mass shootings

Editorial: Politics, not massacres, drives gun sales

Scott Pham — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:52:03 +0000

After the mass shootings in Auoroa, Colo., last summer, the media were flush with articles noting huge runs on guns and spikes in the numbers of background checks associated with firearm purchases.

Police: Answers In Connecticut School Shooting Could Take Weeks

Scott Neuman — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:21:00 +0000

Police on Sunday said 20-year-old Adam Lanza was armed with a high-powered rifle, two handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition when he forcibly entered a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and proceeded to gun down 20 young students and six faculty members.

The latest information on the tragedy, the worst violence at an elementary school in U.S. history, came ahead of President Obama's arrival in the town where Friday's mass shooting took place. The president met with families of the victims and planned to attend an evening vigil, where he will speak.

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Will Newtown Killings Shift Public's Attitude On Guns?

Mark Memmott — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:11:00 +0000

The tragedy in Newtown, Conn., will surely spur pollsters to ask Americans again about guns, gun ownership, gun laws and the Second Amendment.

If recent experience is a good guide, public opinion may not shift too much.

Pew Research Center writes that:

"Recent mass shootings have had little impact on the public's attitudes toward gun control.

In Connecticut: Prayers, Grief, Questions ... And Stories Of Heroism

Mark Memmott and Wright Bryan — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:55:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4rwdriJpkc

Small Conn. Town Trying To Cope With Scale Of Mass Shooting

Jim Zarroli — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:34:00 +0000

Newtown, Conn., is a white-collar community an hour and a half northeast of New York City. It's the kind of place where crime is rare and the biggest thing that happens each year is the Labor Day parade.

Now the peace and quiet has been shattered, and residents are trying to make sense of what's happened.

Hours after the shootings that left so many people dead, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church opened its doors for a prayer vigil.

Editorial: Why do you need to know who did it?

Ryan Famuliner — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:47:11 +0000

All across the country today, local reporting outlets are putting in calls to their local school district public relations professionals in an attempt to report a story about what would happen if the tragedy in Newtown, CT were to happen HERE.