Why is this happening? Who is programming these people to do this insane deeds? No rational person would intentionally murder children. Not to mention the fact that Conn already has some of the strictest firearm laws in the nation. Of course there will be an attempted outcry for more gun control laws. Never mind that the existing excessive regulations have failed. Expect the news media to shrill. Still on a national level, I expect it to continue to fall on disinterested ears.

Credit where credit is due. Kudos to Jay Carney for saying, when egged on by the media, that today is not the day to discuss gun control. I´m sure the WH will not let a crisis or tragedy "go to waste", but at least for today they are behaving like human beings.

Lanza studied at Quinnipiac University? Well, we know for sure he´s not in the Tea Party. I´m sure the media will show restraint and not jump to conclusions. /s

That aside, prayers for the victims and their loved ones. I´ve lost people close to me at this time of year, and it´s truly difficult.

Every time I think things can´t get any worse, a day like today happens. May the families of these poor victims feel the love and compassion of God and of their neighbors at this horrifying time.

Hollywood is the blame for all of the mass murders that are happening. Every movie they release glorify murder. Where do you think these basket cases are getting their ideas about taking people out on a mass scale?

I´m sorry this happened but what do you expect from a society that kills their young and disses God.

Unspeakable evil! I can´t even identify with somebody who could fire a gun at an innocent little child!

God help us! We are lost!

Could we make a list of the POS politicians who will now try to score points from this?

I see that the Coumo Kid in NY has weighed in. Oh, and here comes Barry...

4 6 and 7 you and disgusting human beings.

Oh, my heart is breaking. My nephew´s 2 children attend Sandy Hook schools, and I was relieved when he assured me this was not at their school. I just read about how many children they are reporting dead, and I couldn´t believe it. Sad, sad, sad.

The largest mass murders in the US were not carried out with guns. 1927, Michigan, a school blown up with explosives, 44 dead. The Oklahoma Federal building --- I forget how many dead. 911, 3,000 people killed with airplanes. If you look hard enough you will discover that this kind of evil has been around a long time and pre-dates movies and video games in many cases.

I feel sick to my stomach.

A 2010 grad of Quinnipiac University? Based on the "professional journalist" reports over the last hour or so, he "was a father of a student" - made up by "professional journalists" likely based on a police statement of a family connection...

...so should a poster here ask if this was a Beslan-copycat, or ask if the perp was from a teachers union family, or what election 2012 bumper stickers were on his car, or who he volunteered for in the election, or what party he is a registered member of, or what his screen name on the Daily Kos was, or if he had converted to another religion, or what his degree from Quinnipiac was in, why that would be "professional journalism" too, right?

The killers were brothers and apparently they killed their mother who had connections to the school. If I hear ´this is a quiet neighborhood´ again, like this only happens in bad neighborhoods.

We have an orchestrated infestation creeping into the minds of people prompting them to do crazy things. I think this is being done deliberately.

This is what happens when you shove God out of one´s culture.

You end up with an entire generation that thinks life sprung from nothing, for nothing, and therefore the meaning of life is nothing at all. From nothing to nothing. Take God out of the equation and that is the residue you are left with when it is all boiled down.

When you remove God, you remove morality. No case can be made for anything moral absent something unchanging that is outside of ourselves.

There should be a nationwide vigil and people should be on their knees begging God to forgive this country that has forsaken him. This is something republicans and democrats should do together and it should be led by our president (I know, wishful thinking).

As if this weren´t the most depressing Christmas already. I pray for these families and for all of us.

Those who try to make this about gun control are lazy and opportunistic. Guns have been in the hands of people for centuries and this is a recent trend. Why? Guns are not the problem, something else is turning people to such wickedness.

Will THIS be the launchpad for disarming America?
22 of our CHILDREN dead??????? Bet on it.

Fox News has reported that his father, in Hoboken, NJ, was also found dead.

I know lots of people who have guns who don´t play space invaders (how many more games have there been since then and how realistic are they?) with kindergartners as targets. We must limit the violence in movies and video games. And we must stop making these events national reality shows.

1, I think it´s these insane commando/war/shoot-em-up games kids and some adults play on their Wi´s etc.

Wikipedia reports that the shooter is associated with the "Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown,_Connecticut#Shooting

#10 - they are not. They are citing legitimate corrosive agents on the culture: the media, Hollywood and the efforts of "secularists".

The link to Westboro Baptist is gone. Probably a hoax.

Thank you, #25. Well said.
Run silent, run deep.

#17, yes a nationwide vigil would be good. But why does it have to be nationwide? I am grateful to God that my small prayer group was already planning to meet this evening. We will be praying for God´s Spirit to move through this tragedy. I will be praying for God´s forgiveness for whatever sins I have committed that may have contributed to something like this happening. The answer to a tragedy like this is to look within ourselves, to ask God what we could have done to decrease the chance of this happening.

When does the discussion about mental illness begin in this country? I am guessing the gunman had a long, troubled history.

Poster #16 is right.

"State Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, a gun-control advocate, said Friday that a bill failed last year that would banned the possession of ammunition among people prohibited from having guns. "They are more restrictive than many states," Looney said in the Capitol.

Connecticut´s gun laws are tougher than the national average. Consumers need permits to buy handguns. Assault-style weapons are banned as is the possession of bullet-proof vests. Another law, adopted about 10 years ago, lets neighbors who are suspicious of the activities of other neighbors to file police reports. Also, people with protective orders filed against them are prohibited from owning firearms."

I guess that all these restrictions are working!

Shooting kindergarden kids to death, how horrific & cowardly is that? Can´t imagine the level of depravity to even think of doing such a thing. Makes me literally sick to my stomach. Why can´t these whack-jobs just off themselves & make the world a better place?

Evil like this has been with us since the humans first walked the earth. There´s no explaining it. Now is the time to grieve and resolve to draw close to God.

Thank God I home school my children. I know that rather than focus on the evil doers, the godless liberals are going to want to take away our guns. My husband and I keep ourselves armed 24/7... And if you asked me, I´d say if those teachers were armed this never would have happened.