It was a very sad day today when the second worst school shooting
in US history took place in Connecticut. At around
9:30 am a 20 year old male entered Sandy
Hook Elementary School
where he opened fire. As of this posting, 26 people were being reported dead. Among
them are 20 children, 6 adults and the shooter. President Obama addressed
the nation from the press room at the white house at 3:15 pm where he
emotionally stated:
He further called for the country’s leaders to take ‘meaningful
action’ after the Connecticut
shooting. This was his fourth national speech on gun violence. Later it was
reported that Brian Fischer, spokesman for the radically conservative group
American Family Association, used the tragedy to push for his religious agenda of eliminating the separation of church and state, saying the children died because the school did not
embrace god. Fischer further said that God allowed the shooting to happen because
prayer, The Bible and the Ten Commandments aren’t taught in public schools. Later a host for the republican political operation, Fox News Channel, followed suit advocating for government mandated Christianity, saying that schools, "Become a place of carnage" when "We systematically remove God."
Connecticut
state police continue to give updates on the day's events and news is still murky about the
shooter. With Connecticut
police reporting that the investigation is ongoing and that all information won’t be
known until tomorrow.
*Update* Police have now identified the shooter as 20 year old Adam Lanza
*Update* Police have now identified the shooter as 20 year old Adam Lanza
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