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Matt Higgins / CBS Connecticut:
CBS News: 27 Dead, Including 20 Children, In Elementary School Shooting — NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut/AP) — CBS News is reporting that at least 27 people are dead, including 20 students, after a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The gunman is among the dead.
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New York Times:
18 Children Killed in Grade School Shooting in Connecticut — Eighteen children were killed on Friday morning in a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, according to a person who had been briefed on the shooting.
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Huckabee: Schools ‘A Place Of Carnage’ Because We ‘Systematically Removed God’ — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee attributed the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in part to restrictions on school prayer and religious materials in the classroom.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
McCarthy: I will embarrass Obama on gun control — In the wake of the deadly Connecticut school shooting, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy said she has warned the White House “the gloves are off” if President Obama fails to act on the issue. — McCarthy (D-N.Y.), the foremost gun control advocate in Congress …
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Hartford Courant:
One Confirmed Dead In School Shooting In Newtown — State police responding to a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — At least one person is dead after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dickinson Drive. — Police said there are multiple shooting victims.
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Fischer: God Didn't Stop CT School Shooting Because He's a ‘Gentleman’ Who Doesn't Go Where He Is Not Wanted — Bryan Fischer spent the first hour of his radio program today discussing this morning's truly horrific shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, which he, of course …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Huckabee Says Connecticut School Massacre Occurred Because We ‘Removed God From Our Schools’ — Former Arkansas governor and GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee attributed today's deadly massacre in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut to the lack of God and religion in public schools.
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Pete Yost / bigstory.ap.org:
AP SOURCE: SUSPECT DROVE TO MOTHER'S SCHOOL — You are here — Home » United States government » AP source: Suspect drove to mother's school — WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect in the Connecticut school shootings is Adam Lanza, 20, the son of a teacher at the school …
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Hours After Connecticut Kindergarten Shooting, Michigan GOP Calls For Allowing Guns In Schools — A statement attributed to Press Secretary Ari B. Adler shrugged off any link between guns in schools and school shootings: … The vast majority of mass killers in the United States use legally acquired weapons.
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
LIVE UPDATES: Newtown, Conn., School Shooting
LIVE UPDATES: Newtown, Conn., School Shooting
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
Obama, silent about union violence in Michigan, immediately reacts to Connecticut school shooting
Obama, silent about union violence in Michigan, immediately reacts to Connecticut school shooting
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New York Post:
MASSACRE: Up to 27 people, including 20 children, shot dead at elementary school in Connecticut
MASSACRE: Up to 27 people, including 20 children, shot dead at elementary school in Connecticut
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Bloomberg On CT Shooting: Calling For Meaningful Action Is Not Enough
Reuters:
Connecticut gun rampage: 28 dead, including 20 schoolchildren
Connecticut gun rampage: 28 dead, including 20 schoolchildren
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Washington Post:
School shooting: President Obama's remarks on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown …
School shooting: President Obama's remarks on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown …
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Washington Post:
Sandy Hook Elementary shooting leaves 28 dead, law enforcement sources say
Sandy Hook Elementary shooting leaves 28 dead, law enforcement sources say
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Carney On Gun Control: “Today Is Not The Day” (VIDEO)
Carney On Gun Control: “Today Is Not The Day” (VIDEO)
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Thoughts on the Newtown Elementary School Tragedy
Thoughts on the Newtown Elementary School Tragedy
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BuzzFeed:
Gun Control Org Sees “Huge” Influx Of Donations After Sandy Hook Shooting
Gun Control Org Sees “Huge” Influx Of Donations After Sandy Hook Shooting
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Skschust / CBS New York:
20 Children Among 28 Dead In Newtown, Conn. Elementary School Massacre
20 Children Among 28 Dead In Newtown, Conn. Elementary School Massacre
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USA Today:
26 reported killed in Newtown, Conn., school shooting
26 reported killed in Newtown, Conn., school shooting
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AP Member Choice Limited / Chicago Tribune:
Connecticut elementary school shooting: Multiple deaths reported
Connecticut elementary school shooting: Multiple deaths reported
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David Frum / david-frum:
Every Day is the Day to Talk About Gun Control — I have a daughter in a public elementary school in the District of Columbia. When I read news of a school shooting, it touches a particularly intimate place in me. To be a parent is to be haunted by fears.
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States — When we first collected much of this data, it was after the Aurora, Colo. shootings, and the air was thick with calls to avoid “politicizing” the tragedy. That is code, essentially, for “don't talk about reforming our gun control laws.”
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Column: Gun-free zones provide false sense of security — Killers aren't stopped by these policies. — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — “After a shooting spree,” author William Burroughs once said, “they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.”
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
American Exceptionalism: The Shootings Will Go On — Insane rampages are, sadly, not confined to the United States. One happened this very day in China, where a cruel madman attacked a group of children at school. — Here's the difference: — Twenty-two children injured.
Allison Benedikt / Slate:
President Obama, Today Is the Day To Politicize This Tragedy
President Obama, Today Is the Day To Politicize This Tragedy
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Mike Bloomberg:
Statements of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs on Newtown, Connecticut Shooting
Statements of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs on Newtown, Connecticut Shooting
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
White House: “Today Is Not The Day” To Debate Gun Control
White House: “Today Is Not The Day” To Debate Gun Control
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gun Advocacy Group Responds: ‘Gun Control Supporters Have The Blood Of Little Children On Their Hands’ — While citizens and advocates of gun control are responding to Friday's horrific school shooting in Connecticut by calling on Congress to enact sensible gun regulations …
John Barnes / MLive.com:
Sweeping changes in Michigan's concealed handgun law go beyond allowing weapons in ‘gun free zones’ — The most sweeping rewrite of Michigan's concealed handgun law in more than a decade includes details that go well beyond opening so-called “gun free zones” to hidden weapons.
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petitions.whitehouse.gov:
Immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress. — The goal of this petition is to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation that limits access to guns. While a national dialogue is critical, laws are the only means …
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