Another senseless tragedy facilitated by the use of guns. Twenty-seven people were murdered, and countless lives shattered when on December 14, 2012, 20 year Adam Lanza, went on a deadly rampage in Newtown, Connecticut killing his mother, and then traveling to Sandy Hook Elementary where he gunned down 20 innocent children, and 7 adults (including the gunmans mother), and afterwards turned the weapon on himself (making the total adult casualty number 8). Authorities say Lanza was well prepared to carry out this massacre wearing a black fatigues and military vest and toting three registered automatic weapons: a semi-automatic AR-15, assault rifle made by Bushmaster, and a pistol made by Glock and Sig Sauer.
On The National Rifle Association's website, the organization chose to suspend comment and state "We are shocked, saddened, and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown. Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency we have given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting."
The country mourns with the community of Newtown, as all are touched and shaken by such an unfathomable horror, and we must ask the question; are we doing enough to balance our constitutional right to bear arms, with our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as set forth in the Declaration of Independence? Are we as a country doing enough to keep semi-automatic weapons out of the homes of the mentally unstable? Can we as a nation actually find a happy medium between these seemingly competing concepts? Will this tragedy lead to tighter gun control? Let's see where the national dialogues takes us.
On The National Rifle Association's website, the organization chose to suspend comment and state "We are shocked, saddened, and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown. Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency we have given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting."
The country mourns with the community of Newtown, as all are touched and shaken by such an unfathomable horror, and we must ask the question; are we doing enough to balance our constitutional right to bear arms, with our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as set forth in the Declaration of Independence? Are we as a country doing enough to keep semi-automatic weapons out of the homes of the mentally unstable? Can we as a nation actually find a happy medium between these seemingly competing concepts? Will this tragedy lead to tighter gun control? Let's see where the national dialogues takes us.
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