 happened, but I was more/less still innocent enough not to really know the magnitude of that. The mental trauma those children experienced today will more than likely scar them for life.
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"There are some bad people in the world, and [they can] do some really terrible things." -some psychiatrist on CNN
Ain't that the truth. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that he thought it was okay to open up on innocent children. His parents, I can understand how you can be that messed up in the head. But elementary school students? What did that ten-year-old do to him? I... I can't even describe my emotions right now.
Ain't that the truth. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that he thought it was okay to open up on innocent children. His parents, I can understand how you can be that messed up in the head. But elementary school students? What did that ten-year-old do to him? I... I can't even describe my emotions right now.
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Not completely true, but not completely wrong either... In some places of our country law is determined by the one who has "the biggest guns", just like the Wild West... and most of the times... those with the bigger and better weapons are the drug cartels...
We have some good laws in here, but the Police in Mexico is a complete and massive joke overall... it's so uneffective the army had to do their job on some parts of the country during the last 6 years: Badly trained, with poor equipment, poor physical form, corrupt, and not trusted by most of the population... that is the sad reality of my beloved country
And now on topic, my prays and condolences for the families of the victims...
RIP
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No motive will change what happened. A human being has killed a bunch of innocent children. What you said in your next post is true, it could make us feel safer that the shooting occurred because of specific circumstances, but it doesn't change what has happened.
Punishment is pointless. It's either reparation or deterrence of copy cats. The former is impossible in this case. Hopefully his death, self inflicted or not, will resonate with people in his position who are slightly more sane.
It's hard to say.
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Seriously?
If you walked past a school and seen someone throwing rocks at children in a school I'm pretty sure you would not hesitate in telling them to stop and make your way over to them
Now if you replace the rocks with someone randomly shooting in all directions would you do the same??
Rightly or wrongly you reaction would be completely different......
My heart goes out to all the families effected by another senseless tragedy.
RIP Little Ones
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I have a feeling these kids were kindergarteners. Of course I can't confirm this, but it only makes sense because all who were shot except for one died, and any given gunshot is much more likely to kill a 5 year old than a 10 year old. Also, these shootings occurred in classrooms that were near the entrance. From my experience in elementary school, the younger classes were closer to the front of the school, and the grades went up as you got further away from the front.
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The analogue would be someone throwing guns, not shooting.
The "rock" analogue to a shooting would be something like a slingshot. When you change your weapon, it requires different methods, in the end the results may be worse, or they may not be.
And my post was not focused on rocks, but weapons besides guns (ie anything, including knives which were mentioned in the quoted post).
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My theory on guns is that they are a necessary evil. The suicide bombers of 9/11 used box cutters and plastic knives to take over the airplanes. Just think of the horror if the police who controlled the situation didn't have firearms.
The real focus should be about helping all the victims' families out in this time of suffering.
The real focus should be about helping all the victims' families out in this time of suffering.
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