Details from Sandyhook shooter made public today. Amazing reporting !

[powerpace]

The people who report the news on their own observations are not researching what they are seeing or hearing. I am amazed everyday when I read about the "Bulldozer" clearing the roads of snow. What they are seeing is a dumptruck with a snow blade. Same with firefighting. I corrected a reporter back in the 70's when she called the breathing apparatus we were wearing "Oxygen tanks", they are compressed air. She still wrote the story as Oxygen tanks. To this day I see reports or firefighters using "Oxygen tanks".
The old adage of news reporting is gone. Who, what, when, where, why and how are seldom thought of when reporting. But then most "news" is biased and sensationalized to the point of being boring.

 

[Gunny]

Yeah, Reuters is reporting that he fired 154 rounds in less than five minutes, which would be pretty hard to do if he only had the 3 30 round magazines with him.

They're all in such a rush to get a sensational story out on the wire that they don't really concern themselves with the facts. Much easier, and better for them, to get the headlines published, then later on put a correction to the article way back where nobody sees it.

 

[ovrszd]

I agree with your assessment; however the reporter only devoted 3 or 4 lines to that aspect of the story, concentrating instead on the number and type of victims, the number and description of the firearms, where they were located, who owned them along with other associated trivia such as receipts and anything NRA. Not only was there no elaboration on the effects of the video games, there was certainly a paucity of information on his mental state and nothing condemning our current methods of treating and containing potentially violent mental patients.

Very well stated. We don't need "gun control". We need "people control". I believe if the Mother were alive today she would say the same thing. She made a fatal error with her Son....

 

[KTurner]

If the inaccurate news stories were simple mistakes, they should roughly even out and not show bias for or against. When those mistakes are consistently on "one side" it shows willful neglect or outright tampering to influence the audience. I expect the most common is to err on the side of drama. Why say four guns when "arsenal" is much more dramatic. Or 3 boxes of .22 instead of "hundreds of rounds of ammunition"

And, while I don't play video games, I know plenty of people who have logged many many hours playing violent video games, and guess what. While it probably wasn't the best thing for them, in terms of health/relationships/work/etc, none of them are in jail for mass killings with guns, bombs, bio, chem, car, axe, chainsaw, tank, etc... There are millions of people who play violent video games and watch violent movies. You could find plenty of other things to blame. All of the mass killers in the last century breathed air, oh no we have to outlaw air. They all walked upright. Aiihhhh!!! We're all going to be mass killers unless we start crawling.

It's simple. There are some sick and/or evil people. We need ways to identify them AND protect ourselves from them. Just like animals. Know how to tell which ones have rabies and be able to remedy that situation if it arises.

Edit - Obviously, help them if they are still within the realm of help.

 

[clemsonfor]

I want me one of them 35 round shotgun magazines.. Well for that matter a 12 gauge that fits in a "glove compartment".. would be handy.

Serbu Super Shorty 12 Gauge - YouTube

They exist, look at this video of Hickok with the shorty 870 and 500's!! Neer heard of them till this video.

But i doubt he had one of those!! Let alone a 35round mag for a shotgun!!

Also heard today they said the gun safe was in his room...oooooo, gasp!!! The said it wasnt clear if it was just there or if he had access to the safe. I was thinking that my gunsafe is in my future childs room, that does not mean they will have the combo to it!! Also had a friend in college, his large safe was in the living room as that was the only place for it, again his 3 kids did not have the combo to it! Even if the safe was in moms bedroom, unless she keep her room under lock and key so he cant walk in there he can still get to the safe and open it??? Sometimes reporters dont do research, ask the right qestions or even use a brain??

That said i do not know if he did or did not have access to the safe, thats not my point, the point is that media is saying that because it was in his room he did and that it was wrong to be in his room?

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[jerrybob]

Yikes.....this is something I would have expected from MSNBC....not FOX news. So much for being fair and balanced.

 

[stub]

The human race is de-evolving. For evidence of this one need only watch the NBC evening news. Stupid liberals repeating same stupid lies about stupid leaders and stupid celebrities. Glorification of killers, "alternative lifestyles" and rule-breakers, all intended to sell ED treatments, laxatives, and scare little old ladies. Except the little old ladies now days come in all sexes and ages. They wouldn't know an arsenal (a place where military weapons are refurbished) if they woke up from their stupor on the floor of one.

 

[farmgirl19]

Can someone tell me where to get a 35 round mag for my 12 ga. shotgun? I really would like to have one. And my 12 ga. hasn't been sawed off, so wouldnb't fit into the glove box either. Could use a little help with finding one of those too, as I hate to disfigure the one I have, it is almost as old as I am!

 

[Willl]

And there WAS NOT a 223 AR rifle inside the building.

Investigation is 'very complex' - Video on TODAY.com

 

[scesnick]

And there WAS NOT a 223 AR rifle inside the building.

You are correct. That was even reported on NBC. Although it was a good 2 months after the fact.