I'm horrified. My thoughts are out to those in Newtown.

I had to change the channel. Can't even comprehend why or how someone would do this. Tragic.

My initial reaction was disbelief and sadness. Then I thought about how schools are notoriously "gun free zones" and I wondered why these shooters never seem to follow the rules.

It's just too much to process.

Our entire nation is gripped in debate over whether grandma should get free healthcare at 65 or 70. Meanwhile, those kids (and roughly 30,000 other Americans who will die from gun violence this year) won't even get another birthday.

If our nation is all about preserving life and quality of life, we need to get real about what's a priority. Giving people instruments of mass death that can be used in a heartbeat, without thought or care, is what we get when we allow everyone to have these absurd automatic weapons.

If we don't solve that problem, then why are we even pretending to care about life in any other regard. Just pack it up and go home.

Lanza was not old enough to legally own a firearm. He was 20... Also, the guns were in his mother's name. Before he ever left the house he was breaking the law - operating a firearm underage as well as without a permit. No amount of gun laws will prevent this in the future...he was breaking the law. Understand? This is a heartbreaking tragedy. The fact that people will use it for their own political agenda is deplorable!

May almighty God Jehovah remember these innocents during his days of resurrection. May the families and community be granted peace in order to go on...

To user name Fisher,
Gun control is not the problem. Any criminal who wants to commit an act of terror such as this WILL obtain a gun by any means; legal or illegal! We as a country need to go to the heart of the problem, and taking away guns from all citizens is not going to change anything for the criminals!

lack of sensible Gun control is a major factor in the type of killings, such as newtown's horrendous incident.

the killers are not your typical criminal and no one is talking about taking away all guns...

the killersw are mentally deranged very sick people who in most cases could not pass a mental, background, test required to purchase an automatic, or any, weapon...that is if there were laws requiring testing/licensing of, as a minimum military type firearms designed to kill people, NOT rabbits.

and there should be laws that punish those who can legally purchase but do not insure their guns are kept out of the hands of the mentally sick...guns are locked up.

granted this will not stop all these senseless killing but will substantially reduce them. an analogy, heard today: not having gun control laws is like not requiring inspections at our airports...ie, just let the terrorist board the planes and let the crazies buy guns.

the NRA won another one in newtown today...the gun culture brought NRA's straw man arguments against gun control. it's not about the 2nd amendment, criminals, nor people kill not guns. NRA used and the gun culture cowboys bought these arguments.

the NRA use these arguments to divert attention from their true motivation: PROFITS FOR THE FIREARMS MANUFACTURERS...ie, they put profits over life.

Like everyone else I cried and prayed and prayed some more and will continue to do so. We have lost a child to a tragic accident. There are no words to ever explain the utter sadness and deep, deep loss one feels. It's like falling into the deepest, darkest bottomless pit that nothing manmade can help you out of. People must listen, hug, & pray with these sufferers. The human touch is God's gift to us on earth to help our fellow man & woman. Use it. Folks want to reach out, but sometimes they hesitate because they don't know what to say. Be assured, you don't have to 'say' anything. Just be there. We humans can't make this unmeasurable pain go away, but we can sure let these families, grievers, responders & all involved know they are loved and supported.

As far as guns being the problem, that issue is as old as when the first one was invented. You can take them all away, but how do you get them from the crooks. They aren't going to turn them in. You can take cars off the street, because people get killed in accidents, drink & drive and wreck lives. How about getting troubled people the help they need. Anyone who does what that kid did yesterday as well as the other slauter of innocents is terribly ill. However, having said all that, I see no reason for anyone to own rapid-fire assault weapons.

of course we are all shocked beyond belief and there are no words to express our heart felt sympathy for the victims...

and certainly no words that could begin to express the pain, suffering, sorrow, the victims suffer and endure. all the reason to do all humanly possible so that these horrendous killing cease.

to do nothing would is criminal...similar to doing nothing to prevent terrorist from boarding air planes...sensible gun control is doing something if not the entire solution.

the problem is not as old as when the first gun was invented...the problem is as recent as the gun culture cowboys being hoodwinked by the NRA into believing military type weapons are needed to kill rabbits...

the NRA straw man argument that you cant get guns away from crooks, thus we should do nothing is fallacious and stupid. further;

crooks are not the problem. crazies, gun control cowboys and the NRA are the problem.