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Breaking: As many as 20 dead in Connecticut school shooting; Update: 27?

Multiple fatalities have been reported at a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City. One law enforcement offcial said preliminary reports suggested there could be as many as 20 fatalities.

One state official said that an adult gunman was believed to be dead in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The gunman was in possession of at least two firearms, the official said.

Update: Worse and worse — CBS says it’s 27 dead, 14 of whom are children.

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FYI:

The word you use to refer to Muslims is indexed over 3000 times at ________front.

Does that qualify it as a slur? I don’t know but I would be bothered about keeping that kind of company. Perhaps you’d be more comfortable there.

Capitalist Hog on December 14, 2012 at 1:35 PM

I’m talking to you CPT Charles

Capitalist Hog on December 14, 2012 at 1:36 PM

I am not responsible for another person’s deeds. We don’t create evil. Each one of us manufacturers are own destiny.

Capitalist Hog on December 14, 2012 at 1:22 PM

Good point except that while we are busy being free and not screwing with people the left is busy destroying our society. This sort of corruption comes from the contradictions created by their full frontal assault on our society.

PierreLegrand on December 14, 2012 at 1:36 PM

Capitalist Hog on December 14, 2012 at 1:29 PM

…invoke…?

Not knowing your emotional state, I’ll exercise forbearance.

However, lose the high horse you’re sitting on… and the booster seat.

It’s unseemly.

CPT. Charles on December 14, 2012 at 1:42 PM

PierreLegrand on December 14, 2012 at 1:36 PM

That’s the same argument that is going to be used against gun-owners in 3-2-1. Your words will sting when they’re used against you.

Capitalist Hog on December 14, 2012 at 1:43 PM

I would resist jumping to conclusions.

VA Tech, Arizona, and the Boulder Joker should not anyone to assume this is a leftist.

Ben Hur on December 14, 2012 at 1:46 PM

CPT. Charles on December 14, 2012 at 1:42 PM

You’re right. I am pretty bent out of shape right. Office door closed.

But I’m clear enough to know that hate-group rhetoric is the last thing needed right now. Do the search yourself. Embrace your own words.

Capitalist Hog on December 14, 2012 at 1:46 PM

That didn’t take long:

Execrable ghoul David Frum mocks victims of Conn. school shooting; Update: Eric Boehlert, Piers Morgan join in; Update: Michael Moore, Mia Farrow swoop in
http://twitchy.com/2012/12/14/execrable-ghoul-david-frum-mocks-victims-of-conn-school-shooting/

Shooting at CT elementary school. Obviously, we need to lower the age limit for concealed carry so toddlers can defend themselves.
—
(@davidfrum) December 14, 2012

But not to be outdone, hacktastic gun control zealot Piers Morgan oh-so-tastefully inserted himself into the narrative:

Another day, another horrific shooting – this time at an elementary school in Connecticut. America’s gun culture has to change.—
Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 14, 2012

Look at this appalling photo and tell me America doesn’t need tougher gun control: bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…—
Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 14, 2012

Update:

Like a rabid vulture, Michael Moore has swooped in to pick at the tragedy:

Only minutes away from pundits & politicians say, “This isn’t the time to talk about gun control.” Really? When is that moment?—
Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 14, 2012

Stop it, Michael. Now is the moment to mourn the lives lost.

Mia Farrow needs to remember that, too:

WHEN are we going to have tighter gun control laws??????—
mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) December 14, 2012

Galt2009 on December 14, 2012 at 1:55 PM

BTW:

Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China
http://www.courant.com/sns-rt-us-china-stabbingsbre8bd065-20121213,0,5592318.story

BEIJING (Reuters) – A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in central China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of attacks on schoolchildren in the country.

There have been a series of attacks on schools and schoolchildren around China in recent years, some by people who have lost their jobs or felt left out of the country’s economic boom.

The rash of violence has prompted public calls for more measures to protect the young in a country where many couples only have one child.

In 2010, a man slashed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard in a kindergarten in eastern China.

Galt2009 on December 14, 2012 at 1:56 PM

FYI:

The word you use to refer to Muslims is indexed over 3000 times at ________front.

Does that qualify it as a slur? I don’t know but I would be bothered about keeping that kind of company. Perhaps you’d be more comfortable there.

Capitalist Hog on December 14, 2012 at 1:35 PM

Actually, if you go to stormfront (or it’s sister site, the Ron Paul forums) and suggest that muslims carry out terrorist attacks, you get accused of working for the jews.

Alberta_Patriot on December 14, 2012 at 2:37 PM

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