Since the shooting of 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School students in Newtown, Conn., last month, conspiracy theories have emerged via social media claiming the entire incident was a hoax to further to the aims of the gun control lobby.
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In the wake of the Dec. 14 Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, the Saucon Valley School District has asked the parents and guardians of students to take a security survey.
After what happened in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec. 14, school security concerns have been a major subject of discussion, both nationally and locally. The Saucon Valley School District has been part of the discussion, and now it has invited parents and guardians of school students to participate in a survey about ways in which the district could potentially improve its security measures. The online survey lists a handful of ideas for improving school security, such as: The survey form also includes a box in which individuals can share additional thoughts or concerns about school security. Do you believe local schools have adequate security? Share your thoughts about issues and ideas for improving security at Saucon Valley schools by …
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The federal government should ban the purchase or possession of all military-type weapons including, but not limited to, automatic rifles and automatic handguns.
The gun massacre that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut was peculiarly an American catastrophe, happening in an almost ideal American town, to 20 children (and six adults). There have been seven such incidents since the beginning of the year. Our national sorrow and outrage is quite justified. At the same time, although our hearts are still in Newtown, our heads must be on what we can do to prevent another mass murder in the United States. It is a fact that the number of guns we Americans own per capita is the greatest in the world and almost twice that of our nearest competitor (Serbia). These numbers are as of 2007, but it is certain that our per capita rate has grown since then. Indeed, I have seen one estimate that suggests that our …
6:33 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
Oh wow! Vehicles and medical malpractice kill over 200,000 people in America every year, guns just over 10,000, so ban guns? We don't need guns to defend ourselves from our own government? Really? Because Germany 1940 just can't ever happen again? You call all of the shootings that have happened in the last 10 years mayhem but less than 400 people in those shootings have been killed over that 10 … more ›
Exactly one week after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Patch and much of the Web will briefly go dark at 9:30am, in tribute to the students and school personnel who died.
Patch is among the many websites that will display a tribute to victims of the Sandy Hook shooting across their sites tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 21 at 9:30am. According to Patch's sister site Techcrunch, the online campaign was inspired by a call for a moment of silence by Connecticut’s governor--and follows a coalition of tech leaders calling for more gun control. Techcrunch writes: The awareness strategy seems inspired by the SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act] website blackouts from January. Instead of completely blocking functionality of participating websites, though, the tribute message can be closed to resume normal browsing. Alternatively, people can click a link in the message to find out what else they can do to aid the campaign. The …
This open letter in response to the tragic school shooting was penned by Hellertown native Emily Doll, a doctoral student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. It was first published on her Facebook page on Friday.
Dear Newtown, Connecticut, I don’t know you. I’ve never been to your town, I don’t know your friends and families and streets and memories. Like most people, I didn’t know you existed until today, and now my ears keep echoing with your name and your cries; now I close my eyes and picture your woods; now I think of you every time I inhale, exhale, breathe. I don’t know you, but my heart shattered for you today in a way I can’t comprehend yet. I don’t have answers for you, only shared questions; I don’t have reasons for you, only resonating whys. I’m not there, I’m not with you, I’m not part of you tonight, but from 317 miles away, know that I am grieving with you. I don’t have the intellect to understand what happened today. I don’t have …
10:40 am on Monday, December 17, 2012
If people need to write about their thoughts following this horrific incident, I think that is fair. It is hard to find the lines that separate because of the longstanding issues. When our president spoke last night in Newtown, he said that we must make changes to honor the memory of these victims. It is a discussion and debate that is LONG overdue. The letter from Emily Doll was eloquent and … more ›
The shooting spree that left dozens dead at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school Friday is the latest in a string of violent crimes in public places over the past year.
Newtown, Conn. officials say they're trying to reunite parents with children who remain under lockdown at Sandy Hook Elementary School following confirmed shootings Friday morning.
NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT - Officials in Newtown say they're trying to reunite parents with their children in the wake of a shocking multiple shooting at an elementary school in the town’s Sandy Hook neighborhood. CNN reports that there may be as many as 27 dead. Newtown (Conn.) Patch is covering this unfolding news story. First Selectman Pat Llodra told Newtown Patch that there is no information being released about the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting — only confirming that there was a shooting. "I'm horrified, saddened and shocked that this happened in Newtown," Llodra said. "Our priorities right now are making sure everyone safe and reuniting parents with their children." A reverse 911 call went out to all Newtown public…
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6:26 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
well said Arthur. This is sickening. Maybe from a mankind perspective we can start by requiring background checks and more to access guns or stricter gun control all together. With lack of healthcare access in the country as well, more and more people are mentally unstable, like this crazy *#(&*(#&$*&$, that did this to these innocent kids.:( more ›
Tom Bittman
1:08 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Wow, stumbled on this. Pretty yellow journalism. Is this how you drive a community conversation? I live in Sandy Hook, and I'm either a paid crisis actor or a very sad person who has friends and neighbors with empty beds. I'm pretty offended. more ›