Trent Steele wrote:Why did the mom own a Glock?

I believe you have to be 21 to own military style weapons in CT.... Not sure if that is correct, though. Maybe she bought them for him as a gift? Which was a mistake, obviously...

Since it's a crime scene, the bodies still lay where they were killed. Parents haven't even seen their children's bodies yet. I guess that's the way it has to be, but that's terrible.

Trent Steele wrote:Since it's a crime scene, the bodies still lay where they were killed. Parents haven't even seen their children's bodies yet. I guess that's the way it has to be, but that's terrible.

fuck

td11 wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:Since it's a crime scene, the bodies still lay where they were killed. Parents haven't even seen their children's bodies yet. I guess that's the way it has to be, but that's terrible.

fuck

Soledad O' Brien interviewing the police and politely saying YGBFKM

Trent Steele wrote:Since it's a crime scene, the bodies still lay where they were killed. Parents haven't even seen their children's bodies yet. I guess that's the way it has to be, but that's terrible.

unreal

If people respond to something terrible by advocating what they truly believe will prevent it (religion, gun control) that doesn't seem like a wrong response.

The only way to disrespect the victims is to continue the status quo and pretend this never happened.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:If people respond to something terrible by advocating what they truly believe will prevent it (religion, gun control) that doesn't seem like a wrong response.

The only way to disrespect the victims is to continue the status quo and pretend this never happened.

exactly..."praying for the victims" will not prevent this from happening again.

Anyone else find it strange in this era that 12 hours later the only picture the press can find of a 20 year old is from 5 years ago?

yeah, pretty weird. i have a few friends not on FB, but they are all over 30. how's this guy not all over the place? i mean, it's kind of good to not plaster him all over, but still

i'm 26 and you could probably only find 2 pictures of me online from the past 5 years

mercy

How the parents found out their children were dead is horrifying. It was literally process of elimination. The parents all gathered at the fire station. Then they brought the children there. The ones left at the fire station when there were no more children to bring out were the ones whose children had died.

holy fuck, are you serious

that is the coldest thing ive ever heard

Trent Steele wrote:How the parents found out their children were dead is horrifying. It was literally process of elimination. The parents all gathered at the fire station. Then they brought the children there. The ones left at the fire station when there were no more children to bring out were the ones whose children had died.

horrendous, I can't even imagine, my heart goes out to these poor people.

yep, that is horrendous. the whole thing is horrendous. but what else could you do??

pacino wrote:holy fuck, are you serious

that is the coldest thing ive ever heard

That's what the reporter from CNN just said. I cried.

Bucky wrote:yep, that is horrendous. the whole thing is horrendous. but what else could you do??

yeah, i know. but wow.

this is my rant:
something about the children's bodies still being inside the school and so close to the monster who did this is almost worse than the initial shock. how can they tell 20 sets of parents that they can't see their children? fuck crime scenes and protocol, these parents don't need a computer modeled recreation, they need to hold their child one last time. this is completely unacceptable to me. there is nothing that would keep me away from that school.
this is all too formulaic, media and police beurocracy and vigils and prayer chains, it's all so hollow and meaningless to me.
this needs to be a wakeup call. we have fostered a culture of violence and indifference. mental illness is a red herring. countries who don't have guns don't have these mass shootings. i have no faith left in humanity or this county's future. we should all be outraged, and if you can still defend guns today then fuck you, your values are truly twisted and i don't want anything to do with you.

Bucky wrote:yep, that is horrendous. the whole thing is horrendous. but what else could you do??

Nothing, didn't intend that as a critique, just deep empathy for the parents

cartersDad26 wrote:this is my rant:
something about the children's bodies still being inside the school and so close to the monster who did this is almost worse than the initial shock. how can they tell 20 sets of parents that they can't see their children? fuck crime scenes and protocol, these parents don't need a computer modeled recreation, they need to hold their child one last time. this is completely unacceptable to me. there is nothing that would keep me away from that school.
this is all too formulaic, media and police beurocracy and vigils and prayer chains, it's all so hollow and meaningless to me.
this needs to be a wakeup call. we have fostered a culture of violence and indifference. mental illness is a red herring. countries who don't have guns don't have these mass shootings. i have no faith left in humanity or this county's future. we should all be outraged, and if you can still defend guns today then fuck you, your values are truly twisted and i don't want anything to do with you.

No offense, but I doubt the parents seeing the dead body of their child is going to make them feel any better. I'd rather have the authorities do whatever they have to do properly.