Horrible for the families.

Hollywood needs to stop with the violent movies and games. This comes before any type of gun control.

Then, tighter restriuctions on WHO can buy guns.

What types of guns can be purchased means nothing.

Here's the Motive: CRAZY!!!

Barney, we don't need more laws, we need to enforce the ones we already have ie. why was that dirt bag out on bail on a gun charge when he killed that lakewood police officer? just sayin

Enforce w/ what? There needs to be a ban on these high powered weapons. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THOSE TYPE OF GUNS for civilians. Control need to start at the production & distribution level. The people who sell these weapons no longer go to "gun Shows."

Bans/laws will only work for those who obey the laws. Do you ban cars when someone drives through a crowd and kills people? Do you ban knives when someone stabs someone? How about banning video games that encourage killing? You cannot ban or legislate crazy people out of killing, unfortunately. We need to pray for these families and these children. We need to mourn their loss. Then, let's figure out how we got to this point as a people.

Seccesion now...any gun control will speed up the process so lets just get it over and seperate.

It's called mental illness which you people ignore everytime you walk past the homless guy sleeping in the street instead of in his goverment subsidized home by various programs we all pay for.

Lets ask why is this happening all of sudden. What is making us more violent since guns have been here since they were invented. Is it violent video games, violent movies, lack of family values. Internet access to violent material unsupervised by poor parents.

Why did we close all our mental hospitals here in NJ except for one. Where did these people go and what do we do with the new ones out there. Lock these people up, forced castration on the mental paitients we have now, and death penalty for the criminally insane would be a good start.

Oh no, not here too!! Motive? personality disorder? gun control? Unbelievable!

I think the reason the slightly built Lanza picked a grade school was to miminize the chance of being physically overpowered. Some things are not complicated. He wanted to feel invincible, that's why he wore a bullet proof vest too. I get that we have too many guns in this country but too many bullet proof vests too! Maybe we need vest control too. I don't have a problem with private ownership of assault weapons and automatics being severely restricted if not banned. If only criminals have guns it would still be a big improvement if all they had were shotguns and saturday night specials. After all a rocket launcher is nothing but a big gun but nobody argues that their private ownership is constitutionally protected. Anything we can do to give these maniacs second thouhts about acting out their sick fantasies should be considered.

Ban these damn semi-automatic guns. Enough of the weekly mass slaughters. The guns were legal, his mom purchased them for protection, ha, ha, what a joke. She purchased the guns for protection and then her son shots her in the head with her precious guns. Wow, those guns really were protective. We need stronger gun laws now across the country, I am sick of the slaughters and this one in Newtown, CT, is horrific beyond belief. When is enough enough? The US has gun murder rates many times the other industrialized democracies. We are a sick violence prone, gun saturated country with gun slaughters galore. And yet the reaction is, shh, shh, do nothing, we must not offend Wayne LaPierre or the NRA, we have enough laws.

We only need to ask one simple question : What psychiatric drug was he taking or withdrawing from? Sometimes simple questions are the hardest to ask.

Those questions would be real real hard for the media to ask, because after reporting the event, taking station breaks for advertisements for antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs might give big media editors and producers indigestion , since they depend on Big Pharma sponsorship.

•Eric Harris, the triggerman in the Columbine school shootings, killed his fellow students and took his own life while taking Luvox.
•Thirteen year-old Chris Fetters killed his favorite aunt while taking Prozac.

•Twelve year-old Christopher Pittman murdered both his grandparents while taking Zoloft.

•Thirteen year-old Mathew Miller hung himself in his bedroom closet after taking Zoloft for 6 days.

•Fifteen year-old Jarred Viktor stabbed his grandmother 61 times after 5 days on Paxil.

http://ssristories.com/
This website is a collection of 4,800+ news stories with the full media article available, mainly criminal in nature, that have appeared in the media (newspapers, TV, scientific journals) or that were part of FDA testimony in either 1991, 2004 or 2006, in which psych drugs are mentioned.

Illegal drugs are "banned", how's that workin' for ya'? Get a grip man, a mentally ill, evil, being, wreaks havoc on poor unsuspecting innocents and immediately you call for a banning of my Freedom? Think it through, how about checking the state of mental health care in this nation?

The above post, I copied from a post I made in July 2012 here on the patch. Just like the AMA we "react" to symptoms and fail to address the cause.

P.S. A note to news media covering the story, What happened to journalistic ethics! Interviewing children in shock, with the consent of a parent (who is also in shock) is not responsible journalism; it's the worst kind of ratings grab and demonstrates no regard for the victims of trauma. STOP BROADCASTING CHILDREN IN SHOCK. STOP ASKING PARENTS IN SHOCK FOR PERMISSION THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. News without ethics is not news, it prurient voyeurism of the very worst kind. You have disgraced your Networks, your stations, your news service and yourselves. SHAME ON YOU ALL.

Do you really think gun control laws will stop a criminal from getting or using a gun?

BAN HOLLYWOOD BLOOD THIRSTY MURDER MOVIE PRODUCING LIBERAL TREE SUCKING HUGGERS THAT LIKE TO MAKE MONEY!

This has been there and this will be there... Two sets of people, one for gun control and other against it.

What America bought to the world is the word freedom. Gun control is not something this post war 60-80s great nation would like.

But let's face it. Is this problem all about gun control? Not really and we all know it. I speak to a lotof people who say this country is going nowhere. Why? New generation ddoesn't have any respect for old. And this surely is true. The seeds are sown here. Parents raise a child, divorce, don't care much for him, he plays first person real like shooting game, fights with everyone he knows and one day takes his frustration out on others by means of massacre.

Can this ever end? Till our society fixes its own morale, it won't. Can gun control stop this? No, but itcan reduce it for sure. If there aain't no gun, there can't be a massacre.

Videogame, movies, whatevere are just reasons we are looking for. Crimes were there even when these games were not there. But our problems were limited then than how it is now.

I'm a gun lover, and I would be more than happy to go through a number of tests to gain the credibility that I deserve guns.

Unfortunately we are only on a path of disdain.

I think your mention of the violent video games is being highly ignored. This shooter was very involved in LAN games. There has been no mention of exactly what kind of games, and I am sure the others that played them with this guy will cover their collective butts and make us believe it was Burt and Ernie ! I am certain it was gun related.

The motive for the shooting..........you are a heartless, violent people who spawn your dirty seed into malfunctioning wombs and create soulless people incapable of love or empathy for others.

And you got a lot of guns around. Always a bad combination.

I fear this will result in more gun control calls. But its people, not guns, that are doing the killing. This sick individual never should have been able to access the guns. But more important, he was a danger to others, so why was he left to do this savage crime? The person should've been institutionalized, but, as well all know, there has been many cutbacks to mental health services. Many clinics don't have enough staff to properly treat patients. You cant just throw mentally ill people out on the streets or into society without proper treatment. And you cant just make it harder to get guns because the bad people will always find a way to get them. We actually need to make it easier for the good people to be armed. Perhaps if one of the teachers at that school was armed, the shooter could've been stopped before he took more lives.

Revelations are starting to come out about this. The question is: Will the media be honest and tell the truth? Their track record has certainly been pretty poor. Almost as poor as the premature comments about gun control. It's sad where people will use a tragedy like this to push their selfish agendas. That just shows their character, or lack thereof.

It ain't just Lanza, its in all of us. The only difference is even if we hit the lows we know what is ethically correct. Lanza didn't fear for his life, his mental ability was limited to see him dead and take a bunch with him so that he can rest in peace.

And this ability comes only from us because we gave it to him.

There might be more Lanzas in their basement, planning to steal their parents collector edition guns and execute innocent people in schools, universities while their parents try to fix their lives and maybe a disfunctional marriage.

Truth is we have come too far now. We can't go back and we will have to live with consequences of our own freedom.

2 problems here...most people equate gun control with gun removal, and that is not the case...the majority of advocates for gun control are not trying to stop ownership of guns, just trying to control what type of guns and ammo are available, and make it more formal for the general public to obtain these guns...why not take a written test, vision test, and a live test much like a drivers license?

Second issue is the state of mental health in NJ and the nation....stop lobbying and the pharmaceutical companies have no leg to stand on with these insane drugs they prescribe, and increase the number of mental health facilities so that people, like this sick guy, can get sustained treatment and not be let loose on the public.

I'm glad all of you are looking at how we the people got here: Mental illness, prescription drugs and illegal ones, bad parenting, declining family values, gun control, movies/video games, internet access to violent material, as so on. Out of all of these, I believe guns were around LONG before these other issues (even mental illness was not a recognized issue). Like cars, knives, household chemicals and other products, guns have other purposes besides killing people, but they can be used by people to kill other people. Pick your flavor. For me, I believe most people's issues can be traced back to their parents. I don't care what is out there, if parents are responsible, caring, nurturing and teach their children proper values, much of this would not be happening.

@oldsoldier you are right, i dont blame the guns or video games, this shooting is mental illness! I dont believe any gun law can stop a criminal from getting his or her hands on one. Yes there should be a gun limits maybe? My son has played shooter video games for years mostly ww2 based games and has developed a love for history , military and is a history honors student, that is member of a National youth leadership program. But parenting has to go along with it, we always drilled him that these are games and not reality. Soo many parents buy games with no idea what they are about, ratings on it or not. I knew a mom who bought their 9 year old a Grand Theift Auto game, which is about carjacking and beating hookers! When she saw heard heard child boasting about things in the game she was shocked and took it back from the child ,but soo many parents dont even pay attention to it.

Guns don't make us safer. Lanza's mother loved guns, collected guns, she had access to guns and so did her demented son. She was killed in her own home by her beloved guns. Guns in the home don't make you safer, especially in homes where one of the members is emotionally disturbed. Ban the damn semi-automatics.

It was not an "Isolated Incident". It is happening more and more frequently ALL AROUND the entire Globe. Some either environmental cause is responsible or possibly related to high levels of solar flare activity and cosmic rays from our sun. It is Worldwide, not a USA alone problem. It may also be related to___ Birds falling dead from the sky around the globe. Whales and porpoises beaching themselves or washing up dead. Bees and bat birds vanishing. Fish dies offs in lakes, streams and oceans all around the Globe. We have seen more revolutions and total chaos in nations all around the planet in the past few years alone___than in the past 4 decades as more and more people kill their fellow countrymen and neighbors, and destroy the homes, buildings, offices, stores etc. in their own countries. Evolution never ends___we appear to be evolving backwards now and becoming more primitive once again and completely losing our ability to be reasonable and rational.

On Friday in Indiana
CEDAR LAKE, Ind. — A northern Indiana man who allegedly threatened to "kill as many people as he could" at an elementary school near his home was arrested by officers who later found 47 guns and ammunition hidden throughout his home.

Von. I. Meyer, 60, of Cedar Lake, was arrested Saturday after prosecutors filed formal charges of felony intimidation, domestic battery and resisting law enforcement against him. He was being held Sunday without bond at the Lake County Jail, pending an initial hearing on the charges, police said in a statement.

Cedar Lake Police officers were called to Meyer's home early Friday after he allegedly threatened to set his wife on fire once she fell asleep, the statement said.

Meyer also threatened to enter nearby Jane Ball Elementary School "and kill as many people as he could before police could stop him," the statement said. Meyer's home is less than 1,000 feet from the school and linked to it by trails and paths through a wooded area, police said.

Police said in the statement that they notified school officials and boosted security at all area schools Friday – the same day 26 people, including 20 students, were shot and killed at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

We are awash in guns and crazed psycopaths.

PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE,NOT GUNS.

SICK PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE,THAT YOU CAN NOT STOP,THERE ARE PSYCOPATHS ALL OVER THE WORLD,IT NOT GUNS,PEOPLE ARE GOING NUTS MAYBE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY.OR DRUGS. WE ARE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT WORLD TODAY,GET USE TO IT AND PROTECT YOUR SELF AND CHILDREN.

How's about banning all the XBOX games of War and killing in the U.S. - keep them in Japan and let them kill people over there. All American youths are getting decensitized to violence and neglecting their schoolwork and family values.

Joe, Its people that kill...not guns...That's like saying a pencil caused a kid to fail the test. This is let's make excuses for everyone and everything. Laws are not going to stop from people doing things. Such as drugs underage drink. The real problem is not having adequate help for mental illness. Mental illness is a sickness that can happen to someone anytime. You can be normal, have a chemical in balance that can set someone off.

Guns are a device used created to kill lol. A pencil isn't, a car isn't. They were created to do something very simple: kill. Even a knife while a weapon, was not originally designed as a means to kill but a tool. Whether it be a deer, a human, or an intruder in your home. So, yeah the only thing guns should compare to in analogies are other weapons whose soul purpose was to kill, missiles, nukes, etc… Not pencils.

It doesn't matter WHAT you use the gun for (defending, fighting, hunting) there are a) certain types of guns that a normal citizen should not have and b) anything can be turned into a weapon, but something that is BUILT to be a weapon, should have some very strict guidelines and rules on who can or can carry/use.

Barney, for your information i hate guns,and calling people illiterate is kind of being a bully.we are on a computer for crying out loud not writing an essay,grow up..
I lived in Arizona for years in the desert,we had guns lots of them never liked them never shot one. but really did those guns go to this young man and say hey you should use me to kill all those children.. no his mind did it. having access to shose guns made it easier for him to act it out. And if i heard the news correctly he went to purchase his own gun but was denied.Do I think assault weapons should be banned yes.. no need for the common citizen to have one.

Bayboat, the first guns were created in the 1200s in China and used by the military. Not for hunting.

As for the present, target practice? Lol im not going to waste my breath on that statement. But I will repeat what I said, doesn't matter what you use the gun for, it's still a weapon whose purpose was to inflict as much damage and death.

Which is why cops are trained to pull out your gun to kill.

Unfortunately, that is also the other issue.. How do you get anything of value off the black market like drugs? We all know how well the war on drugs turned out.

Only way is to make the item obsolete and/or ineffective and useless. How do you do that? No f*cking clue lol

Those who want to ban guns should read this and then we'll see what your next excuse will be. http://www.kgw.com/news/Clackamas-man-armed-confronts-mall-shooter-183593571.html

To Laura - I'm glad you brought that up. If parents structure their children's lives properly and instill proper values, instead of leaving them to figure things out for themselves or be their friends, perhaps it may not cure mental illness, but it might just prevent someone from developing one of the many mental illnesses out there and enable them to cope better. To be taught "this is why you do the right thing" instead of "there is a reason why you do not do the right thing", could help at least someone. And if it does help one person to help themselves, isn't that worth it?