Connecticut State Police have released the names of 20 children and six adults killed Friday in the school shooting at a Connecticut elementary school
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What follows is a list of the deceased, including names and dates of birth, supplied by state police. If police update this information, those updates will be reflected here.
Charlotte Bacon, Feb. 22, 2006
Daniel Barden, Sept. 25, 2005
Rachel Davino, July 17, 1983
Olivia Engel, July 18, 2006
Josephine Gay, Dec. 11, 2005
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, April 4, 2006
Dylan Hockley, March 8, 2006
Dawn Hochsprung, June 28, 1965
Madeleine F. Hsu, July 10, 2006
Catherine V. Hubbard, June 8, 2006
Chase Kowalski, Oct. 31, 2005
Jesse Lewis, June 30, 2006
James Mattioli, March 22, 2006
Grace McDonnell, Nov. 4, 2005
Anne Marie Murphy, July 25, 1960
Emilie Parker, May 12, 2006
Jack Pinto, May 6, 2006
Noah Pozner, Nov. 20, 2006
Caroline Previdi, Sept. 7, 2006
Jessica Rekos, May 10, 2006
Avielle Richman, Oct. 17, 2006
Lauren Rousseau, June of 1982
Mary Sherlach, Feb. 11, 1956
Victoria Soto, Nov. 4, 1985
Benjamin Wheeler, Sept. 12, 2006
Allison N. Wyatt, July 3, 2006
"Parents remember to tell your kids I Love You" http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/12/15/laura-vanderkam-on-mom-with-young-children/1770875/ (I think the title says it all) and "A Day for Hatred" http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/14/a-day-for-hatred/ … This puts so well the struggle we face trying to make sense of the senseless. At the school I work at I am planning to spend some time on Monday in the Kindergarten classes just watching, enjoying and saying a prayer for the kids we care for. And of course I'll be telling my own kids "I love you" a whole lot more.
His mom taught him how to shoot and he ended up killing her with one of her own guns. It's been said a zillion times, but guns don't kill people, people kill people...
The mother in this case had a disturbed child with issues, and whatever she had done to secure her 5 guns was not enough: she failed to keep that kid from gaining access to her guns & ammo, and her failure cost her life and the lives of 20 kids and 6 adults. If someone broke into my house, found enough accessible guns and ammo to murder a class of first graders, I don't believe the phrase "guns don't kill people" would make it easier to live with... but that's just me...
different outcome. Principle 1 Bad guy 0 End of problem.
Pay particular attention to #6.
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