Elementary School Children Killed By Gunman in Connecticut

• I Wear Pants

  WebFire;1343455 wrote:Jay Leno said they thought about cancelling tonight's show, but decided to go on because they thought people could use a distraction before going to bed.

  Pretty sure watching Leno would lead people to want to commit violence.
• tk421

  

  Seriously, because a shooting in Connecticut Leno thought about not going on air? Why? It's not like 9/11, it a local tragedy, but hundreds of people have died violently in the hours since it occured.
• GoChiefs

  

  tk421;1343510 wrote:Seriously, because a shooting in Connecticut Leno thought about not going on air? Why? It's not like 9/11, it a local tragedy, but hundreds of people have died violently in the hours since it occured.

  
  And just like 9/11, the whole country is devastated. No, I'm not comparing the two and saying they are the same, but I can see why he'd think that.
• I Wear Pants

  GoChiefs;1343514 wrote:And just like 9/11, the whole country is devastated. No, I'm not comparing the two and saying they are the same, but I can see why he'd think that.

  Odds are he didn't actually contemplate going off air but rather they thought it was the correct thing to say.
• gut

  Midstate01;1343333 wrote:She's getting absolutely hammered on twitter and she deleted it. What a dumb bitch. Leave these damn kids alone!

  You mean that was actually real?!? Holy crap
• Midstate01

  

  gut;1343518 wrote:You mean that was actually real?!? Holy crap

  
  Yea she actually wrote it. Then deleted it after getting attacked. Some guy tweeted for her to eat a dick and it got like 10k rt's lol.
• vball10set

  Can't imagine waking up as a parent of one of these kids this morning (if any of them even slept). My empathy, though still present, has turned to anger. I do believe in a hell, so I hope this pos's soul burns for eternity.
• SportsAndLady

  

  vball10set;1343535 wrote:Can't imagine waking up as a parent of one of these kids this morning (if any of them even slept). My empathy, though still present, has turned to anger. I do believe in a hell, so I hope this pos's soul burns for eternity.

  I don't see how any of them could actually fall asleep. Just absolutely terrible...fucking 5 year olds, wtffffff
• reclegend22

  

  I feel bad for Ryan Lanza. His life was just pretty much ruined after the reckless way in which the media, without apparently any valid confirmation, reported him as a mass murderer.
• reclegend22

  

  gut;1343298 wrote:To me that angle screams wanting to go down in infamy. Otherwise he's just some nutjob that offed his parents and is quickly forgotten. It's taking revenge on the society that obviously rejected him, and making them feel some of the pain that he felt.

  Good insight. I agree with this. Because it was children, Adam Lanza will go down as the worst mass murderer in American history. And it's not even close. He executed 20 children. That's Texas Chainsaw status.
• Pick6

  

  reclegend22;1343586 wrote:I feel bad for Ryan Lanza. His life was just pretty much ruined after the reckless way in which the media, without apparently any valid confirmation, reported him as a mass murderer.

  I would be suing the fuck out of them.
• Pick6

  

  reclegend22;1343593 wrote:Good insight. I agree with this. Because it was children, Adam Lanza will go down as the worst mass murderer in American history. And it's not even close. He executed 20 children. That's Texas Chainsaw status.

  No he wont. This isnt even the biggest school massacre. The guy killed 38 kids in the Bath school massacre.
• reclegend22

  

  Pick6;1343595 wrote:No he wont. This isnt even the biggest school massacre. The guy killed 38 kids in the Bath school massacre.

  This is the second biggest school massacre behind Cho, according to most of the news outlets. When was the Bath school massacre? Never even heard of it. Also, Cho broke the record according to pretty much any source.
  
  Just looked it up. Bath happened in 1927. Nobody remembers that. This Lanza guy will go down in infamy as the worst U.S. mass murderer ever. IMO, of course.
• bases_loaded

  

  GoChiefs;1343514 wrote:And just like 9/11, the whole country is devastated. No, I'm not comparing the two and saying they are the same, but I can see why he'd think that.

  Brian Williams at least twice compared it to 9/11. Made me sick, I turned the channel.
• bases_loaded

  

  reclegend22;1343608 wrote:This is the second biggest school massacre behind Cho, according to most of the news outlets. When was the Bath school massacre? Never even heard of it. Also, Cho broke the record according to pretty much any source.
  
  Just looked it up. Bath happened in 1927. Nobody remembers that. This Lanza guy will go down in infamy as the worst U.S. mass murderer ever. IMO, of course.

  Until the next one tries to top this. Although I'm not sure how you will find an easier target than kindergartners, so maybe we have that going for us.
• wildcats20

  

  http://t.co/K9O6wsTL
  
  Police release.
• Tiernan

  Knew a weirdo loner would be ultimately responsible and his surviving family and neighbors who thought it was easier to shun and avoid him rather than be up his ass about all his weird shit need to look long and hard in the mirror.
• LJ

  

  reclegend22;1343608 wrote:This is the second biggest school massacre behind Cho, according to most of the news outlets. When was the Bath school massacre? Never even heard of it. Also, Cho broke the record according to pretty much any source.
  
  

  Well those sources are wrong
• reclegend22

  

  LJ;1343661 wrote:Well those sources are wrong

  Maybe. But again, I had never even heard of the Bath Massacre, and if I did, I completely forgot about it. It happened during the Prohibition. Nobody remembers that. I am sure there were plenty of mass murderings during the Cowboy and Indian days that were much worse than anything the DC Snipers or Cho or this guy in Connecticut did, but they happened over a hundred years ago and they just don't have the same impact that modern day events have.
  
  Adam Lanza will be remembered as the greatest American mass school murderer ever, being that it happened in the modern era and involved so many little children. You are obviously allowed to disagree, but this guy is going down in infamy.
• sherm03

  

  reclegend22;1343671 wrote:Maybe. But again, I had never even heard of the Bath Massacre, and if I did, I completely forgot about it. It happened during the Prohibition. Nobody remembers that. I am sure there were plenty of mass murderings during the Cowboy and Indian days that were much worse than anything the DC Snipers or Cho or this guy in Connecticut did, but they happened over a hundred years ago and they just don't have the same impact that modern day events have.
  
  Adam Lanza will be remembered as the greatest American mass school murderer ever, being that it happened in the modern era and involved so many little children. You are obviously allowed to disagree, but this guy is going down in infamy.

  Your line of thinking doesn't make sense. By your logic, Lanza will only be remembered as that for a time, and then will be replaced by a newer mass murderer because at some point, this event will have happened a long time ago, and won't have the impact that the newer modern day events have.
• LJ

  

  reclegend22;1343671 wrote:Maybe. But again, I had never even heard of the Bath Massacre, and if I did, I completely forgot about it. It happened during the Prohibition. Nobody remembers that. I am sure there were plenty of mass murderings during the Cowboy and Indian days that were much worse than anything the DC Snipers or Cho or this guy in Connecticut did, but they happened over a hundred years ago and they just don't have the same impact that modern day events have.

  there is no maybe. They were wrong.
  

  Adam Lanza will be remembered as the greatest American mass school murderer ever, being that it happened in the modern era and involved so many little children. You are obviously allowed to disagree, but this guy is going down in infamy.

  
  He will be remembered because they want you to remember, which is what makes me sick about today's media and population. People are sheep and only care about what the media tells them is true. Kehoe killed 38 kids, 5 adults and himself. 58 more were seriously injured. This wasn't a one room schoolhouse attacked by Indians. This was a 20th century style school blown up by a crazy.
• BoatShoes

  tk421;1343510 wrote:Seriously, because a shooting in Connecticut Leno thought about not going on air? Why? It's not like 9/11, it a local tragedy, but hundreds of people have died violently in the hours since it occured.

  Look guy, I know you're probably not happy about how this will get folks talking about gun control and all but this situation is pretty damn bad. 20 little kids who were probably just thinking about what they might get for Christmas were murdered by a mad man in a place that people think is supposed to be safe. Every parent in America I'm sure is feeling similar sick-to-their-stomach feelings as they were on 9/11. It's not a local tragedy.
• WebFire

  BoatShoes;1343684 wrote:Look guy, I know you're probably not happy about how this will get folks talking about gun control and all but this situation is pretty damn bad. 20 little kids who were probably just thinking about what they might get for Christmas were murdered by a mad man in a place that people think is supposed to be safe. Every parent in America I'm sure is feeling similar sick-to-their-stomach feelings as they were on 9/11. It's not a local tragedy.

  Agree. Obviously in terms of number of deaths and world-wide ramifications, this doesn't compare to 9/11. But I think the shock value of it (being young kids) gives many that same sad feeling they had during 9/11.
• WebFire

  I know this stuff doesn't usually bother me. But this one got to me. I think a lot people are in that boat.
• sleeper

  

  This will be forgotten in 2 months. I mean, does anyone remember the last time you thought about the Colorado theater shootings?
  
  9/11 is already in history books and changed America forever. The only way I see this becoming a national memory is if the white house throws the 2nd amendment under the bus because of it.