School Shooting Newtown CT

[AOII Angel]

Kevin, the problem with your statistics is that they only take into account school violence, but most of the mass shootings this year and last have not been at schools but at malls, homes, places of worship and other non-school related locals.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Kevin, the problem with your statistics is that they only take into account school violence, but most of the mass shootings this year and last have not been at schools but at malls, homes, places of worship and other non-school related locals.

This just means that Kevin, like the media, is blowing those incidents off because they didn't involve a large number of sweet innocent children, just grimy old everyday grownups, and are therefore unimportant.

Thank you for giving me a good jumping off point for me to vent what is really chapping my hide about the coverage of this story. The references to "20 angels" are particularly unfeeling and offensive to the friends and family of the 6 adults that were killed.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This just means that Kevin, like the media, is blowing those incidents off because they didn't involve a large number of sweet innocent children, just grimy old everyday grownups, and are therefore unimportant.

Thank you for giving me a good jumping off point for me to vent what is really chapping my hide about the coverage of this story. The references to "20 angels" are particularly unfeeling and offensive to the friends and family of the 6 adults that were killed.

Not really sure what news you're watching, because the stories I've seen (locally in CT and on the national news) have discussed the deaths of the teachers and principal as part of the horrific tragedy in all of this. I've seen lots of discussion about the adults who were murdered. So, we must be watching different news reports.

That aside, I was in Newtown today for the first time since this all happened. The community has really come together, but there is a tremendous amount of shock and hurt. It's all so incredibly sad.

[honeychile]

FWIW, the funeral homes in the area at full capacity, which is why the funerals are being spread out over the week. Ana Marquez-Greene will be buried on Saturday.