what makes me interested in this topic is how someone can be so violent toward minors the ages of 7 and 8 and go on a shooting rampage. The way i heard about this problem was though my daily fox news broadcast on my cell phone also i heard about this on cnn news. i think others think this was an horrible thing to happen to our country and how there was no security or fast response after the situation occured. Others think this was a setup for more gun control for our country because no one has a lead on what the suspect was doing this for or the cause, and others think adam lanza was just a crazy person.
what i know about this horrible shooting is adam lanza could've been a crazy person.He shot twenty children, six adult staff members and wounded two at sandy hook elementary school in the town of newtown connecticut also before incident he shot his mother in the head. When responders arrived adam lanza committed suicide. this was the second most deadliest shooting in our country. The first was virginia tech.weapons that was recovered at the school after his death was bushmaster xm-15 which is a rifle, 10mm glock 20 handgun, 9mm handgun, and a shotgun found in the perpetrators car.
The information that the first source provided me was the actual story to adam lanza homicide. Before 9:30 am on Friday Dec 14 ,2012 Lanza shot his mother Nancy Lanza with a rifle at their Newtown home. Adam lanza then drove to Sandy hook elementary school then shot open the locked glass doors infront of the school. Lanza was wearing black clothing and a mask. the principal dawn hechspring and school psychologist Mary sherlach where in meeting and heard shooting though the school intercom morning announcements. They rush to where the shooting was taking place. when approaching Lanza, he shot both women dead. Natalie Hammond the vice principal and lead teacher pressed against the door to keep it closed. Hammond was shot from the other side of the door hitting him in the arm and leg.Teacher Victoria Soto try hide the kids in closet and cupboards Lanza entered Soto room and fatally shot her. lanza stopped shooting between 9:46 and 9:53 after firing 50 to 100 shots. all victim were shot multiple times Lanza then shot himself in the head as first responders arrived to the school.
The second source of information that was provided to me was the the new york times gun control. This has a lot to do with the sandy hook shooting because lanza was able to obtain multiple guns and no one was really aware of his possessions. Supporters of stricter gun laws gain some hope that the tragedy might be a catalyst for change. President obama said the nation had not done enough to protect the children in from attacks and he will put effort to limit gun access as he declared that there was no excuse for inaction. This piece of information help me understand that more gun control wouldn't change the fact that the actions that was takin towards lanza attack.
The third source of information that was provided was csmonitor.com a bridge for action after sandy hook shooting. What caught my eyes was when it said the sandy hook killings had two elements which was a shooter in need of mental treatment and the use of powerful and legal guns. This is true because lanza could of had mental problems and there was no help there to treat him also the other situation is how someone can have so much guns and no one notice.what also came to my attention is the article said what do they do when someone with an illness carries a gun, fbi agent and republican congressman suggested to let school officials carry guns as well. Also make it hard for people with illness to carry guns.this does not help the fact of what actions are taken while tragedies like this occur. this helped me answer if limiting guns really help situation and this does not.
the fourth source of information is new york times “the children of tragedy returned to school life” provided me detail on how children and adults are taking things after the tragedy. Everything is just getting back to normal. One mother said it can't be the same but hopefully everything get better day by day. this helped me understand even though tragedy occurs people still find a way to deal with it and looking forward
The fifth source of information is wikipedia second amendment to the US constitution it says it's part of United states bill of rights and it protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. This law is suppose to help people in danger but it just creates violence. If the law can some how limit the guns one person can bear. I don't understand why assault rifles are given to people with no gun licence , even for the people with gun licence there should be for a proper cause.This source of information helped me understand why people should bear arms but also on the other hand how dangerous it could be for normal citizen.
what I learned from the research is this two main problems about bearing arms and the danger of bearing arms also an example how dangerous someone can get violence holding guns. Sandy hook could've been a wake up call but there really no excuse for why responders couldn't reach the elementary school quick enough. This whole situation makes me think could have this been a setup for strict gun control or was this just an outburst.