Again? Really?? 20 School Children Dead In Connecticut

squeeb
squeeb Posts: 426
edited December 2012 in The Clubhouse
When will it stop? My heart goes out to the families of the victims. As a father of three, I can't even imagine.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited December 2012
    Senseless massacre. Prayers to all this will touch. Kindergarden kids.....it takes a whole nother animal to look a 5 year old in the face and pull the trigger.
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited December 2012
    Truly sad. And truly ironic, our freedom is not free.
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  • blehmbo
    blehmbo Posts: 179
    edited December 2012
    It's disgusting to see what some people are capable of doing.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2012
    I was horrified, been through that area of Conn. many many times! And my daughter is currently a H.S. student at school (not in Conn). So I did more than flinch when I heard this. What a terrible thing, especially this time of year. I feel for the many many parents. Senseless, just senseless!

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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited December 2012
    Prayers sent to the families and friends affected by this horrific event! Very sad, it makes me physically ill to think about it.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,754
    edited December 2012
    My sister in law lives a mile away from the scene. She said earlier that all schools were locked down. Very sad indeed. Prayers sent to all...
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited December 2012
    Did the Shooter Kill himself as well? Such a horrible thing to happen , what is wrong with people?
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited December 2012
    From what the radio was saying, the shooter murdered his father, went to the school and did his thing there which included his mother who was a teacher.

    It's just amazing that we can't figure these whack-jobs out before it happens. Minority Report where are you?!?!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited December 2012
    Just saw this early in the morning, so sad. Prayers and thoughts for those involved with this mess.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,717
    edited December 2012
    It's one thing when it's big people doing bad to other big people.
    This was kindergarten through 4th grade.
    This is the kind of crap that makes angels cry.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2012
    Personally, I am fed up with guns. End of discussion.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited December 2012
    Absolutely senseless and horrific! From several news feeds I have recently scanned it appears the father is alive and the kids lived with his ex-wife in a separate residence. The summary at this juncture seems to be that the shooter was diagnosed as mentally ill, was under the age to legally own a firearm in CT, killed his mother early in the morning and took guns that were legally owned by her, killed another adult which the news feeds assume to be his girlfriend, then took his mother's car and security badge and was able to enter the school unannounced and gunned down his mother's class of kids. Other than the common thread of most of these killers being heavily into violent video games, how do we stop this "going out in a blaze of glorty" craze?
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited December 2012
    dkg999 wrote: »
    Other than the common thread of most of these killers being heavily into violent video games, how do we stop this "going out in a blaze of glorty" craze?

    Really sad, but **** happens. People, including kids of all ages, were, are, and will be killed by accidents, by disease, by guns, by knives, by strangulation, etc. each and every day. There's no way to stop a sick mind but to hope for the less damage to the society.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
    edited December 2012
    I was heart broken when I heard about this...

    It does more than bring a tear to my eye when I think about how terrible this must have been for the children, and now the families of the victims.

    No words can saw how sorry I am for what they have to go through.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2012
    Truly unbelievable, an elementary school.

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  • EDUBAG
    EDUBAG Posts: 403
    edited December 2012
    As a father of three ES students this hit really hard on myself. Here in the dominican republic all schools are locked down while class are going on. Maybe some security measures like that might help. Honestly, there must be a frigging internet club or some s... Like that because the mo between this one and the one in oregon earlier this week were kind of similar.

    Disturbing to say the least. Why dont they just shoot themselfes and noone else.
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  • CCNJ
    CCNJ Posts: 384
    edited December 2012
    mrbiron wrote: »
    It's just amazing that we can't figure these whack-jobs out before it happens. Minority Report where are you?!?!

    I agree. I don't think normal people just flip a switch one day and become maniacal killers. We need to do a better job as a society to identify people who are deeply troubled and take action before it leads to something tragic.
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited December 2012
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Personally, I am fed up with guns. End of discussion.

    Sooooo....Spoons made me fat?:idea:
    Too much **** to list....
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  • blehmbo
    blehmbo Posts: 179
    edited December 2012
    Ah, not the gun control discussion...
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited December 2012
    SDA1C wrote: »
    Sooooo....Spoons made me fat?:idea:

    oh course not, u made your own arse fat and its your right to do that to yourself, but If the spoons enabled you to kill 20 kids in a heartbeat we as civilized society would take the goddamned spoons away and make you eat with your effing hands.

    Poor children. God have mercy.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,517
    edited December 2012
    My heart goes out to everyone affected by this senseless tragedy.
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  • goofyGAguy
    goofyGAguy Posts: 545
    edited December 2012
    blehmbo wrote: »
    Ah, not the gun control discussion...

    I'm afraid so. They could at least have the decency to let the bodies get cold before using them to try scoring political points.:rolleyes:
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,754
    edited December 2012
    Please guys, lets not turn this tragedy into a gun control or political rant. When I heard I wanted to blaze to my kids scholls and get them just to get a hug...
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited December 2012
    Prayers sent. I consider myself to be a fairly strong individual and when I see this kind of stuff at arms length I certainly feel for the victims. But this hit me on a whole other level. My stomach has been in knots all day and I was on the verge of tears earlier. How can anyone walk into a kindergarten class room and open fire? I still fell ill just thinking about it. Can't even bring myself to turn on the news right now as I can't stomach hearing anything more about it at the moment.

    Those were 5,6,7 year old kids, just cut down like it meant nothing. This had to be one eff'd up disturbed individual and there had to be warning signs.

    Completely disgusted and melancholy

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    P.s. Most of my friends and family have kids this age and I can't even imagine....................probably why it has hit me so hard.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited December 2012
    Agreed, Brock. This has hit many folks hard. Not so much that it is this time of year but that it's senseless and that so many innocent souls were lost. My heart got heavy when I heard the news. Simply unbelievable that someone would do this. My prayers and many thoughts go out to all that have been affected. A sad day, indeed.

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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited December 2012
    god bless every single person that was affected by this...i just cannot imagine the horror for the ppl that lost their little innocent children .....how in the hell does a mental effed up person have access to these weapons ....there has got to be more to the story .....
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited December 2012
    Sadness and anger beyond words. So much damage.
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited December 2012
    When I heard the news, I was shocked!!! How can someone take the life of these "angels"...They were just 5-6-7 years old!.What a Christmas their parents are going to have. God be with them and those kids souls .
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited December 2012
    Welcome to today's society, unfortunately. It's tragic and sad beyond belief. Too bad these things happen...
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited December 2012
    not cool ....i don't know what else to type .....
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