Thoughts About the Sandy Hook Murders

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Many thoughts have crossed my mind the last few days, since a murderous thug basically killed a classroom full of kids along with other teachers and staff.

My first thought was that we had several hero teachers, administrators and other staff at the school,, who died trying to protect the kids at the school.  They put the kids ahead of their family, their dreams, their upcoming school vacation, when they put themselves between the shooter and the little kids.  If I ever was put into that position, I would hope I would do the heroic thing by trying to take out the gunman before he kills innocent people.

Father Mychal  Judge was a chaplain of the FDNY (New York City Fire Department) and was the first person on the ground killed when planes attacked the Twin Towers on 9/11.  Many people have speculated that Father Judge died so that he can help the souls of the of the victims of 9/11 as they go into the after  life.  Well, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary, Dawn Hochsprung, reminds me of Father Judge- sacrificing herself so the children killed will be comforted as they go onto Heaven.
From ABC News: Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung devoted her life to helping students as an educator.

In her final moments, Hochsprung, 47, reportedly gave her life Friday to save the lives of countless students and teachers when she sprung from a conference room at the sound of gunshots and confronted head-on the armed shooter who had barged into the school.

“When I learned that she actually tried to take the gunman down, it was no surprise to me at all,” Hochsprung’s cousin, Melanie Buhrmaster-Bunch, said today on “Good Morning America.”
“My only hope is that the gunman actually had a little bit of fear knowing this 5-foot-2-inch raging bull was coming at him, that he had a little bit of fear in his eyes that knowing that someone like Dawn was going to come after him because he was trying to hurt her students,” she said.  “She was so vibrant and so full of life and I want people to know that she was a hero.”  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/principal-dawn-hochsprung-a-5-foot-2-inch-raging-bull-lifesaver/

And of course, President Obama, right off the bat, before the first funeral, decided to make the murders a political issue by trying to get gun reform passed.   The bozo has no shame.  There is a time and place for the debate but the moron Obama decided not to wait before the funerals ended to make his political statements.  And you wonder why sales of guns and ammunition have skyrocketed since Obama was elected.

Finally, it will not be a surprise to me if they find out that the killer had bad experiences at school, to the point that he had to be homeschooled.   A student who has disabilities can stay in school until the age of 22, so it makes me wonder what happened at school to make him home schooled and target Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Unbelievably Tragic

From the Danbuy News Times: 

State police said 26 people including 20 children were massacred in a bloodbath at Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday morning by a lone gunman.

The gunman is also dead, bringing the total dead at the school to 27, state police have confirmed. A second crime scene has been established at a Newtown home, where a body was found after the shooting.

There are conflicting reports on who the shooter was.

The Associated Press has identified the shooter as 20-year-old Adam Lanza.

CNN originally identified the shooter as Adam Lanza's brother, Ryan Lanza, 24, a Hoboken, N.J. resident. The AP said Ryan Lanza is being questioned by police in the investigation.

A Facebook page belonging to Ryan Lanza, a former Newtown resident who lived in Hoboken, N.J. who studied at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, has been taken down. Before it was deleted, Ryan Lanza posted on the page and said he wasn't the shooter.

State police haven't released the shooter's name.

Police in Sandy Hook are at a house on Yogananda Street and have surrounded it with yellow tape. The house is owned by Lanza's mother, Nancy, according to public records. Sources said Nancy Lanza, was a teacher at Sandy Hook School.

Read more: http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/27-dead-including-20-children-gunman-in-Newtown-4118505.php#ixzz2F46gvMRK

This story, as it is unfolding is going to be strange and there will be a lot of finger pointing in a lot of different directions.  The finger pointing can come another day.

Right now, many families are in shock and are grieving.  They sent their children off to school and 22 of those kids will never be coming home… ever.

And another 7 adults left their families and went to work or to the school on business, never to go home again.

Finally, you have dozens of children who witnessed, saw the aftermath or knew somebody who was killed and their lives will never be the same.

These are the stories we should concentrate on, not if an assault weapon was used, if there should be tighter gun laws or if teachers should be armed or if the shooter was a liberal or a conservative and listened to Rush Limbaugh or Rachel Maddow or listened to rap or heavy metal music.   Those stories will come out later.  Please, just offer up some prayers or thoughts for the little ones and the adults.